Slow Monday

Mr. M was off last week, which meant I took the week off, too, and we had a nice holiday. We played video games and read books, and basically just snuggled down inside because the weather was cool and gray and wet.

On Thanksgiving, we had friends over for dinner, where we had too much food, as usual. But it was delicious! We cooked the turkey for the first time in a number of years, and it turned out really good. We used the Easier Roast Turkey recipe from America’s Test Kitchen (subscription required), and it was both easy and delicious. And pretty quick, too!

We also played video games with our nephews, which was entirely adorable. We played co-op games, and they’re still at the age where I look like I’m really good, but it won’t be long before they’re the ones carrying me through the missions, lol.

Today, I’ve been playing tech support for a friend’s mom, so I’m just now looking at my to-do list to figure out what I’m supposed to be doing this week. Copyedits for Capture the Sun are supposed to land on Wednesday, I think, so I really only have today and tomorrow before I need to dive into those. Then it’s two weeks of copyedits, then it’s practically Christmas.

Hold me.

My plan to get a project done by the end of the year is looking pretty shaky. Somehow the time between August and now just evaporated into smoke while the first half of the year took a decade. I’m pretty sure someone was messing with the space-time continuum. Or maybe I was just dragging through a deadline. One of the two for sure. :)

I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving, if you celebrated, or a lovely fourth Thursday of November if you didn’t!

7 thoughts on “Slow Monday”

  1. What is that dessert with the raspberries on top, is it something chocolate? That looks amazing! I love chocolate and raspberries so I’m always in the lookout for new recipes!

  2. My younger son (the one who still lives at home) had the week off, so my husband and I also took the week off. Lots of lolling about, snacking, and watching some movies. Older son came home for Thanksgiving and we packed him off with leftovers.

    Also, I bought _Honor and Shadows_ when it came out, so naturally it led me to reread _Hunt the Stars_ and _Eclipse the Moon_. Like spending the week with old friends! As a costume geek and engineer, I really really want to make Kee and Liang’s outfits now :). Also can. Not. Wait. for _Capture the Sun_! Cheers, I’m glad you had a nice week off.

      1. It’s not as crazy as it sounds! A couple years back I did a shiny Umbreon costume, which included blue LED lights in Umbreon’s rings. Programming the lights to respond to each other would be more complicated, but not impossible! I bet someone has done something like this at Burning Man.

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