mostly roving, partly stars

Fried rice and omurice are good for rice that's gotten too old for eating straight? Those are usually my go to

 

Oh yeah, fried rice is for sure in the plans. I just did not think things through and made 16 cups (cooked volume) of rice. That's like. A week of eating nothing but rice, and ideally for food safety we'd finish the rice off in 3 or 4 days.

 

Oh. Yeah Lebesgue did that once. So much wasted rice

 

Now I know! Our rice cooker is just way too gotdamn big unless we have like four children immediately.

 

I find rice freezes well, especially if you like freeze it in single servings so you can just microwave it or w/e

 

Today: PEOPLE

aka Jams' boy is coming over for dinner. I get Jams early (she's on her way) for hangouts, and then it's metas getting to know each other time.

 

First morning under my little grow light! Imma be a big strong happy plant.

 

From messages I sent to Jams:

 

photosynthesis hell yeah

 

Staying cozy with a sweet boy. He's been parked on my legs for over an hour now, patiently enduring me knitting above his head. I don't want to move him, but I'm beginning to lose feeling in my limbs :/

 

I know these feels.

Winnerisd?

 

Between you and the boy, the cute and cozy levels are off the charts!

 

Ok but the cute cuddles LEVELLED UP


Jams under my arm, Kai laying across my front, Fiyero out of the frame in Kai's lap

 

That is approaching maximum coze!

 

Everyone looks so happy and comfortable, and my heart has melted from sheer coziness!

 

:D everybody had a hard day, so having a polycule cuddle pile was definitely a good restorative chunk of the evening

 

I love having a vibrant polycule I'm newly attatched to, but I'm also a bit amused & concerned that I seem to be one of the only ones who isn't free for impromptu social stuff 4-5x a week??? I mean, yeah, I'm a chronically ill introvert, but I also have responsibilities to get done? Aaa. I hope they all are getting enough rest too.

 

...in related news, I turned down several bids for events tonight bc I had so much work to do at home.

And then I got a migraine and I don't know if I'm going to get half of it done. :/

 

trying to recover from overstimulation, but-

-our downstairs neighbors are playing loud music
-so many craft deadlines
-people I really like and want to spend time with keep inviting me to things

I just really really want the power to stop time for, like, a month. Catch up on naps in peace and quiet. Catch up on work. Then restart time rested and ready for social stuff.

 

On the bright side, being relatively straightforward about the cost of new social outings with people when I meet them seems to be super paying off in terms of said people being accomodating both during events and afterwards