Another quick seafood pasta thing, which I’m at least hoping might be as tasty as the other one I tried. (And considered buying again earlier.)
This time I thought I would try cutting the frozen block in half, so I don’t have to cook both servings at the same time. Not sure I want all of it at once, and seafood in hot weather 😧
But what if your childhood was shitty and traumatizing and you were meek and quiet as a kid so get a sweet little kitten and eventually as you grow and realize your worth and become more confident that kitten slowly grows into a lion.
Usually, when I bring kids their Companions, it’s a happy day.
Most parents like to throw parties for their children. Make it a big ‘lifetime milestone’ type deal. Sometimes, if there are a lot of birthdays on the same day, they do events at the local schools. I never really have to call ahead – people know I’m coming. The roster at the head offices keeps a running record, and Deliverers like me pack up the Untouched Eggs (wearing gloves, of course), and set out to cover their area for the day. I work six days a week, and sometimes I take emergency runs if I’m nearby and another district is overwhelmed. Overtime is common, but so are short days, when only a small number of kids are hitting ten.
It’s a job that has me travelling a lot. i go wherever there’s the most need for Deliverers. We don’t like to be late; tenth birthdays are an important matter. But I like being on the road. It lets me see a lot of the country.
It’s always such a pleasure to read a short story that so clearly, cleverly, and magically creates a whole different universe. I would read a seven book series of this, from any perspective. Thank you @feynites for writing this and posting it on here! This really made my day something special.
Just waiting for storms to really hit and the heat to break again *fingers crossed*
It’s a little less miserable already here, down to about 80F in a humid, keeps sprinkling kind of way. The inside of the house is still hotter, of course, but hopefully not for too long.
No idea if this is another temporary reprieve, but I’ll be glad to sleep better again regardless.
Meanwhile, Mr. C is spending the week in a tent somewhere in Wales. Not sure if he’d be quite so glad to see thunderstorms. Might make that fencing event more exciting 🙄
Just waiting for storms to really hit and the heat to break again *fingers crossed*
It’s a little less miserable already here, down to about 80F in a humid, keeps sprinkling kind of way. The inside of the house is still hotter, of course, but hopefully not for too long.
No idea if this is another temporary reprieve, but I’ll be glad to sleep better again regardless.
Some surprise volunteer potatoes came up in one of the sack planters out there, from where I stuck in a few sprouty potatoes I think 2 years ago? Because why not.
They didn’t do anything then, and I thought that was the end of it. But, up sprouted some this year. I was kind of glad to see them, especially since I haven’t been able to do basically any gardening.
And the plants were doing pretty well. Until, AFAICT, those rats that have been hanging around outside decided to go digging for some spuddy snacks! 🐀🐀🐀🙃
Best I can figure, at least. Not much of a loss, but it still aggravated me finding that.
(Getting our trash inaccessible obviously hasn’t made them move along yet. Pretty sure they’re just going upstairs and raiding the neighbors’ now, since I can hear them up on the deck there at night. No clue where they’re sheltering, either, but hey. Those neighbors already don’t much like us, and I don’t want to say anything about it and probably get them blaming Those Foreign Weirdos for the incursions.)
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