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Dec. 26th, 2008 04:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienI had a nice time in Phoenix, in a fairly low-key way with good ham.
It rained overnight, but this morning we walked the dogs in brilliant sunshine. There's something slightly surreal about walking around a suburban Arizona neighborhood at this time of year, seeing Christmas decorations side by side with colorful bougainvillea. I came back to Tucson chilly gray skies and a bit of rain, somewhat confused about what day of the week it is; coming back from Phoenix is a Sunday thing, but there was an email from my mother left over from Wednesday. If I'd been clear in my mind about it being Friday with all that implies, I might have remembered to disconnect the backup drives before the virus scan started.
I hope it bodes well for my planned domesticity in the next few days that I sat down at the computer and almost immediately found one of my favorite rings, which had been missing for weeks in the litter on the desk. I almost completely failed at domestic stuff over the Thanksgiving break; I hope I can turn the last days of the year to better account. On the agenda: a trip to the used bookstore with a box of trade-ins; a return engagement at the optometrist, to be combined with mall shopping that may include a new suitcase; laundering my way down to the bottom of the hamper; ironing; stocking the freezer with fresh batches of chicken stew, lentils, and bean-and-pepper stew; maybe some baking.
It rained overnight, but this morning we walked the dogs in brilliant sunshine. There's something slightly surreal about walking around a suburban Arizona neighborhood at this time of year, seeing Christmas decorations side by side with colorful bougainvillea. I came back to Tucson chilly gray skies and a bit of rain, somewhat confused about what day of the week it is; coming back from Phoenix is a Sunday thing, but there was an email from my mother left over from Wednesday. If I'd been clear in my mind about it being Friday with all that implies, I might have remembered to disconnect the backup drives before the virus scan started.
I hope it bodes well for my planned domesticity in the next few days that I sat down at the computer and almost immediately found one of my favorite rings, which had been missing for weeks in the litter on the desk. I almost completely failed at domestic stuff over the Thanksgiving break; I hope I can turn the last days of the year to better account. On the agenda: a trip to the used bookstore with a box of trade-ins; a return engagement at the optometrist, to be combined with mall shopping that may include a new suitcase; laundering my way down to the bottom of the hamper; ironing; stocking the freezer with fresh batches of chicken stew, lentils, and bean-and-pepper stew; maybe some baking.
