I have really fallen off the blogging wagon - partially because my days are somewhat boring, partially because I'm trying to stay off my laptop late at night, and I have gotten tired of blogging from my phone. But I just worked until 10:30, so while I'm still on a large keyboard, I shall fill you in.
I had Monday off for Indigenous Peoples Day, which was a welcome treat. I managed to stay quite busy, though - and I filled the house with the smell of pork, since I made carnitas in the slow cooker and then also made pork chile verde in the pressure cooker. A nine pound pork shoulder is arguably more pork than I can eat, but carnitas and pork chile verde both freeze well, so I shall have many porky meals in the future. Also, I made the chile verde almost entirely from ingredients from my garden - while I had to buy a white onion, I was able to do the rest with poblanos, anaheim peppers, jalapenos, and tomatillos from the garden. It turned out quite well, if I do say so myself, and I've enjoyed eating it this week.
On Tuesday, I had to get up early for an economic development board meeting, which was a rough way to have to start the shortened work week. Then I slogged all day before taking a brief walk around town to decompress. I'm sure I did other tings in the evening, but I can't remember them.
On Wednesday, I slogged all day (again), but I had a call with my friend Tanya at 11, which was a delight. I also had my library board meeting, which was a good way to get out of the house. Our meeting was accomplished pretty quickly, and then we helped the librarian move a v. large bookshelf - it went smoothly, but it was a ridiculous process. After, I talked to Sammi for half an hour, and then I ran to the grocery store. While I was in town, the local florist stuck a couple of roses in my driver's side door, so I took one to my mom, and hung out with her while she cooked and ate her supper. I declined to eat her food since I had so much pork at home, but it was nice to chat. Then I came home, ate pork, and wrote until past my bedtime.
Today, you guessed it - I slogged. I also went to city hall to take care of a water bill issue and talk to the city clerk about various tings. You probably also guessed that I ate more pork - chile verde for lunch and carnitas with a baked potato for dinner. I froze almost all the rest of it, so I can move on to other culinary delights. And I also had many meetings, then chatted with [censored] when he got home, and then worked for the last couple of hours.
And now I need to sleep - goodnight!
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