Well, it only took one month for me to get my first illness of second semester. I swear law school has kicked my immune system in the butt. I rarely got sick in undergrad and now I feel like I’m fighting off an infection or cold every other week. Anyway, because my nose is a leaky faucet and I can’t sleep, I am writing this post at 3 in the morning. Pretty sure the non-drowsy Advil Cold & Sinus I just took isn’t going to help matters.
I’m not here to complain, though. I had a nice Pet Peeve Wednesday for that. Instead, I’m going to share with you a pretty fantastic thing that happened to me yesterday. The law school holds an annual auction for students and parents with all the proceeds going toward student grants. It’s this wonderful event where professors donate special little activities with them that all the students bid on. Similarly, students can donate items that professors bid on, as well. We had a few items out for bidding yesterday and I offered to bake cookies for a professor’s class.
At this point in the story I usually asked whoever I was talking with to guess how much the cookies went for. Since this is a whole you-reading-this-thing, I won’t do that here. Actually, I take that back. I will.
Guess away!
25? Nope.
50? Still not there.
100? Try going a little higher.
200 dollars. One of my professors (who I had a friend chase down) happily plunked down 200 dollars for me to bake cookies for our class. Now, I realize the bid had little to do with my cookies and more to do with the cause, but I am still ridiculously excited. I thought they would go for 50 dollars at the most, and to have them go for a whopping 200 pretty much has made my semester. Who cares about grades and externships – I can ride this high for a good few months.
The cookies I offered to make are White Chocolate Peanut Butter cookies. They are one of my absolute favorites cookies to make. The first time I made them I loved them so much that I kept the entire batch for myself. I literally hoarded them in my freezer and ate one (err..two) every day. Not the healthiest choice, but definitely the correct one.
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Scoop the dough onto a prepared baking sheet (about golf ball sized scoops) and bake for 10-12 minutes. The cookies are done when the edges have browned, but the center should still be puffy. They don’t look 100% done when they are finished baking-that’s fine. Take them out anyway. And then try not to eat them all in one afternoon.
Source: How Sweet Eats
I bet these taste good. I just wish it wouldn’t kill me to eat them. Sadness.
Turn that frown upside down — you know I’m making you your own non-peanut-batch!
oh I love this! Congrats! Sounds like you have a wonderfully supportive faculty! 🙂
We definitely do! And I ended up totally reciprocating the gesture by putting down a hefty sum for that professor’s auction item!
Feel better soon! These cookies look awesome, and how cool that your cookies got such a high bid!
Thank you!! I’m spending the day with a bunch of movies – so hopefully that helps this cold hit the road.
$200? What an amazing honor. You must be so happy!!
Feel better…it’s going around. Grapeseed extract works wonders…10 drops in a glass of water in the AM and then PM. I’m not expert but I highly recommend it.
I was pretty ecstatic 🙂 And thank you for the grapeseed extract rec! Since this cold refuses to budge, I will definitely give that a try.
Atta girl! Those cookies are worth every penny of the $200!! 🙂 I hope you feel better soon, friend!
Thank you, Rach! I think I’ve finally turned the corner and am feeling much better 🙂
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