elanya

The purpose of the posting meme was, in part, to get back in the habit of posting more regularly. So I should try to follow up with that, I suppose?

Yesterday I had people over for dinner, which meant that I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I cooked a turkey with roasted vegetables(potatoes, carrots, celery, turnip, some squash) and made some pre-prepared stuffed baked potatoes. And then I made rhubarb tarts to go with it. I also tried to make little no-bake cheesecake tartlettes, but the shells were too thick and the no-bake cheesecake didn't set well enough that I could pipe it into them as I had intended.

We ate, then sat around for a few hours playing with fire and shooting the shit/ A pretty successful endeavour I think! I go the stock made last night, and the first run of dishes is currently in the dishwasher. when it is done, I am seriously considering taking a bath, and maybe reading one of the pile of books I got for Christmas.

The other thing I ought to do today is apply for more jobs - it has come to that time of year - I said I would start looking more seriously in January, and here we are. There is one in Canada that I have the cover letter written for. I need to check and see if they wanted references from the get go or not. And then I found a few others this morning to apply for in the US - one in Arkansas, one in Colorado, and maybe one in Maine.

We'll see how things go...

I also need to finish replying to yuletide comments! I still have a few stories to get through! If you are curious what I wrote and received, you can find the relevant posts over on my writing journal, measured_words.

There is a yuletide friending mere going on in the LJ community, but I always feel weird about these things, since I feel like I am not fannish in a very normal/regular way, or about a lot of normal fannish things. But I do like having people to talk to and not just feeling like I'm chattering into the void so... we'll see I suppose. I am having a kind of meh day - it fees like vacation is over (even though I still have the weekend), plus I don't waaaaanna do job search things. I will though.

I will also have that bath, and walk the dogs. But while I'm still waiting for the dishwasher I may as well look over the cover letter....