I'm sorry I didn't blog last night

I was so terribly tired by the time I'd gotten home. Remember, I didn't sleep hardly at all on Friday night, and Saturday night, while I slept okay, didn't quite get me caught up. I did laundry and helped get YKWIA up and watched a couple of 'Hart of Dixie' episodes while he was eating breakfast and getting some coffee in him. YKWIA had made vegetarian cholent in the crockpot overnight, but there was still the balance of dinner to make--so afterwards I helped with the preparations for dinner, so I did a lot of vegetable chopping, mixing of kugel makings with my hands (eggs, oil, potatoes, onions, all mushed together), rolling matzo ball dough, and tossing veggies. We made matzo ball soup (he added some spices that made it very tasty), the kugel, and a nice salad. After dinner, which was excellent, YKWIA and I took a break and watched 'iZombie', which premiered last week. It was quite enjoyable. Then we made two 'derby' pies, with walnuts and chocolate chips (a little different from the normal pecans). Those were so they could take one to a meeting they're going to tonight, but I did get a piece. And in fact I had cholent, kugel, and pie to take for lunch today. So that was nice. It was a very nice 'early' birthday celebration. :)

I've run several errands today, eaten dinner, and I really need to do some stuff around here, so I should go. I'll see about writing later, but if not, good night.

Over at my friends' place

After McDonald's, I went home and propped my pillows up against a study pillow, and managed to sleep somewhat over the next couple of hours. A called, and I went ahead and got a shower (somewhat warmer than lukewarm on 'hot', but better than I thought it would be), and took him to the pharmacy. Then I got him back home so he could go over to a friend's house and watch the University of Kentucky-University of Cincinnati game. Now I'm hanging out at their house listening to YouTube videos (Human League's 'Don't You Want Me Baby' right now) and charging my phone and laptop. I have to admit, I'm feeling the sleep derivation, but hopefully I'll have my electricity on before I get home. Technically it could be as late as 11 pm, but they assure me that it should be within 24 hours of when I paid the bill. So I should be able to use the CPAP tonight.

This evening we're going to go to the grocery store after the game, and then tomorrow we're going to do the kugel and matzo ball soup, since there is no Cthulhu game. Brenda's meeting her future daughter-in-law's family for dinner. I wish them luck, and in the meantime we'll celebrate my birthday (early) with happy Jewish food.

I had a nice mid-afternoon nap

as the sun, reflecting on the snow, poured through the windows. Now it's passing away. I suppose this will be my last such nap in awhile, unless I manage it on a rare Saturday or holiday. The rest of the week is always so busy, between work and the game (although I'm not quite up to cleaning my friends' house yet, so Sundays aren't so full at the moment. A told me today he longed for the day when I could put a mop in my hand again. They've had to clean their own house for awhile now, which I think helped them appreciate me a little more.)

I just ate the last of the kugel from last week (hopefully it's still good; it tasted delicious anyway, and there's lots of oil to help keep it from turning).

Now to determine what to do for the rest of the evening. There's still the reading option. I've already looked at the news. There's one more story I'll post before I head back to the bedroom to read.

Slow going today

One of the perks living alone and not being Christian is that you can basically sleep in Christmas morning, or at least stay in bed as long as you like. I did field texts, messages on Facebook, and a phone call from exuberant friends wishing me well, and I appreciate them. But then I turned over and went back to sleep, finally getting up after noon. I'd been talking to a friend until two in the morning on Christmas Eve. YKWIA, who is Jewish and who cooked the food for me the other day, explained to me that the food I was trying to describe here was cholent (no 'z' on the end), kugel (ah, kugel!), and kischke, a dish he'd made vegetarian that usually is stuffed in sausages and contains schmalz, or rendered duck fat. He dispensed with the schmalz and casings, and it was still very good. There is another dish I forgot to mention, a coleslaw with no special name that is also very nummy. So once I did get out of bed this morning I broke my fast with some kugel. I'll have some of all of the types of food later today.

Christmas morning in my friends' house, with their four- and five-year-old, was a huge success, and I got some pictures sent to me showing the delight on their faces.

The only things on my agenda are to call my mom later today and watch 'Doctor Who: the Snowmen' tonight. I'm just hanging around the house in shorts today, although I just realised I'd better water my plants, or my lavender is going to go the way of the rosemary. I should go do that. Other than that, I think I'll do some reading. The TV is usually a bit useless on Christmas. Netflix has apparently been having some issues, both yesterday and today, so I don't know if that's a viable alternative, although it couldn't hurt to try. I did watch The Princess Bride DVD I got for the holidays last night and enjoyed every minute of it.

That's it for now. If you celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a very merry one.

I think

That by the time my foot and ankle are well, my knees will be completely shot. Today I visited for several hours with friends, held up well, but I've had to take some Tylenol and I am definitely ready for bed. Still it was nice to see them, and I now have a mountain of home-cooked food to eat, thanks to YKWIA, who cooked kugel, cholentz, and a veggie version of some other dish I can't remember the name of, but which is very good. I remember it normally has schmalz in it, but that's not its name. Drat. He made me a whole kugel of my own. Kugel = love.  :-)