Cookies

While on my lunch break yesterday, I went over to Wal-Mart and was wandering around the isles when I decided to grab some chocolate chips to make cookies for today. A friend in one of my classes turns 21 today, and she invited me to go out with her and some of her coworkers out to B Dubs last night to hang out and celebrate. I didn't go because I didn't really see the point in me being there with a bunch of people I kinda know. So, I felt bad about turning down the invitation, so I decided to make her cookies for her birthday and bring them to class today.

I used my Grandma's recipe, which calls for 2 cups of shortening, but we only had butter, so the cookies weren't as fluffy as I wanted them to be, but otherwise, I think they turned out pretty well. We don't have a window air conditioner in the dining room/kitchen part of the house, so having the oven on while I baked 5 dozen cookies made it extremely hot in those 2 rooms, but I was afraid to go too far away for fear of burning my cookies. So, I stood in the heat and ate my barely warm dinner in between batches of cookies.

In all, the process only took me about a hour and a half, but by the time it was over, I was so tired and I didn't feel like doing anything but sitting in the air conditioning. I don't know what's happened to me, but I used to be able to bake cookies and have it last for 3 hours or more and not be as tired/ worn out as I was last night. I think I'm getting...old! *gasp* ;p

I really think that it was the heat from the oven that was making me tired because I know that when I spend a lot of time out in the warm sun, I am usually exhausted when I come back inside. I'm hoping that's what it is because I can't stand to think about getting old just yet. I mean, I'm turning 21 in 8 days...I'm in my prime!...right?