A trip to the DMV

Mom's all-time favorite place has to be the DMV. She went there today with Cassie, who needed a new license and decided to get her TSA Pre✓® while she was at it. I'm not even going to try and describe how it went; our text stream tells the tale better than anything I can add:


Mom                                         Me                                    Cassie
Line at DMV is out the
door. Been in line just
to get in the door for
20 minutes. Gotta
love the DMV
9:38 AM

It's hot as fuck here.
I'm having a
permanent hot flash.
9:42 AM

                                                Breathe
                                                9:46 AM

This is highly
entertaining
9:46 AM

An hour and we still
ain't checked in yet.
Could be a new DMV
record
10:13 AM

We rocking and rolling
now. Cass is in her
9:50 TSA apt
10:29 AM

We in line for licenses
10:29 AM

Good god. I'm gonna
break my already
shitty DMV record.
Bite me
11:39 AM

R u ignoring me?
11:52 AM

I'm gonna bite lots of
people
11:52 AM

Shit fuck shit fuck shit
fuck
11:52 AM

                                                                                       I told mom not to
                                                                                       bother you but she
                                                                                       didn't listen to me
                                                                                                     11:52 AM

I'm hungry
11:59 AM

                                               It's better if u use
                                               them as one word, in
                                               both combinations, as
                                               follows: shitfuck and
                                               fuckshit. I learned that
                                               from Ball Four
                                                                  11:59 AM  

That's a good one!!
12:00 PM

Will do
12:00 PM

12:01 PM

                                                                     Yup, that's DMV face
                                                                  12:02 PM

We r going to start air
dropping DMV
memes to
unsuspecting people
here
12:03 PM

















12:07 PM

Shitfuck fuckshit
shitfuck fuckshit
12:11 PM

U r right about that.
Much more
pleasurable
12:12 PM

I'm gonna eat my
fanger
12:12 PM

Rarrrtrttgghhh
12:46 PM

                                                 Still there?!
                                                    12:48 PM

New world record
12:49 PM

They haven't called [anyone]
in 2 hours
12:50 PM

I am past the point of
starving
12:54 PM


I guess Mom and Cass got called up soon after that, because the texts finally stopped, although it was still another 45 minutes or so till they got out of there. Just another day in the life of your mother.

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Cassie is a big fan of Trader Joe's boxed mac and cheese, but I thought we would try a from-scratch version that she can make in about the same time it takes to make the stuff out of the box. She gives it a big 👍. I think it's good stuff too, one of the only ways I've found to make pasta with cacio e pepe flavor without having the cheese go all clumpy on you. So make that 👍👍.

Stovetop Mac & Cheese for One

(Cacio e Pepe Style)

Adapted from Smitten Kitchen

Time: <30 minutes

1 teaspoon fine sea salt
113 grams (4 ounces) macaroni, rotini, cavatappi, or other small twisty shape
2 teaspoons (10 grams) butter
2 teaspoons (6 grams) all-purpose flour
120 grams (½ cup) low-fat or whole milk (I used 1%)
2 or more grinds of black pepper, to taste
30 grams (~½ cup) finely grated pecorino Romano cheese, or Parmesan or an aged Cheddar

    1. Bring a 3- to 4-quart nonstick saucepan half filled with water to a roiling boil. Add the salt and pasta and stir a few times during the first minute or two to keep the pasta from sticking. Cook until al dente. Drain and set aside. While the water is coming to a boil and the pasta is cooking, you’ll have plenty of time to prepare the rest of the ingredients. 
    2. Lower the heat to medium. Add the butter to the now-empty saucepan and place over the heat. When the butter is melted and foaming, stir in the flour. Stir or whisk (if you have a silicone whisk that won’t scratch your nonstick pan) for a minute until the mixture is golden. Stir or whisk the milk in slowly, a few tablespoons at a time. Stir or whisk in the freshly ground pepper. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook, stirring constantly, for a minute or two. Remove from the heat. Stir in the grated cheese until smooth. Stir in the drained pasta until evenly coated. Serve immediately. Serves 1.