52/394-395: Drying
Apr. 3rd, 2026 03:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rejectomorphThe furnace came on early Thursday morning. I had just awakened but was preparing to go back to sleep, and I heard the hum of the fan and the slight rumble of the burner engaging. The first rush of air was cold, of course, having been sitting in the ducts, and I pulled to covers over my head, but I didn't find out how long it took the room to warm up at that time, as I went back to sleep almost immediately, and when I finally got up it was late morning and warm. I haven't heard the furnace run again, but it probably will again in an hour or two. Maybe I'll just sleep through it this time.
Oh, I finally got around to fixing the strawberries I got from Safeway last Friday. Half of them, anyway. I didn't get them quite sweet enough, but the whipped cream turned out very well. I'm waiting to see if I get any bad reactions to the rich dessert (there was angel food cake to pile it all on as well.) And something I forgot to mention about the rain Wednesday. I'd expected my allergies to clear up temporarily, but for some reason I sneezed even more, and my nose has been running fiercely. It's a good thing I'm well stocked with tissues, though at the rate I've been using them I won't be for long. Why the rain didn't wash the pollen from the air I don't know. Maybe there just wasn't enough. It was a disappointing rain, though better than nothing.
There was an earthquake in the bay area Thursday morning, but we didn't feel it here in the mini-metropolis. We rarely do. Not that I'm complaining. Some dullness is good. Especially seismic dullness. Among the many things I'm now too old for, earthquakes are near the top of the list.
I do believe sleep is about to hit. As Molly McGee used to say, goodnight all. (Geez, how long has it been since I thought of that? I am way old.)
Oh, I finally got around to fixing the strawberries I got from Safeway last Friday. Half of them, anyway. I didn't get them quite sweet enough, but the whipped cream turned out very well. I'm waiting to see if I get any bad reactions to the rich dessert (there was angel food cake to pile it all on as well.) And something I forgot to mention about the rain Wednesday. I'd expected my allergies to clear up temporarily, but for some reason I sneezed even more, and my nose has been running fiercely. It's a good thing I'm well stocked with tissues, though at the rate I've been using them I won't be for long. Why the rain didn't wash the pollen from the air I don't know. Maybe there just wasn't enough. It was a disappointing rain, though better than nothing.
There was an earthquake in the bay area Thursday morning, but we didn't feel it here in the mini-metropolis. We rarely do. Not that I'm complaining. Some dullness is good. Especially seismic dullness. Among the many things I'm now too old for, earthquakes are near the top of the list.
I do believe sleep is about to hit. As Molly McGee used to say, goodnight all. (Geez, how long has it been since I thought of that? I am way old.)
