Pent-up Frustration of Not Cooking For a While (Day 3754 - 3/5/20)

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Stephen, Mallory, Lindsey, Roland, and William have Lunch Bunch at International Kitchen. Stephen ordered a special called "Chicken Curry", so he was expecting chicken curry with rice. But, he received a chicken salad sandwich with curry and grapes.

Back at home, Stephen talks about how they haven't been to Lunch Bunch in 3 weeks. He says that it felt nice to go and hang out with people again. Stephen mentions that Dan has been sick since a week ago, so he didn't attend in order to avoid getting other people sick. Stephen says that Dan had a fever, but his fever is gone now. He says that Dan is starting to feel better and will probably join them next week. Stephen appreciates that Dan didn't come to Lunch Bunch while he was sick since Stephen had just started getting back into work and getting sick wouldn't be good.

Then, Stephen talks about how weird it is to have grapes on a sandwich. Mallory tells Stephen that chicken salad sometimes has grapes in it, so it isn't weird that the chicken salad sandwich had grapes in it. Stephen says that he wasn't expecting what he ordered to be a sandwich since it was listed as "Curry Chicken". He says that he still ate it since he has no problem with trying new things or things that are quite different. Stephen then talks about how they didn't say at the restaurant for long. He explains that they don't stay for long when they eat lunch at a full-service restaurant. But, when they eat at a restaurant that doesn't have servers, then they will stay there for a while and chat.

Stephen says that today has been really dreary and rainy. They both decided to have a hot drink before working. Stephen is having coffee and Mal is having some green tea. Stephen says that Mal can't drink coffee after 12:00pm since the caffeine will make it so that she can't fall asleep. Mal says that she probably shouldn't be drinking green tea either because green tea has a little caffeine in it. She then talks about how she can hear Kepler snoring on the office chair behind them. Stephen says that he had switched office chairs, so he brought this chair downstairs. He mentions that Kepler really likes this chair. Stephen talks about how he likes the new metal grip he was talking about yesterday. At first, he wasn't sure how he was going to feel about it, but he likes it a lot. It allows him to easily flip the camera around. Stephen says that the finger grips on his pistol grip made it difficult to flip the camera. The only issue with the new grip is that it's made of metal, so it will be freezing cold if they use it when recording in cold weather.

Later, Stephen and Mal have meatballs and salad for dinner. Mal told Stephen to double the recipe for meatballs, so they're going to have a lot of extra food. Stephen says that having extra food is good since they don't have to cook later. He is also cooking some white chicken chili that he will have for lunch tomorrow. Stephen talks about how he's still trying to make small healthy changes to his diet even though his doctor told him not to worry about his cholesterol. He says that chicken is a slightly healthier choice than beef from a cholesterol prospective and beans are also good for cholesterol. So, he decided to make some white chicken chili.

Stephen ended up making 4 big servings of white chicken chili. He put 2 servings in the refrigerator and 2 servings in the freezer. They are currently having 4 servings of meatballs. Mal mentioned that she will freeze the remaining meatballs with spaghetti sauce so they can have spaghetti and meatballs at a later date. Stephen talks about how they had been in the groove of preparing extra food before Sagan's passing. He says that everyone should always prepare extra food. Stephen says that making food is great and he loves cooking. But, it's really time-consuming and he has other things to do. Stephen talks about how they currently have a lot of extra food to eat. They have Debra's soup, meatballs, white chicken chili, and 2 more fresh meals. Mal says that she froze the soup, so they can eat it once they run out of fresh food. Stephen says that it feels like they're cooking so much because of the pent-up frustration of not cooking for a while. They haven't cooked for weeks now because they mentally in the right place to do so. Stephen says that they ended up making multiple things like 2 full meals and double the amount of meatballs. He says that it's nice to be cooking again.

Stephen says that he might just edit this vlog tonight. He talks about how he used to edit vlogs on the day it was recorded back in college. Stephen says that vlogs don't get posted until the next day. So, if he wants to record something extra, then he can just include it and re-export before the next day. Stephen says that it feels good to be ahead of vlogs.