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I got to spend a lot of time with lovely people this weekend! I also laughed so hard I cried during DnD. We are being terrible to a couple of our NPC's, and are about to Scooby Gang it up.

I even had the time and capacity to organize meals and snacks this week so that I don't have to do anything dramatic for meal prep/assembly. I did cook a giant pot of beans for being refried and frozen and they're all hanging out in the fridge for me to be refried. Man, two lbs of beans makes a looooooooot of beans.

I also re-signed up for my CSA box. I am unbelievably tired of dragging myself out to buy fresh food. Plus, there's gonna be a ton of squash on offer and I want to start eating more. Anway, annieeats is about to be flooded with eggs. It showed up this morning and I am gleeful because they gave me a half gallon of fresh sweet cider! And some pumpkin cranberry sourdough. I really need to clean out my freezer because I'm sensing I'm going to have a lot of bread in there in the near future. ANYWAY.

(Don't you love that I was all "I bought pre-made snacks because cooking uuuuuuuuugh" early in the post and "whooooooooo! Fresh components!!!" in the back end? I am a contradiction wrapped in a puzzle.)

In fun news, apparently Tory and Kari from Mythbusters have a podcast! It's called Mythfits and I listened to about five minutes of the first episode and am delighted so far. I do enjoy them giving each other shit eternally, so I'm allocating this for my gym listen. I've been trying to locate an old basic tablet to load old tv shows on to watch on the elliptical, but I'm being stymied. I also tend to disassociate while running (I hate it SO MUCH), so listening to audiobooks is a no-go. Chatty podcasts are more my speed, so hopefully this will work a trick.

Note: If anyone has an old tablet they're not using, lmk. We can negotiate.

Planned recipes for this week and weekend:

- Stir-Fried Ginger Mushroom Bokchoi
- Vegetable Curry Pies
- Roasted Butternut Squash and Pear Quinoa Salad

I need to prioritize the Squash/Pear salad because the arugala is likely the first to go off. I'm mixing the spinach they sent me into salads at work. The potatoes, onions, bok choi, and mushrooms will keep a little more. The only things I need to pick up are a butternut squash and some puff pastry. Huzzah!

Mom came out yesterday and we had a nice visit! She took the train in and we went to a local garden where she walked around having a fabulous time with her plant-identifying app, while I relaxed in the sunshine and listened to the nearby fountain. We then went to lunch, which was pretty nice! I'd been meaning to try that restaurant for legitimately decades.

I then went and did all of the laundry that I was letting pile up. This included washing ALL the bedding and changing out the summer bedding for the fall/winter stuff. I also hit up the grocery for low brain power lunch options. I still have stuff in the fridge for dinners (mmm, red Thai curry), so that was fine. I also obtained cat food and litter, then came home and took a long, delightful shower.

I even put in the ear plugs, so I got to sleep until my alarm without old lady cat yelling that starts ~20 minutes before my alarm. Ahhhhhh, bliss.

I am also making some direct plans to address some ongoing mental health stuff. I am so incredibly tired of having to manage this and my physical health stuff this year. But. It helps. I know this. And I need to start working on modifications because I can't do things the Same Way I Always Have, because that's just life. And it's ok! Annoying, but accurate.

Anyway, this weekend is gonna be kinda busy because celli is gonna be in town! I am very excited about that. Plus, other friends have birthdays and things going and I want to make sure they know I love/care about them.

Update: I forgot to mention I signed up with my CSA box again, but I'm gonna have it delivered to work. Not sure why I didn't think of that originally, but here we are! I am doing this mostly so that I don't have to go to the grocery as much. Also, I bought a small, monthly beef share. Because, APPARENTLY, I'm tending towards anemia. Wheeee.