Success!

I have now baked something entirely on my own, wholly without supervision, and completely without problem.

Granted, it was cookies from one of those refrigerated rolls of pre-made dough, so all I really needed to do was set the oven to the right temperature, gob the dough onto the pan, put it in the oven, and take it out ten minutes later.  But still: my first unsupervised baking adventure.

To balance the sense of culinary maturity, dinner is ramen and a pack of chips from the vending machine.