Monday, December 1, 2025
Breakfast at home: two-egg scramble with diced zucchini, sliced tomato, diced parsley, and diced chives; hot water. Strategized and made purchases for outlet face plate nightlights. Lots of laundry: bed sheets and removed stains from removable pillow liners. Stored currently unused pillows in vacuum bags. Lunch: leftover farfalle with vegetables, hot water. Pressure washed the west half of the balcony then did the patio walls, trying to not get neighbors' packages too wet. Scheduled a plumber after figuring out that our home warranty did not cover outside drains. Shower. Cold apple cider. Patrick had begun erecting the artificial Christmas tree, and we began shaping its branches. Shower. Dinner: I prepared for us tofu and vegetable stir-fry with cabbage, green bell pepper, ginger, and garlic with steamed white rice in an oyster-soy sauce. Dessert: we each had a slice of leftover pumpkin pie with whipped cream—the last of it. We watched YouTube then Stranger Things s5:e3 on Netflix then YouTube then The Simpsons s37:e1. Patrick went to bed. I joined a few hours later.