My 288th Journal Entry

Hi, Journal!

We tried this thing and I surprisingly really really liked it, so...

Recipe for Whiskey-Soaked Ginger Snaps!

Ingredients:

Whiskey (enough to cover a ginger snap)

Ginger Snaps (probably not more than 2 or 3 if you're a lightweight like me)

1. Pour whiskey into a flat-bottomed glass until it is about as deep as a ginger snap is thick.

2. Put a ginger snap in the glass.

3. When soaked, remove ginger snap and eat.

4. Repeat.

5. (optional) Drink any whiskey that's still in the glass, but be sure to sip carefully!

I may have done this with more than 2 or 3 ginger snaps while I was figuring out the recipe.

My 287th Journal Entry

Hi, Journal!

Peanut butter is a weird food. I just completely do not know how foods like that get invented.

My 286th Journal Entry

Hi, Journal!

Dang it, I remembered I'm supposed to do math this time. Poopers.

So I guess there are 31 days in December and 30 in November and today's the 12th and there are 31 in October, so (uh-oh, hard part ... subtraction!) errr, 19 days left this month? Hey, I did it! And 19 + 31 is 50 and 50 + 30 is 80, so 80 days left this year!

Isn't there a book where they go around the world that fast? Seems like if they could go around the world, I could write another 14 journal entries.

Now the extra-hard part, division. How many times does 14 go into 80? It's not 10, that would be 140, way too many. But half 140 is 70, so I guess half of going into 80 10 times would be 5 times. Which means I've got 5 days and a little bit to write each entry?

Whoa, easy peasy!

Now I feel all confident from knowing how easy it's going to be ... and from doing math!

Success!

My 285th Journal Entry

Hi, Journal!

Holy mole-hole-aroni, I just realized we're practically up to 300 entries, Journal! If I want to get there by the end of the year, I bet I could do it. All it would take would be ... uh ... first, I guess, doing some math to figure out how many days are left in the year and how often I'll have to write an entry to get there in time.

Yech. Math! I mean, I know I could do it, but how is that fun?

I mean, I guess journaling doesn't always have to 100% be fun, but it doesn't have to be math either!

Hmm ... but on the other hand, if I do that math in a different entry, I'll already be two entries closer to hitting 300, so ...

Score! It's a plan, Journal.

See you there!

My 284th Journal Entry

Hi, Journal!

YAWN!!!

I'm sorry, but the boyfriend took so long writing and then Claire took a while coming up with a great poem and now I am just beat!

Time for some nighty-nighting!