Category: Categorizing Things is Overrated

Since I’m home all day, I have been sort of loosely planning the week’s meals but also free-wheeling it a little bit. I keep the pantry and freezer stocked with staples and I’ve taken to buying my most-used spices in giant industrial sizes, so I could probably make about forty different recipes without purchasing anything…

As I type, I’m listening to my old best bud from the roots rock band I used to play in, as he livestreams some songs he performs on his mandolin. He has a live “tip jar” and every dollar that goes in it will go to one of the local dive bars we always used…

Thursday night a storm came through, and it brought some moderate temps. The cooler weather is welcome, and I am sitting on the couch in our family room by an open window, being wafted with a breeze, sipping a tonic water with lime. I can have gin (and wine, and beer, and bourbon) again on…

This is a rant. This is lots of rants, actually. There are some ranty tangents. I just need to write these out, I need to know someone is reading them and feels me, but if you aren’t in a mental space for bitching right now, save this one for later, mmkay? **I just edited it…

We have a fairly decent routine. Up, chores if needed, do some academic block, with breaks. Long lunch break – we eat first and then the Prof and I try to work an hour or two while the boys play video games or build box forts or play puzzles. Some days do meditation/yoga, some days…