Nostalgia and Tacos Al Pastor

But the 2 are not related. I'll start with the nostalgia.

As you all know stuff has been cray-zay at work right now. Spring time always is when you are a teacher. The kids are ready to be done, YOU are ready to be done, state assessments are going on, lots of weird extra stuff is thrown in, and there is a general sense of busyness. And for me, just like last spring, my employment status is at risk again. Which is making for extra stress. That is why I was so glad today to hear a song that took me back to happier times last school year. Times with friends, dance parties, and general silliness. At cycling today one of THE BEST DANCE PARTY SONGS EVER came on.

Pope, Bonilla, Rubi, Tracy and I had sooo much fun last year shaking it to this song after school. Hell sometimes during school. It made me remember to look on the bright side and know that even though times are busy and I'm worried about how things will turn out; it's all gonna be okay.

Okay, now the Al Pastor. So I told you a few days ago that Brian and I were going to try our hand at tacos al pastor this week. We had them tonight and received mixed reviews. First of all for our recipe we used chicken instead of pork because we had it on hand, but it didn't make much of a difference. Brian made the sauce a couple of days ago and let the chicken marinate in the fridge. The sauce had a rehydrated ancho chili, a couple of cans of chilies in adobo sauce, onions, garlic, pineapple juice, and maybe a few other things which were blended up. Brian cut up the chicken and cooked it in a skillet. He used some water and vinegar to thin out the marinade to use for sauce. I made some spanish rice for a side. We served the tacos in corn tortillas topped with chopped onions and cilantro. They were.....spicy as hell. Good but spicy. Brian likes a lot of spice and I prefer things more mild. I'd say they appealed more to his taste than mine. The sauce was especially hot. Like the devil's piss hot. I liked it, but I think I'll stick to my Tres Mexicanos al pastor unless we can make it less spicy. Ooo! OR Rubi told me the other day about a mexican meat market in Topeka that has some really good al pastor. Maybe I'll try that.

This weekend is Easter so we are going to my folks tomorrow to dye eggs with everyone. I'm excited to see how Cameroni likes it. He was too little last Easter to care about eggs. He's so darn cute! Last night we had Chris and Jess's shower and he was being so adorable. When I left he waved bye-bye and gave me a hug and a kiss. He's so sweet. Sunday we'll be going back out to do Easter meal and stuff. I'm excited for the egg hunt and baskets! It should be a great weekend!