Yay for SA heading to Europe and not to jail. (Despite what the republicans will tell you, Europe is actually better.)

Happy Birthday, Matilda!!!

Yay Stephanie for the doula/midwife plan!

P-C, what they said.

Omnis, we have made that observation of ourselves many-a-time over the past few years.

Blah. Am so friggin' tired that it's a miracle I can keep my eyes open at all. I'm operating on about 5 hours of sleep, but my hard work did pay off: I finally finished the first pile o'essays of the year. I've taught two classes so far today and have two more to go. Have I mentioned how much I despise 45-minute periods? Then it's off to the grocery store and home to pack for the ninth grade overnight.

Have I mentioned I'm tired? Like many of you?

I want nap time, dammit.

I mostly pickle radishes (white vinegar, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, water, let sit overnight in fridge) and use them as sandwich toppings. But I doubt that would be a solution if the problem is "too bitter."

Nothing makes you more eager to leave your own country quicker than a trip through jail. And bureaucratic hell.

I don't doubt it. On the plus side, if your family is anything like mine, it gives them the chance to say "sorry, she's fled the country" every time you get a phone call.

And bureaucratic hell.

Hmm, I don't know that you'll escape that in the UK. But at least they'll have different accents! Seriously, though, I'm glad that you've gotten everything straightened out on this end.

I mostly pickle radishes (white vinegar, rice vinegar, salt, sugar, water, let sit overnight in fridge) and use them as sandwich toppings. But I doubt that would be a solution if the problem is "too bitter."

Hm. Well, it might be a different sort of bitter, with a little sweet in them. I might try that. Tom will eat them if I don't end up liking them, so there's nothing to lose.

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Hmm, I don't know that you'll escape that in the UK.

Different kind of bureaucratic hell. I'm very eager to get back.

I think you can slow-cook radishes in a little bit of butter and salt. It's a twist on french, to cook them down.

Slice before pickling or whole? I love me pickled stuff,a nd have bnever thought to try radishes. Which I don't like raw, but I don't like raw cucumbers, either, and pickled cucmbers are something I occasionally crave with some seriousness.

Grest news, SA! You certainly deserve some trouble-free travelling. I hope it's much much easier than it has been.