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Yesterday I made another batch of nut and seed bars, with a lower oven temperature and checking on them more obsessively, and they only caught a little at the edges. Acceptable. P and I went to Staples for envelopes and mailing labels, and also picked up a long-arm stapler I’ll be shipping back to Pittsburgh. After lunch I did all the folding and stapling and stuffing and labeling, and they were just a gram or two short of an ounce so I put two stamps on all the domestic ones in case of scale miscalibration (international first class is good up to two ounces). Walked them down to the post office and done. Very pleased. While we were out earlier we’d picked up a nice piece of cod for dinner, some pot pie and quiche for today and the freezer, and ingredients for casserole to split up and freeze. D’s been running ragged for ages and sometimes it’s nice to just dump something into the oven for dinner instead of trying to cook tired. In the afternoon I started hemming another handkerchief. Baked cod, sweet potatoes, and green beans 2 for dinner (green beans 1 were discarded for being slimy, boo), and I made a kindof weird saffron quinoa pin oat raisin porridge for me. After dinner P got the radio working and managed to pick up broadcasts from China and we think Romania. Snack, sleep. Dreamt, but they’ve already faded.

Yesterday I made a bunch of illustrations for the New Years zine, rearranged some stuff, and did up the back cover. Front cover, photocopying, and shipping is left. M and D went to Trader Joe’s to stock up on the soup G likes. After lunch P and I took M to the airport, with many hugs and pats to transmit to A and the dogs. On the way home we stopped at the inferior Whole Foods for nut/seed bar supplies. D made chicken cacciatore for dinner, and I polished off the K-compatible leftovers. In the evening D asked about nutritionists for G, so I talked through the wide variety I’ve seen over the years and encouraged her to ask their PCP the right questions to get a referral to a GI specialist as well. Snack and sleep. Dreamt of a horrid alternate CMU campus, with mangled voicemails from MLD staff, getting interminably lost, and unexpectedly walking into active meeting rooms, lecture halls, SCA court processions, orchestra pits, etc.

Yesterday I finished wrapping gifts for my folks, made tags, packed a box, then thankfully remembered to ask T whether he’ll be in Kingston for the holidays or whether I should ship him his stuff directly. I got another couple months into the prep for the xmas letter. I baked the nut and seed bars. I started reading the next book in the Swords Spells and Stealth series, Split the Party. It is glorious. Lunch was fine, dinner was dubious while cooking but it all worked out. Crossword(nasty SW corner), Voyager, snack, sleep. Dreamt of parades, cabin camping, driving through wee neighborhoods, fast food.