The grindstone restarts
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Today is my first day back to work! For the first time in a month, I went to bed early, set an alarm, got ready to get up...and then slept through my alarm and barely made it to work on time. 
My habit of waking up at the absolute last minute to get to work has not changed not that it takes me two minutes to do so! I spent the morning answering emails and dealing with the administrator of my leave screwing up when I was gone, so they reported to my boss and HR on Monday that I was supposed to return that day but they weren't sure that I had. When I called them again, they had a record that I had called them on May 18th to update the starting day of my leave, but apparently hadn't edited the actual day somehow? Ugh.
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sashagee got her COVID vaccination today! She had wanted to wait until she was done breastfeeding, since there wasn't a lot of research on the vaccine's effects on infants, but it's been a while since she had that initial thought and now there's much more data attesting to its safety, so as soon as the two-week period after her rubella vaccine expired she started looking for a vaccine appointment. Fortunately nowadays they're much easier to get than they were when I got my first shot back in February, so she walked in, they gave her the shot while I watched and then they let us walk around the Walgreens for fifteen minutes while she made sure she didn't have an adverse reaction to the shot. She hasn't yet, and other than a bit of arm soreness doesn't seem to have any reaction at all really. Hopefully that doesn't mean that her second shot will knock her on her back.
Fajita beef from Green Fire Farm along with spring onions, tomatoes, snap peas, cilantro, and a side of air-fried sunchokes all from Nichols Farm & Orchard.
We had originally planned to have chicken sausage today from Green Fire Farm, to see if it matched the delicious sausage that we often got last year from Sausage König, but the vendor said that the sausage wouldn't be in until next week and when I suggested fajita beef tosashagee, she jumped at the chance. I knew she wouldn't want me to put in a lot of spices or seasonings, though, so I got the spring onions, cilantro, and tomatoes (for acidity) to add more flavor. I think it turned out really well--the tomatoes added enough acidity that sashagee asked if I had added rice vinegar and was surprised when I said that all I stir-fried it in was a little olive oil and salt. The whole thing took about forty-five minutes and would have taken less if I hadn't had to stop to calm Laila down.
sashagee was a little skeptical of sunchoke fries, but only because she had never heard of sunchokes before. Once she tried them she thought they were delicious, crispy but tender and a little sweet. I think we'll definitely be having them again.
A banana nut caramel donut from Downstate Donuts. I originally wanted to get a pie from First Slice Pies, the place where![[facebook.com profile]](https://www.facebook.com/favicon.ico)
aaron.hosek and I met for our once-or-twice monthly dinners, but when sashagee said that she really wanted a donut I was persuaded to look over their offerings again. I opted for this one because in past weeks, my bone with Downstate Donuts has been that all of their flavors basically tasted like a donut to me and I wanted something that might have a different flavor--and I definitely got it! This reminded me of Landmark Cafe in Galesburg, where I used to go a lifetime ago and order the bananas foster crepe for dessert. It had that same nutty-creamy-caramelly flavor that originally drew me in. I'll be going back for this.
Today was a bit rough because Laila was fussy for most of the day andsashagee had a hard time with it. We track everything we can about her, so we know that today she slept about an hour less than she usually does and spent most of that time crying. Even a healthy baby with no troubles can cry up to three hours in a day, but it's different when it's your baby doing the crying. We'll have to become inured to it, especially when we're teaching her to sleep by herself or potty training her or, really, showing her how to deal with any discomfort that lasts beyond a moment, which is a vital adult skill! But learning how to do it is unpleasant and that means she'll cry. She's asleep now, fortunately, and hopefully she'll stay that way for at least a few more hours.
I haven't been the best at reading other people's posts, but I'm trying to get back on track! I hope everyone has been doing well.
My habit of waking up at the absolute last minute to get to work has not changed not that it takes me two minutes to do so! I spent the morning answering emails and dealing with the administrator of my leave screwing up when I was gone, so they reported to my boss and HR on Monday that I was supposed to return that day but they weren't sure that I had. When I called them again, they had a record that I had called them on May 18th to update the starting day of my leave, but apparently hadn't edited the actual day somehow? Ugh.sashagee got her COVID vaccination today! She had wanted to wait until she was done breastfeeding, since there wasn't a lot of research on the vaccine's effects on infants, but it's been a while since she had that initial thought and now there's much more data attesting to its safety, so as soon as the two-week period after her rubella vaccine expired she started looking for a vaccine appointment. Fortunately nowadays they're much easier to get than they were when I got my first shot back in February, so she walked in, they gave her the shot while I watched and then they let us walk around the Walgreens for fifteen minutes while she made sure she didn't have an adverse reaction to the shot. She hasn't yet, and other than a bit of arm soreness doesn't seem to have any reaction at all really. Hopefully that doesn't mean that her second shot will knock her on her back.Fajita beef from Green Fire Farm along with spring onions, tomatoes, snap peas, cilantro, and a side of air-fried sunchokes all from Nichols Farm & Orchard.
We had originally planned to have chicken sausage today from Green Fire Farm, to see if it matched the delicious sausage that we often got last year from Sausage König, but the vendor said that the sausage wouldn't be in until next week and when I suggested fajita beef to
sashagee, she jumped at the chance. I knew she wouldn't want me to put in a lot of spices or seasonings, though, so I got the spring onions, cilantro, and tomatoes (for acidity) to add more flavor. I think it turned out really well--the tomatoes added enough acidity that sashagee asked if I had added rice vinegar and was surprised when I said that all I stir-fried it in was a little olive oil and salt. The whole thing took about forty-five minutes and would have taken less if I hadn't had to stop to calm Laila down.sashagee was a little skeptical of sunchoke fries, but only because she had never heard of sunchokes before. Once she tried them she thought they were delicious, crispy but tender and a little sweet. I think we'll definitely be having them again.A banana nut caramel donut from Downstate Donuts. I originally wanted to get a pie from First Slice Pies, the place where
sashagee said that she really wanted a donut I was persuaded to look over their offerings again. I opted for this one because in past weeks, my bone with Downstate Donuts has been that all of their flavors basically tasted like a donut to me and I wanted something that might have a different flavor--and I definitely got it! This reminded me of Landmark Cafe in Galesburg, where I used to go a lifetime ago and order the bananas foster crepe for dessert. It had that same nutty-creamy-caramelly flavor that originally drew me in. I'll be going back for this.Today was a bit rough because Laila was fussy for most of the day and
sashagee had a hard time with it. We track everything we can about her, so we know that today she slept about an hour less than she usually does and spent most of that time crying. Even a healthy baby with no troubles can cry up to three hours in a day, but it's different when it's your baby doing the crying. We'll have to become inured to it, especially when we're teaching her to sleep by herself or potty training her or, really, showing her how to deal with any discomfort that lasts beyond a moment, which is a vital adult skill! But learning how to do it is unpleasant and that means she'll cry. She's asleep now, fortunately, and hopefully she'll stay that way for at least a few more hours.I haven't been the best at reading other people's posts, but I'm trying to get back on track! I hope everyone has been doing well.
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Date: 2021-Jul-25, Sunday 05:44 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-Jul-27, Tuesday 13:48 (UTC)Unfortunately they gave Laila really bad gas, so it'll be a while before we make them again...
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Date: 2021-Jul-27, Tuesday 16:29 (UTC)I'd heard that was an issue with the inulin in sunchokes, but never experienced it myself. I guess it makes sense it would affect a much smaller person more strongly.