Food and baked goods

I met up with a few of my former colleagues to a goodbye dinner (and later drinks) for one of them. I was very happy to be invited, I didn't manage to keep in touch as much as I wanted, and it was a nice time.
I also found out that my fears about how that company might develop were not only well-founded but that apparently things went even worse than I anticipated, so I'm even more glad I left when I did.

I'm currently baking muffins, both as a thank-you to my neighbors for keeping my herbs alive while I was away and as a welcome home gift to my mom who's coming back from vacation but mostly because it's been a long time since I baked anything and I missed it. It's been so long that I forgot I have a new mixer. I don't remember when or how I got it but apparently I have a new mixer, which is good because I've wanted one for a while, so I'm not going to question it.