1) The horoscope today began with something like “Nourish yourself with what is beautiful.” As the day progressed I could tell why, because my mood depressed as I considered more and more the global and national situations.
2) Late in the afternoon I got an email from Ypple about my new yPhyne being delivered tomorrow to my home address at [Insert Address Definitely Not My Home Address Here]. Wait, what?! First I had to call Ypple to say “What on earth, dahlings?!” and they took care of it with their legal department or whatever. They also confirmed the last four digits of the credit card involved — yup, it was one of mine. The card company was helpful via their chat function, and my card has been successfully cancelled. So yay for the Ypple email system working as it should! But I am doing figure eights about my information being hacked.
2a) Insert Fulminations about a Credit Rating Agency with Impossible Customer Service Systems Here.
3) By then it was decidedly time to “prepare the burnt offering” for dinner. There were things I needed to use soon, so I ended up tossing a chopped onion, a peeled and sliced red apple, a very small clove of garlic, a small handful of raisins, and a package of thin-sliced pork cutlets into a skillet with some olive oil and a bit of nutmeg — just to see what would happen — and you know, it came out quite palatable. Doing the dress dinner challenge the last two winters and experimenting with new recipes has also made me a bit more willing to improvise in the kitchen.