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The sukkah looked great the first night, with the lanterns and lights casting a warm, reddish glow, and the drawings on the side. We talked about theater in general, and Antony and Cleopatra in particular. I also got an unexpected cookie narration, describing the shortbread expectations, the crumbliness, the later peanut butter thoughts. Scholargipsy, this doesn't let you off the hook for a cookie narration. The meal felt unbalanced, towards starches, and desserts, and away from green, but others
were fine with it, so I suppose it went off reasonably well.
I have learned that despite the best intentions, taking time off around yom tov means errands and tasks for yom tov will expand to fill the available time. For more of a vacation, I need to take time off somewhen else.
I also learned that clerks in office stores are not necessarily more knowlegeable about their products: the markers weren't indelible, after all. Sigh.
I am not balancing social time and alone time very well, or perhaps not managing either well when I have it, or something. I need to figure out how to do this better, how to make the most of the time I have, not sitting around wanting it to be some other kind of time.
Black dresses with mesh panels: clothing I wish I had the ability to wear. I suspect I wouldn't, in any case, but the confidence, the somewhat revised shape... that would be nice.
Happy birthday wishes to ZZBottom. May the rest of the year be as lovely as your birthday gathering.
Last night was pretty warm for eating in the sukkah with the relatives. Happily, they brought some of the meal, so it was pretty easy: they brought lemon-pepper bluefish, and (peeled!) roasted potatoes. I made roasted onions and carrots; and sauteed onions, lots of red peppers, garlic, and black olives. I already had challah and an apple-raisin strudel left over. It worked well (though, again, a significant lack of green-osity), since the
food was good, and I have less than when I started, though about the same number of dishes to do. Sigh.
A week or so ago, someone downstairs got a new hot water heater. This should have nothing to do with me, theoretically. But since then I've had extreme variability in water pressure. I don't know what could've happened, but I suspect the two are linked. I wish I had more house-knowledge.
were fine with it, so I suppose it went off reasonably well.
I have learned that despite the best intentions, taking time off around yom tov means errands and tasks for yom tov will expand to fill the available time. For more of a vacation, I need to take time off somewhen else.
I also learned that clerks in office stores are not necessarily more knowlegeable about their products: the markers weren't indelible, after all. Sigh.
I am not balancing social time and alone time very well, or perhaps not managing either well when I have it, or something. I need to figure out how to do this better, how to make the most of the time I have, not sitting around wanting it to be some other kind of time.
Black dresses with mesh panels: clothing I wish I had the ability to wear. I suspect I wouldn't, in any case, but the confidence, the somewhat revised shape... that would be nice.
Happy birthday wishes to ZZBottom. May the rest of the year be as lovely as your birthday gathering.
Last night was pretty warm for eating in the sukkah with the relatives. Happily, they brought some of the meal, so it was pretty easy: they brought lemon-pepper bluefish, and (peeled!) roasted potatoes. I made roasted onions and carrots; and sauteed onions, lots of red peppers, garlic, and black olives. I already had challah and an apple-raisin strudel left over. It worked well (though, again, a significant lack of green-osity), since the
food was good, and I have less than when I started, though about the same number of dishes to do. Sigh.
A week or so ago, someone downstairs got a new hot water heater. This should have nothing to do with me, theoretically. But since then I've had extreme variability in water pressure. I don't know what could've happened, but I suspect the two are linked. I wish I had more house-knowledge.