slow day

We listened to NPR in the car yesterday, driving to the Alamo. I can't remember the last time the news was good.

I've settled upon a simple schedule for the next quarter. It will involve getting up earlier but I hope it will actually increase my free time by getting all my work out of the way faster.

The hospital called today. I have to go do bloodwork on Friday. The person on the phone encouraged me to take my Xanax.

Dinner tonight will be potato leek soup with Swedish meatballs. I kind of want to go to IKEA and stock up on lingonberry everything. Need to bake some pies. I want to make a pie for Mike to take to work on Monday since their team from Berkley is visiting. Maybe I'll go crazy and do two - I kind of want to make a key lime pie.

My tree continues to delight me. I have obtained a stack of paperbacks to read for the rest of the month. Currently reading a bizarre memoir of a Soviet spy.

Peppermint mochas are my favorite December caffeine. I know I can get them all year round, but I only really enjoy them when it is cold. The rest of the time I just want a latte.

Work hiccups has straightened out, so I suppose I should get cracking on that.