I think the world was trying to make up for the lack of traffic on Monday (due to it being a holiday), and decided that every single car in Sacramento needed to be on the freeway, attempting to go the exact same direction I was going this morning. Ugh. I am so glad that the length of my trip that’s on the freeway is so short, because it was a wee bit insane.

When we woke up this morning the house still smelled delightfully of pumpkin and spice, so it seemed only natural that breakfast was some of the pumpkin brownies. I cut up the rest of the pan and divided it onto two plates, one for each of our respective offices, because I think if these things stay in the house one moment longer we will simply eat the entire pan. Of course it does not help that Richard forgot to take his plate in to his office today, so there were still brownies sitting there temptingly on the kitchen counter when I got home.

I’d intended to make another batch or two of pumpkin bread for the holiday bazaar, but by the time I got home I was tired and headachey. Richard wasn’t feeling too good either – he’s got all the signs of a cold coming on, which means, for someone with asthma as severe as he has it, things can get rough. So instead of baking, we both crashed for a nap, and didn’t have time for dinner before we had to run off to the play. I am happy to report that pumpkin brownies make just as tasty a dinner as they do a breakfast.

I left Richard home, wheezily clutching his nebulizer, and headed off to the UC Davis campus to meet my parents for the play – Noises Off. This is the first time I’ve actually seen this in ‘real’ play format – my only other exposure was the movie version starring Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Michael Caine, and Carol Burnett. I remember seeing this for the first time, back in college. The first act seems so very slow, but the second act really picks up and by the end you would have to be dead not to be laughing. The play at UC Davis was very well done and I am sorry Richard had to miss it, but glad that my parents stumbled across the listing and sent us the link and that we got the tickets just in time.

Posted for NaBloPoMo.