legalmoose

The week away last week was much needed, and very good. Had some good conversations with the husband and cleared up a couple minor misunderstandings/pet peeves for both of us. Finished one book I was almost done with on the kindle (the last of the Wheel of Time series), made some more progress on Chernov's biography of Grant (we're at Reconstruction while Johnson is still president, which is just plain difficult to read because this country was so awful during that period), and started a book on ergonomics and knitting. Picked up a bunch of infused olive oils and balsamic vinegars from Drizzles, and am happy to report that peach infused white balsamic vinegar is an absolute treat over vanilla ice cream.

With all the new bottles to figure out a home for, today for the holiday our major undertaking was cleaning out and reorganizing the pantry. We've only been in here two years, but it still felt like there was a ton of food we tossed. In any case, I have a better handle on what's in there now that we removed it all and reorganized it. And I appear to be a hoarder of tomato paste, likely because there was a considerable stash hidden behind some taller stuff. I think tomorrow sounds like the right time to make some marinara and use some up.

Next up needs to be my office, but first I have to survive reentry to work tomorrow. I did go into email, turned off the out of office message, and regretted forgetting to schedule myself as busy tomorrow morning (that's my normal habit, to give me time to sort emails), as someone set a meeting for 8:45 tomorrow. Video call, but still, far too early for the first day back. Ah well.