Ninety seems like a lot of anything, but at this point in Our Collective Current Experience, it doesn’t seem like quite enough. I haven’t been doing a truly daily newsletter in some time but it still seems like there should be more of these. We have been doing this for a pretty long time now, you and I.
Yesterday morning my big little dog slept contentedly beside me while the small little dog was at school. She was hesitant to go in, perhaps because she was without her brother, or perhaps she is starting to like us more now and wants to hang out. She was actually very sweet yesterday, which is a nice change from her usual demon gerbil personality.
Tuesday night I made a fancy-ish dinner and it was very good, even though I cheated by using a frozen pie crust. To be completely honest with you, there is almost no reason to make your own pie crust unless you just like to or are particularly good at it. But there is definitely no reason to make your own pie crust on a Tuesday night. Last night I made these fun sandwiches and I recommend them, although such efforts are a lot for two people (however I have no regrets or even ragrets). If you are a “four family” or a “five family” as our cousin’s daughter would say, then this one is for you.
I’m patting myself on the back for doing a good job of meal planning and shopping this week (tonight we are having the Alison Roman Cultural Appropriation Stew, which, to be fair, I bookmarked before she was canceled). To be honest with you, this particular hausfrau activity is something I look forward to. It is very low-stakes but I feel accomplished when I finish it.
Yes. Picking 3-4 recipes and making a shopping list is is kind of the bare minimum life skill during normal times, that’s true. Right now though, at least to me, it feels like Advanced Life Skills, and I suppose there are a number of things that feel this way right now. Finishing literally any work project feels like the best thing I have ever done. And I finish many work projects (and side work projects!), but wow the self-talk it requires sometimes.
I have some new coworkers and I am trying very hard to make at least one of them my Slack friend. I need new people to bother in addition to all the people leaving me on read via text. Nobody wants to be That Person but perhaps that is just my lot in life.