Pandemic 159-161: Social Activities
Aug. 23rd, 2020 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricThursday: after stressing all morning because the maintenance men who were supposed to come at 10 didn't come until 1.30, it turned out they had a master key, and therefore I could leave them in my flat while I went to Basel.
Basel was hot! I acquired about 15 books from the main library, which is an excellent library with multi-storey open stacks. I met up with Hobbit S and, briefly, their boyfriend. Boyfriend fits exactly Type 2 of Polyamorous Men (the probably harmless type with bad hair). Hobbit S is delightful, and showed me the mysteries of the library, and then chatted to me for a while in Tibits after.
Friday: I had only medium success at salvaging my workload, but I did interview N. re the Lords of Misrule audio production of the Canterbury Tales, which was vr interesting. I took more naps than is really normal?
Saturday: I had a video date with Shiny lined up, and dinner with J and her partner Y scheduled for my place in the evening. J had been disappointed I couldn't make it to go swimming with them Thursday or Friday, so we planned to visit a museum on Saturday afternoon. I'm actually quite glad this plan fell through (they overslept and their dessert plans took longer than expected), because although I got my whole house vacuumed before calling Shiny, I did not get the chicken in marinade or the vegetables pre-prepared. A quieter afternoon let me do that.
J and Y are both a delight to talk to; dinner (roast chicken with plums) turned out deliciously. I forgot I had set the table outside, though, so we ate inside in front of the hot oven! Ooops. They brought wine with, and I broke my streak of abstinence - my goal was never complete teetotal, and I do intend to resume comfortable social drinking once I feel like I've broken the mental pattern that was leading to drinking too much at home. For now, though, I'm resetting the 'a month dry gets you a reward' calendar, so no reward for august. Nominated reward for September is a printer, and I really want a printer at this point, so that should prove reasonable incentive.
Sunday: Has been quiet. Podcasting. Knitting. Ordered some brightly patterned fabric, so I really need to get onto sewing some stuff with the LAST brightly patterned fabric I ordered. German class happened, and was pretty boring.
Basel was hot! I acquired about 15 books from the main library, which is an excellent library with multi-storey open stacks. I met up with Hobbit S and, briefly, their boyfriend. Boyfriend fits exactly Type 2 of Polyamorous Men (the probably harmless type with bad hair). Hobbit S is delightful, and showed me the mysteries of the library, and then chatted to me for a while in Tibits after.
Friday: I had only medium success at salvaging my workload, but I did interview N. re the Lords of Misrule audio production of the Canterbury Tales, which was vr interesting. I took more naps than is really normal?
Saturday: I had a video date with Shiny lined up, and dinner with J and her partner Y scheduled for my place in the evening. J had been disappointed I couldn't make it to go swimming with them Thursday or Friday, so we planned to visit a museum on Saturday afternoon. I'm actually quite glad this plan fell through (they overslept and their dessert plans took longer than expected), because although I got my whole house vacuumed before calling Shiny, I did not get the chicken in marinade or the vegetables pre-prepared. A quieter afternoon let me do that.
J and Y are both a delight to talk to; dinner (roast chicken with plums) turned out deliciously. I forgot I had set the table outside, though, so we ate inside in front of the hot oven! Ooops. They brought wine with, and I broke my streak of abstinence - my goal was never complete teetotal, and I do intend to resume comfortable social drinking once I feel like I've broken the mental pattern that was leading to drinking too much at home. For now, though, I'm resetting the 'a month dry gets you a reward' calendar, so no reward for august. Nominated reward for September is a printer, and I really want a printer at this point, so that should prove reasonable incentive.
Sunday: Has been quiet. Podcasting. Knitting. Ordered some brightly patterned fabric, so I really need to get onto sewing some stuff with the LAST brightly patterned fabric I ordered. German class happened, and was pretty boring.