Life of Wry

Today was one of those days where I hit every green light (metaphorically speaking). All the remaining stuff that I’d ordered arrived, which meant we could wrap said stuff and mail the last of our packages; our cards were reproduced, folded, signed, stuffed, sealed and sent; and even a final bit of shopping happened. These are the fine details of the season.. the accomplishing of which is important, and feels so great, even as this is not the reason for the season.

On an unrelated errand to pick up a couple bottles of organic, Capay Valley hand-bottled olive oil from Nory (who has a friend…), Nory sent me home with some homemade eggrolls. That was completely unexpected and solved the dinner question! (This kind of day had originally called for Ikeda’s chicken pot pies.) A bonus dinner on top of an end-to-end busy day! How great is that?

Jim and I had never cooked eggrolls before .. but nothing a pan full of hot oil couldn’t take care of. May have left them in a smidge too long, but they were delicious and we didn’t have to cook. Thanks, Nory! Served them with leftover rice and Harry & David pears from neighbors Mary and Lou.

Dinner for the win!

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But you know the best news of the day? The former pres, running again in a gambit to avoid jail, just learned — as we all did this afternoon — that the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that he cannot appear on their state ballot because three years ago he led his followers in an attempted coup… a failed and fraught effort to stay in power after losing his reelection. Turns out, engaging in an insurrection against the government and constitution you swore an oath to defend disqualifies you from holding office. LOL.

The wheels of justice crank ever so slowly. It was THREE years ago to the day that this whiny sore loser started his little insurrection ball rolling. Here’s his famous “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild” tweet from December 19. What a dimwit.

All in all, a fabulous day.