I am about to admit something to you all that is going to make your jaw hit the ground followed by leaning back in your chair with a good hearted chuckle.  I am about to do something I've never done before and am completely and utterly embarrassed that I am 24.5 year old and have never accomplished this task.

I am about to "brown hamburger."

That's right.

I've never done it.  In fact, I have another "I've never" that goes hand in hand with this.  I have never "handled" raw meat.  Ok, except for ONE time, I picked up a piece of chicken (with no direct skin to skin contact) and put it on the Biggest Loser grill.  But I overcooked it thus never ate it so I feel like it doesn't count.  And one time while I was on maternity leave Derek forced me to marinade a piece of salmon which I had to be text coached through.  I shuttered about 17 times that day thinking about it and I'm pretty sure Lucas suffered from neglect that day because I was so preoccupied with my gagging reflex. (reflux?)

I got the meat over lunch and left it in my car.  It's practically a fridge temp. isn't it?  I took a quick poll from my coworkers who insisted I go back out and put it in the fridge for the 4 hours left in the work day.  So I did......reluctantly.  Then I kept it in the "lactation room" fridge so I would be sure to remember it.....plus I was embarrassed to put "Ground Chuck" in the break room fridge.  Apparently breast milk and ground chuck are equally embarrassing and so it's worth the extra 8 flights of stairs to keep them in a mini fridge in the basement rather than the 3E kitchen.

It got me thinking there are probably a lot of things I better accomplish before I'm like 25. Like learn how to swim.  and eat soup.