First Day of Fall Break in Variations of Fabric

Yesterday was one of those days when I feel like I didn't get anything done.  I could make the argument that I didn't have to get anything done--it was my first day of Fall Break, after all.  But let me focus on the real truth:  I got a lot of stuff done.

I went to the bank and got some money transferred to savings and ordered some more checks.  Sure, I could have done that online, although not with my phone.  I do not do mobile banking.  I could have called the 1-800 # and done the self service.  Actually, I tried that, and the automated voice told me that I last ordered checks in 2023, which I thought was not correct, so I worried I would order checks and get the wrong check #s.  Going to my local branch is easier than the other options I had, and I do realize how unusual that is.

While I was out, I went to the Fresh Market to pick up some more provolone cheese for the rice-veggie dish I wanted to make.  Those of you paying attention may say, "Didn't you make that weeks ago?"  No, gentle reader, I did not.  I bought the ingredients.  Yesterday I decided that if I didn't use the eggplant in a day or two, it would be going to the compost bin.

As I crossed the Fresh Market parking lot, I thought about Asheville Cotton, one of my favorite fabric stores near me; it's in the same shopping plaza, and I don't go there enough.  It's one of the stores that I would feel sad if it closed, and I know I need to do more to support those stores.

I knew that the store had a reduced price section in the back, but I didn't know they had several baskets of remnants:  fat quarters for $1.33 (usual price $3.99) and remnants for $6.99 a yard.  I indulged:

I got home and made the recipe (which you can find in this blog post) and then ate some of it for a later lunch.  It was not as delicious as I remember, perhaps because I used smoked provolone from an Italian market in earlier incarnations, and this time, I did not.  But it was tasty enough.

We watched The Four Seasons, the original movie, not the updated Tina Fey version.  It was delightful, but not as funny as I remembered.  I checked in on my online students and answered some e-mails.  And then we watched Redwood Highway, which had been recommended based on some other viewing, and since it was free, why not?  As we watched, I stitched.

So why do I feel I've done nothing?  In part, because I spent a lot of time on the Realtor.com site.  Why did I do this?  Am I hoping to sell this house?  No, absolutely not.  Am I looking to buy an additional house?  There are situations where I could see this option making sense, but so far, I haven't seen anything that inspires me to move forward.  So in some ways, that perusing of houses feels like a waste of time, but if I slant it differently, it's research that shows that there's no property worth pursuing right now.

It also feels like I "wasted" a day because I didn't do much writing, and I didn't get a walk in.  But I did a lot of other activities that fed my soul, so let me consider yesterday a win.