I've really cut down on my cooking because a meal for one makes multiple things messy.

Easier to have some pre-made thing from a fancy grocery (like the roasted corn and tomato salad, or beets, oranges and goat cheese from Bi-Rite), or just order something to go from Haight Street (like the Achiote Chicken and rice at Alembic).

I've got a guest coming today for a six day stay and it's been a sweaty flurry of housekeeping.

Also, I've been fighting a losing battle against fruit flies/sink flies for the last two weeks. Bah! I hate them.

Well the universe heard my unspoken plea - I let them know I was running some errands and said "If you could do the dishes while I'm out that would be helpful" and now I'm home and the dishes are done AND Aeryn is sweeping the kitchen floor. In their own words "I got bored." It's a mid-September miracle!

I miss having a robot vacuum, but when the Roomba died we replaced it with a normal vacuum that honestly does a much much better job. It does require a human to push it around but the rugs actually get clean.

Well done, Aeryn!

I hope when your mom came back she brought pie.