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The last few weeks of anti-social behavior and lugging around heavy prep books to various neighborhood Starbucks definitely paid off. I took the GRE on Saturday and I surpassed my goal (which was basically not to score so low as to embarrass myself). I bagged a 680 quant/740 verbal, and I promised myself that I wouldn't retake if I score at least about 600 on each. I'm not tossing the prep books just yet, in case there's a disaster on the writing (and I did run out of time on the first question, so I'm not terribly confident), but overall I'm satisfied and glad it's done. I've been putting off this test for 5 years.
Thanks to the long weekend, we were able to go apple picking on Sunday and today I used my day off to completely decompress and cook applesauce. It's shocking easy. I just peeled and coarsely chopped a few of the more sour-tasting apples, dumped them in a pot with a bit of water, the zest and juice of one lemon, apple spice spice and a bit of brown sugar. I brought it to a boil and then reduced to a simmer and covered for 20 minutes. At that point, the apples are easy to mush, or leave chunkier. The first batch was a bit too sweet, so I made a second batch with no sugar and added it to the first batch. It's still a bit sweet for my taste, but then, I'm used to unsweetened applesauce from the jar. Anyway, it's super easy and a good way to get rid of a lot of apples at once.
Tomorrow, it's back to the grind and the beginning of Docfest.
Thanks to the long weekend, we were able to go apple picking on Sunday and today I used my day off to completely decompress and cook applesauce. It's shocking easy. I just peeled and coarsely chopped a few of the more sour-tasting apples, dumped them in a pot with a bit of water, the zest and juice of one lemon, apple spice spice and a bit of brown sugar. I brought it to a boil and then reduced to a simmer and covered for 20 minutes. At that point, the apples are easy to mush, or leave chunkier. The first batch was a bit too sweet, so I made a second batch with no sugar and added it to the first batch. It's still a bit sweet for my taste, but then, I'm used to unsweetened applesauce from the jar. Anyway, it's super easy and a good way to get rid of a lot of apples at once.
Tomorrow, it's back to the grind and the beginning of Docfest.