Yesterday was not good, for a variety of reasons. Not horrid, but unpleasant.
First, was this news, which I got via the community
And then I completely fucked up my bread-making. Again. Even with a new recipe. I've lost - temporarily, I'm sure - my break making mojo. And since I love making bread, it was particularly galling to see the two whole wheat/cracked wheat bricks that I turned out. I think I know what happened. I over mixed the yeast-milk mixture into the first batch of flour; the yeast didn't get a chance to bloom properly because the gluten in the flour got activated too soon - but knowing (or suspecting) after the fact does not an edible bread loaf make. So it's back to the drawing board on that.
And BB was feeling under the weather, and we both found Dr. Who disappointing (although discussions I'm having today with folks like
On the other hand, today it is not sucking.
We went out and did a successful slipper swap at Costco (we got a new pair for me, and they were too large); FB came over briefly and played me recordings of songs he's doing with a new band he's jamming with, which was pleasant, especially since he also indicated that he and Emily are working out ways to deal with having to pay for his car repairs.Hurrah for maturity! And I got the chance to listen to Brazilian bossanova, do a couple more sentences on Chap. 24, get some prompts to do darkfic (as an exercise in doing things I'm not comfortable with) from the aforementioned and wonderful
So all in all? A decent recovery of the weekend. And tonight, more Avatar, I hope.
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