Day 17: Big Bad Pot O Beans!

So I am officially knee-deep in Doula Certification training. I don't know what that means, the knee deep part, exactly, except that once I'm certified I will be in over my head X^D.
Anyway, it is supremely interesting, involving and inspiring work! I am officially obsessed with it! I think about it nonstop, I read about it every chance I get. I do take breaks now and then to watch garbage television. Melting my mind, one minute at a time.
I knew what I was going to write about today... I did know, knew, past tense. Then I started writing and now I just don't!
Hmmm, well, I've come this far, I shant be turning back now!
I have a big ole pot o beans, black beans, on the stove. They've been slow simmering for about 8 hours now, no lid. I just put a lid on them and I will probably add the spices and peppers and onions in about half an hour. I hope to eat about 8 tonight. Delicious beans with steamed broccoli & cauliflower and tasty tilapia n peppers. I've been planning this meal since yesterday. I really enjoy planning, and thinking about a meal over the course of a day or two. If I execute the cooking end properly, it makes the food oh my GOD delicious!
The last time I made a big ole pot o black beans, I left them on the stove to cool, then Brendan was going to put them away in the fridge for me. Alas, he got busy with a fussy Mira and the beans - over the course of ONE DAY - because it was so hot and humid here, went bad. Like real bad. That was one bad pot of beans. Stinky.
But I ate about half the pot before they went bad - before they even cooled down. But I love beans, so it wasn't hard to do.
Speaking of fussy Mira....She is teething hardcore now. Poor kid is absolutely miserable between the heat and the teething. We had nursing down to just 2 or 3 times a day, but right now it's the only thing that brings her comfort. We are back to a pretty full schedule of nursing now.
I don't mind, really. I am sort of over it, but I'm willing to give her whatever she needs. The American Association of Pediatrics just released a study stating that kids reap the most benefits through age two anyway. So we'll be continuing on til then. Some people seem to think it's such a big saccrifice but I don't see it that way at all. Some days I'm just glad I have something to offer her that consoles her misery!

Well, kids, I gotta go stir the pot!