Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (Redux)

Both my legs were totally shot when I woke up on Sunday. Oddly enough, my right thigh hurts the worst. I limped out to the kitchen, ground up some coffee beans and got a pot going. Then I went and laid on the couch with my legs on the pillows again while it brewed.

It was in the 50's, temperature-wise, so I opened the kitchen and bedroom windows. But, there wasn't even a hint of a breeze, so I turned on the kitchen ceiling fan and the fan on my dresser to move some air. I only left the bedroom fan on for a little bit as Caley is deathly afraid of it. Since the food and water are both in there, it's not really fair to keep it on and keep her out of the room.

I didn't do much of anything all day. I did water the raised bed garden with the square sprinkler and then watered the front lawn and (more importantly) the garden with the oscillating one.

Around 6:00 PM, I fired up the charcoal (or tried to - I'm out of regular newspaper and the slick ad paper doesn't burn as well). While that was heating up, I precooked two russet potatoes in the microwave. When they were done, I cut them into 1/4 slices and tossed them in olive oil, salt, pepper and fresh chopped flat leaf parsley.

When the coals were ready, I cleaned and oiled the grates and then put on the potatoes. When they were nicely done (you should have seen the grille marks!) I slid them over to the cool side and put on the rib eye steak I'd thawed out (after seasoning that with just the house seasoning). It was about one inch thick, so I grilled it for three minutes on each side (for medium-rare).

I plated everything up and went to eat and watch my Sunday night shows.