Me & My Ambition

I will be embarking on a new project, as soon as I get home today and get to the grocery store.

I have been saying for the last few years that I would like to cook more(or just learn for starters...), as my culinary skills, to date, include; pasta with sauce, egg salad, soup, poached eggs...yeah, a lot of boiling, basically, not really cooking.

Despite my aversion to any real work in the kitchen I own a crazy amount of cookbooks, a few of which I actually purchased! Among them the title What to Eat When You Can't at Anything, that I found at a local earthy-crunch store.
I bought it because I have been there and done that, from lactose-intolerance to sensitivity to cooking oils (i.e. anything made in a restaurant....) my stomach is just a bitch. Have I used this aptly titled gem?
You guessed it, no.

I also have countless recipes pulled from magazines and the internet. I aspire to make these things, eat these things, actually cook something...but I have not, why?
Cooking is like a dog, or a child, I guess, it requires constant attention, encouragement, time, not that I don't think these things need all of this, they do, but I am usually lacking the attention and/or patience. I've walked away from a pot of soon-to-be-hardboiled-eggs and forgotten about them until I hear the sizzle of the water spilling over.

Well, what am I going to do?
I am tired of eating already-prepared food, and I'm sure it's not helping my stomach issues to boot.
So, today, when I get home, I am going to sit down and go through my pile of cookbooks and recipes and make a list, and on my free nights I am going to choose one recipe and make it. I say my free nights because I have work some nights and other such things, but with a goal and my will I am going to teach myself something, goddammit.

Tonight's endeavor is already found, and simple to start. Salsa Mexicana, not cooking per se, but it requires buying ingredients, preparing them, etc. Something I am not used to doing.

Wish me luck!