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When I got to UC in the afternoon to take care of Em, she was baking cookies! Kirsten was working at the dining table and had helped a little bit with measuring, but Em was doing most of the work herself! I advised on dough-readiness and helped put the trays in and out of the oven. And her cookies turned out to be delicious! I’m so proud of her *heart eyes*

Also — she had her first Pfizer shot on the weekend. Such a huge relief to us all. Now if they’ll approve it for the under-fives, we’ll all be protected.

Woke up feeling fine, and Dave is much better today, so I did a Big Shop at Trader Joe’s. Tons of fresh fruit and veggies! Pomegranates, pineapple, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, apples, bananas! Broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, celery, lettuce, peppers, zucchini, cabbage!

Dave used his trolley to bring it all in and I tidied the fridge and put it all away, and fixed us some lovely Greek yogurt with berries and granola.

Have I mentioned that I HATE the time change? It wrecks me twice a year. This evening we thought it was probably bedtime and checked the clock. 6:45. Arghhhhhh.

Dave wasn’t feeling at all well today. He has bone spurs in his shoulder which caused him great pain all night, and he was also feeling lousy from our cold (he’s a few days behind me — I’m nearly well). So he sat on the sofa and moaned, and I took care of him. Lots of tea and cough drops.

I’m so happy that I was there to care for him; I know that I’ll probably be the one needing care next time. We’ve got each others’ backs, 100%.

I adore this man.

In an attempt to fill the “San Diego Fish Tacos” shaped hole in my soul, I picked up lunch at Baja Fresh. Shrimp bowl for Dave and a fish taco meal for me, one “crispy”, one “grilled”. Crispy was close to the real thing. But still…

Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot!

Dave was surprised I knew about Guy Fawkes day, and “penny for the Guy”, etc. Thanks, Paddington! :)

Everything is still on track for the adorable house to become ours. In a week or so the lending bank will evaluate it, but the outcome shouldn’t affect much of anything. Then we just wait till early December for close of escrow and it becomes ours! We’re letting the sellers stay on until after Christmas, so we will take possession in early January. And then, if Dave’s job is agreeable, we can move to Portland! Fingers crossed…

Dave got a covid test yesterday because this cold hit him harder than it hit me and he’s coughing a lot and feeling rotten. Results came back clean — so this is, indeed, just a cold. I’m still not fully recovered either, so we’re just taking it easy.

I was playing Animal Crossing yesterday and eagerly awaiting the November update — when all of a sudden my Switch started freezing. I googled and did ALL the things (rebooting, reinitializing, etc.) — and it still freezes every couple of minutes. So I asked Dave if maybe Santa might bring me a new one for Christmas and he said “why wait?” so I found that our local Best Buy had them in stock. We drove right over between his meetings and picked one up — so now I am the proud owner of a brand-new ACNH-themed Nintendo Switch!

I have downloaded all my previously-purchased software and started my island over again. :)

Still not 100%, but drove up to keep Em company for a few hours even though Kirsten‘s rehearsal was canceled and I didn’t need to. Plus I wanted to do some sewing. Sewed four more pairs of boyshorts for myself because they are the comfiest undies EVER. No butt-creep! Plus they’re even easier to sew than traditional undies, so win-win.

Got home late afternoon and totally crashed. Dave’s still not feeling great either (it hit him harder than it hit me) so we chilled and caught up on some TV. Survivor, Taskmaster, and Britain’s Best Home Cook. So COZY!!!

Hello November! Glad to see ya! Summer is over, here come cozy days and soup and warm clothes. It even rained for five minutes this morning! And I made a lovely beef stew. I say beef… it only has a few chunks of beef and tons of good veggies. Carrots, celery, potatoes, peppers, cabbage, green beans, onion, garlic.

Dave caught my cold so I’m happy to feed him good warm nutritious soup today, poor boy.