Cooking kidney

Friday

I got up before daylight. I looked at the test kit that arrived to see if it needed a morning sample, but it said to stop taking supplements for 4 days before collecting a sample.

I rinsed the kidney chunks and put them in a fry pan with tallow. Later I added some whey since the video on Youtube recommended yogurt and I didn't have any. I left it to reduce. I answered messages online. The envelop of cash I left for Jamie went missing, so I recalculated to see how much of my earnings I could give her.

Just before 10, I went to 79 to open it for Saronna. I put the key in the lock box and hung it on the door. Then I went to 612 to clean. I worked on cabinets and walls. The dogs next door were making quite a racket and I thought they were in the back yard trying desperately to get in the house. So I called Jamie and she came over. She determined that the dogs were in the house and she knew that one was a new puppy – probably where all the moaning was coming from. We chatted a bit and she went home.

I went home to have breakfast and check messages. Someone wanted to know if the swap shop had a desk. So I had stopped on the way home to look. During breakfast I messaged them that there was a desk. Then they wanted me to take a pic of it. That didn't sit well with me until I remembered that I had taken a pic back in September when the desk came in. So I sent them that. They never responded. Someone else messaged me that they left a bag of clothing at the swap shop.

After breakfast and a break, I went to the swap shop to put the bag of clothing inside. Then back to 612 for cleaning. I cleaned the front door and baseboards. I took a pic of things left behind and sent it to Saronna and she told me what she wanted. She sent Randy over to collect it. I threw in some extras like toilet paper and Chlorox wipes. He came over to pick it up and to offer to help. I had him clean the top of an outside window that I couldn't reach. I gave him some frozen food. We chatted some more and he left.

I mopped some flooring and went home. I made supper. Chris texted from his layover at the airport. I read articles and listened to short videos. I looked up hints for Portal, finally understanding what was going on. I worked on my blog.

I got ready for Game Night. There was so much to pack: stuff to return and stuff to look ate, etc. And the pomegranates that Michelle left outside my door thinking they were mine. I packed it all up and went to Michelle's house. We looked at the headphones and discussed the kind of magnetic connector it needed. I showed Casey some fuses, but he didn't know what they went to. Michelle told us about her trip.

Then I logged into the game of Portal. Myst was played almost entirely with a mouse, but this game requires one hand on the keyboard to move and the mouse for direction and shooting. I wasn't good at it but Cedric and Isadora were. So I let them help. Until we got to level 9 or 10 and I got stuck. They went to bed. Michelle picked up the conversation from earlier. Then I signed out of the game, determined to look up the video to see what I was doing wrong.

As I was about to leave, I realized we hadn't poured the resin over the gopher skulls. But it was too late at night. She promised we could do it another day. I went home and got ready for bed. Around midnight, Chris got home from the airport and climbed in bed with me. We were both tired. Several times I nearly fell asleep, but his throat-clearing woke me up.