Back To My Roots

So I've realized that I only have one month left before I leave. I look around my house thinking of all the things I want to get done before I go. Then I look at my list of things I need to finish preparing before I go. Slowly all my anxiety  starts to creep back in. But I will not let it take over again.
SO what do I do?  BAKE......

                  Tonight's specialties...M&M cookies

• Ah the blast of hot air that hits your face when you open the oven. The kind that steams up your glasses and fills your nose with a heavenly smell. aahhhh..home.
• Scrapping the leftover cookie dough off the bowl and beaters and sneaking little spoons of cookie dough all night.
• Making a mess all over my kitchen (I'm a sloppy baker, my mom can attest to that haha) not ever having all the ingredients that I need so I ALWAYS have to run out. I'm an egg short or need two more cups of flour. But that is all part of the joy.
• Scrounging around the house to find a dollar here and another there. Collecting all the spare change I can find so I won't have to put a carton of eggs on my credit card. haha

                    It takes time to prepare the goodness......

And in a little less then one hour....

• You know all the frustration was worth it when you bite into that fresh warm gooey cookie. The kind where the chips drip down your lip.
• Having made double batches of everything so it fills up my entire counter. The anticipation of the goodie bags I will make for my friends in the morning. To see the smile on their faces.

                    It will feel good again to be working in a kitchen.
                                  To go back to my roots.

I SAY BRING ON THE MT. McKINLEY MUFFINS ALASKA, I CAN TAKE YOU....HA