A perfect time to shoot myself in the foot

I've told myself that I should hold off on blogging. I have had a few before; they were start and stop until I completely forgot to update them. But as I am now preparing to finish my graduate program at Georgia State. I thought, why not add one more mechanism by which I can procrastinate while crunch time approaches. Who needs to worry about a dissertation defense, right?

Seriously though, I find writing about non-chemistry things a bit soothing and hopefully this will keep my sanity afloat as I approach my last semester in school. But why cheese?

Firstly, cheese is delicious. Full stop.

Secondly, my love for cheese started when I was young. I remember arguing with my dad to add cheese to my spaghettio's (even though he already put cheese in it). My parents also have stories of me as a kid asking to put cheese on weird food items like cereal. (Honestly though, cheese and milk go together so I might have been on to something).

But most importantly, cheese making is therapeutic. You put in a decent amount of effort and care, and a lot of time and you come out on the other side with delicious cheese. During cheesemaking sessions, I've thought a lot about school and my dissertation. I don't think the two processes are completely unrelated (Click here to read about my Dissertation Cheddar).

I don't just make cheese; I make other stuff.

I make my own leave-in conditioner. I make my own soap (hair, body and laundry). I make my own skin-care and anti-odor products too. I started making these things because I was trying to save money. Now it's just turned into a personal hobby of learning to make stuff.

But this blog might just mostly be about cheese. Usually, people want to hear about cheese, but just try out my laundry detergent; but that's okay. Writing about cheese is more fun. But either way, thanks for stopping by this way. I hope you enjoy my little corner of the internet.