Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Christmas holiday. Patrick opened the gifts I bought for him: three candles from Dirty Coast (mint julep, magnolia, king cake) and a book called Emma Fick's Snippets of New Orleans. Breakfast at home with Patrick: we prepared maple-pecan sausage, hash brown with ketchup, biscuit, hot water. Nap. Rode UberX to Kerry and Mom Ryan's place, meeting Sam who arrived via first-time, shared UberX. We ate pannetone that Patrick had bought and spicy ham that Kerry had made, then opened cards and gifts. We stayed about two hours then returned home. Snack for me: makeshift taco using leftover carne asada from Nopalito. I read from Snippets of New Orleans. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: deli roast chicken with scallion ginger sauce; spiced, giant matchstick deli carrots, mashed potatoes from a box, water. Rewatched part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens via purchase from iTunes. I had trouble getting the Dolby AC3 sound working as expected, having forgotten that we need to set the Soundblaster input source on #3 in order for it to work with iTunes. Also today we primed and filled the Brita, and Patrick tried the filtered water with the Sodastream and finally was satisfied—no aftertaste, he says. Late snacks: Honmas Chex mix, nachos with cheddar cheese.