14,780 Days Alive
26 Books Chosen for the 2026 Alphabet Book Challenge
2 Days Until Grandma Gator’s Birthday
1st Day of Hanukkah
I absolutely forgot that Hanukkah started this evening. I gave Grandma Gator a buzz while I was on my way to the grocery store and she reminded me that it was both the first day of Hanukkah and a few days until her birthday!
I am so glad that I have been able to establish a great relationship with Grandma Gator. I am fairly certain that it started before my mom died; but I know for a fact that she was very supportive when I was dealing with the complicated tangle of emotions that was my mother’s passing. This coming spring, she’s going to be getting her house ready to sell. She’s lived in the same house since before the fall of the Berlin Wall! And she has at least three blankets I’ve made for her and my late Grandpa Gator. The plan so far is that she’s going to visit my Uncle Gator and his wife, Aunt Gator, in the springtime. They’re now living in the Four Corners area after a very long time in Florida. Once Grandma Gator is back, she’s going to start packing up her house. Since she’s firmly in the octogenarian era, she will absolutely need help. Sometime in the Spring, I am going to go down for about a week to stay with her to help her pack up and spend time with her. I absolutely anticipate flying home with a bunch of vinyl records in my bag! My late grandfather and I are fans of very similar music and Grandma said that I could look through his collection and take what I’d like.
The entire reason I went to the grocery store this evening was to buy the ingredients for tonight’s dinner. I was planning on making an Instant Pot variant of Chicken Enchilada Soup based on this recipe from Kristine’s Kitchen Blog. It was absolutely amazing last time I made it! But, because of several factors, I was out of spoons and mildly dizzy by the time I got home. I sat down, had a snack, and we decided to pivot for dinner. We just had leftover pizza instead, and I’ll make the soup for dinner tomorrow with some rice cooker made corn casserole! It’s a super easy recipe: one box of Famous Dave’s Original Recipe Corn Bread mix, one large egg, 2/3 cup of whole milk, one can of creamed corn, one can of sweet corn that has been drained, and a fistful of shredded cheese all mixed together. Then, I throw it all into a well-greased rice cooker, close it, hit the cake button, and wait about an hour for delicious, delicious spoon bread! It’s something to look forward to after work tomorrow.
I also need to figure out my other goals for the next year or so. I know that graduating from college with a 4.0 is a top one on my list. I’ll work on it in the next few weeks. We are still like eighteen days till 2026. I’m not too worried about it.
Anyway! I need to medicate, meditate, and get some rest. This weekend was rough on my brain.
Take your meds, folks!
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