Communion wafers

I read downstairs for about 40 minutes. It was too cold to stay barefoot longer and I couldn't concentrate because of the chill. I went upstairs to have breakfast and read e-mail. I laid out my blue and yellow blocks on the bed to see what arrangement would look best. I took a shower, dressed and went to post. However, the gate was closed and locked. I shook it until the guard came over. From his broken English I gathered that it was closed due to an exercise but he did not know how long it would be closed. So I had to walk around to gate 52 (now 7) and back to get my car. I drove to the thrift shop. There were plenty of books to shelve, and Karin was assigned to follow me to learn all my tips and tricks so she can take over the book room when I leave. We got them all done in three hours, plus a few DVD's and VHS. We collected 3 boxes for charity and 2 for SIWA. Ms. Chung asked me several times if I was coming on thursday and I began to wonder. After I signed out, I went outside to sit in the grass and read for 20 minutes. The weather was much warmer than this morning and I was beginning to regret wearing pants instead of shorts. I was going to go to Namdaemun but did not have the energy to face it. So I stopped by the commissary and bought wheat flour for the communion wafers. I ran into Mary who had found my quilt this morning at the SPC. I took the flour home, and sat down for 'just a little bit' to read e-mail. More than an hour later, I went into the kitchen and started the recipe. I mixed the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ones in another. Then my phone rang. Within a minute of answering it, it died, so I had to plug it in while I talked. I could not leave that spot and the call went on and on. Chris came home and put chicken in the oven for supper. My stuff was in his way but there was nothing I could do. And she talked on. Finally she had to go, and I got back to my dough. The recipe called for splitting it into 12 parts and rolling each part into a 6 inch circle. I divided it one time too many, and was on my way to making 24 paper-thin wafers when I realized what I had done. I rolled them back together, and did it right. I had to score the tops which was only possible when they had some thickness to them. I tried to roll them out on the cutting board, but it is no longer flat. So it was on the cookie sheet that they got rolled out. I used my 6x12 ruler to cut the rolls into thirds - but not touching the dough. While they baked, I answered more e-mail. I was contacted by Seoul Weekly's editor for A Day in the Life. They want to follow me around for a day and I thought it would be good coverage for the quilt group. The photographer cannot make it on Monday so they want to come on a Thursday. I have to coordinate this with PAO who has to assign someone to 'escort' the journalist and photographer while they are on base. I did not realize that it would be so complicated. Anyway, back to the wafers. I made a second batch and it was more than enough to fill the jar and another baggie besides. Still, I think each wafer only feeds 20 people so if they need 2 per service, it will only last them until Christmas. Michele wondered if there was any extra that she could eat. Ha. Then I put away the blocks on the bed, preserving the order so I can work on them later. Now it is past time for bed, and the nightly sandwich.