I am currently on organic chemistry hiatus (winter break). I have absolutely nothing to do, which is a very strange feeling. I spend my days running unnecessary errands, self reflecting, playing with my cat, watching the food network, and cooking...I even dappled with crafts. One night after I made Bouillabaisse for the first time, and had had a couple of glasses of wine, I decided to attempt to make homemade candles at about 11pm. Overly confident as I was, I decided not to follow any directions. I thought I had it down. I even put lavender seeds in the lavender candle and raspberry seeds in the raspberry candle! Genius, I thought... One good night of sleep later, I woke up to find ten hollow candles. I tried to ignore the gaping hole in the center of each candle and lit them anyways. "Katie, I am coughing all the sudden. What is that?" I looked down and all the lavendar seeds were burning at the top of the lavender candles...

"Maybe I should just stick to cooking?", I thought. And so I have.