Sunday, November 30, 2025
Breakfast: plain yogurt with sliced whole banana, local honey, toasted coconut, roasted and slivered almonds, flax meal; hot water. Replaced a pillow insert for our ruched pillow in the primary bedroom. The pillow cover was 18 inches square. The old insert was 18 inches square and the new insert was 20 inches square. All dimensions mentioned are what the manufacturers specified. This slight difference is what changes a pillow's mood from slightly sad to just right. So the lesson is that you sometimes need to choose a larger size for it to look correct. Spent about two hours removing the drain cover to the left (east) drain on the balcony. Removing the drain grate revealed that the drain was severely clogged with some kind of hard organic matter. I could chip away at it with a flathead screwdriver, but it really just needed to be entirely snaked since there was no way to know how far down it went. This is something the home warranty might cover, so I stopped working on it. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself farfalle with Better Cheddar cheese powder sauce with carrot, white onion, green onion, zucchini, and parsley. Hot water to drink. I processed dirty dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Trash management. Photo management. Patrick and I moved the Christmas tree and decorations from the garage to the living room but did not yet unpack them. Dinner at home: I prepared grilled cheese with cheddar, chives, and pear balsamic jam. Hot water to drink. We watched Stranger Things s5:e2 on Netflix then YouTube then Prehistoric Planet s1:e4 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I joined a few hours later.