Rather an interesting day

When Glen came home, the first thing I asked him was whether he was in an "Eric mood" or a "Jen mood". I had found out VIA received a $25K grant we'd applied for. Eric had found out he'd not been accepted by a school he'd applied to. Glen said he hadn't had a great day, but nothing from which he couldn't recover. And five minutes later, realized he'd left his textbook under his desk at school. I was just starting dinner preparations, but stopped to take him back to the building, where, luckily, he recovered the book.

Dinner, delayed, came out very well. I was attempting the Black Bean Soup, and I made the Corn Scones again. The scones came out better than before (slightly more milk is the key), and the soup came out great, dubbed by Eric "best of the cookbook". That makes two nights in a row things have been called "best". Last night, it was the Sweet Potato Salad. Eric, however, has noted that it seems his participation in the preparation of a dish seems to be counter to his thinking it the best. I told him this was not an excuse for not helping with dinner from now on!