I don't know about the length of prior residence, but there was also a pre-existing roommate so the "my living room" seems particularly telling to me. I immediately thought of communal spaces as shared when I lived with other people, and I've been territorial about guests overstaying their welcome.

Yeah. Like Sophia, I say "the living room," even though I currently live with four other adults.

Oh JZ. You're such a beautiful writer -- it means something for us to feel like we were there with you, so I can only imagine how much it will mean for people who really should have been.

You really are, Jacqueline. I hope it helped to write it out.

I think it might depend on who I'm talking to? Like, I'd never refer to it as "my living room" to the roommate in question. But if I was talking about it to someone who doesn't know my roommate I'd probably call it "my" living room.

Much love to JZ. I cannot imagine how hard it is to deal with a loss of this magnitude and not have the comfort of touch.

Hivemind (especially Hil) - I know that aquafaba (the liquid in canned chick peas) can be used as a egg white substitute. Does anyone know if the liquid from chick peas that you cook yourself has the same properties?

I think yes, but maybe not as much? Like, it's not as concentrated.

Gud checked in with me. He said he was doing okay, but not any detail.

Good day here. I went to the Farmer's market, saw Lisah from a safe distance. Came home, did some cleaning, then hung lights on the deck and two motion sensor lights. Then I trimmed trees. The Bradford pear in the front yard is hitting the house and with the wind this last week has pulled away two pieces of soffit. So I need a tree service and a repair person.

Now I'm watching the evening news for the first time in years. It sounds like everyone is yelling.

We are buying groceries again, i'm not sure why we keep buying stuff. It will be Wal Mart pick up this time. The list we are getting has very few vegetables I can't get anyone to eat any. Matthew's mom this morning decided she wanted to get the grandkids something for Easter so she was going to go out somewhere and go shopping. Matthew convinced her it was not a good idea but she was upset she probably couldn't get anything delivered tomorrow. And she has been fretting over Easter dinner, we ate our ham. We are going to have steaks and sweet potatoes and some other sides, but she wasn't happy with sweet potatoes and steak.. I guess they don't go together?

The anti anxiety meds I tried don't make me drowsy at first but then I sleep soundly, wake up to take the Vyvanse, then a couple hours later that wakes me up for an hour or two and then I'm sleepy and sleep for several hours and then feel out of it . At least when I take a whole tablet so I'm going back to a half.

There is a lot of cooking I woudl actually like to try but we don't have the ingredients for it and I don't want to spend the money. I really want to lean into my comfort food which would just be burrito bowls or tacos or anything Mexican inspired. I'm making some kind of pasta thing tonight, including Alfredo sauce from scratch.

Glad Gud has checked in and that he is doing ok. It will be nice when we can see his pixels again.

I'm glad to hear about Gudanov.