we're okay, but...

they say most accidents happen in the home.

I was drying a knife after doing some dishes (things that can't go in the dishwasher, mostly because it would damage them) and my hand slipped. I cut my left index finger. Not seriously: I just announced to the empty air (being alone in the kitchen) that that was that, grabbed a paper towel to dry the hand, and found a band-aid.

This morning, I carefully put on work gloves to remove the old wooden toilet paper holder and replace it with a new plastic one. The wooden one had broken in such a way that it got nasty splinters under Andy's finternail the last time he changed the toilet paper, and I'd announced that I would deal with it. Turned out to be easy: the cardboard from the old roll covered most of the wood. But it's now in the trash, and if/when this one breaks, it won't produce long, nasty bits of wood.

Both of these things happened when only one of us was at home. But this isn't major home repairs, this is day-to-day living.

Feh.

we're okay, but...

they say most accidents happen in the home.

I was drying a knife after doing some dishes (things that can't go in the dishwasher, mostly because it would damage them) and my hand slipped. I cut my left index finger. Not seriously: I just announced to the empty air (being alone in the kitchen) that that was that, grabbed a paper towel to dry the hand, and found a band-aid.

This morning, I carefully put on work gloves to remove the old wooden toilet paper holder and replace it with a new plastic one. The wooden one had broken in such a way that it got nasty splinters under Andy's finternail the last time he changed the toilet paper, and I'd announced that I would deal with it. Turned out to be easy: the cardboard from the old roll covered most of the wood. But it's now in the trash, and if/when this one breaks, it won't produce long, nasty bits of wood.

Both of these things happened when only one of us was at home. But this isn't major home repairs, this is day-to-day living.

Feh.

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More research might have helped: not only was it a chilly evening to be outside, but most of d.b.a.'s back garden was reserved for a whisky tasting they were having. Still, that simplified the decision to grab a couple of tables in the bar, selected primarily for having enough light that I could see the pages of my notebook while waiting for company.

The few of us who showed up--Arwen, roadnotes, baldanders, the Evil Twins (not actually related to each other), Peter, and of course me--had fun. Between roadnotes and Kevin, we were well supplied with crisps and with sweets; I had trouble convincing myself that I had to not only eat dinner, but figure out what, when I got home.

One advantage of coming home relatively early is that the new crescent moon was gorgeous over the hills of Inwood Hill Park, a bright crescent, the rest of the moon shining by earthlight, and a bright planet hanging nearby.

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More research might have helped: not only was it a chilly evening to be outside, but most of d.b.a.'s back garden was reserved for a whisky tasting they were having. Still, that simplified the decision to grab a couple of tables in the bar, selected primarily for having enough light that I could see the pages of my notebook while waiting for company.

The few of us who showed up--Arwen, roadnotes, baldanders, the Evil Twins (not actually related to each other), Peter, and of course me--had fun. Between roadnotes and Kevin, we were well supplied with crisps and with sweets; I had trouble convincing myself that I had to not only eat dinner, but figure out what, when I got home.

One advantage of coming home relatively early is that the new crescent moon was gorgeous over the hills of Inwood Hill Park, a bright crescent, the rest of the moon shining by earthlight, and a bright planet hanging nearby.