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Sunday, May 31, 2026
Breakfast: leftover couscous with leftover apricot-harissa sauce and one fried egg, hot water. Physical therapy exercises to treat a minor back issue. Plant care. Removed a small gnat infestation from a cabinet in the laundry room. Probable cause: unused garden soil. I put all garden soil products in new Ziploc bags. Did a bit of organizing of small hardware. Began editing a batch of Mom Ryan's photos that Patrick had brought home and which I had scanned. Met neighbor Dan P and walked to The Academy. Patrick had left in advance in order to take a route that avoided sun. Sunday Mimosas in the Garden. Dan and I each got grapefruit mimosas; Patrick got an orange mimosa. After one round we walked to The Rustic for brunch/lunch on the back patio. It was Dan's first time there. Dan got a bellini with the breakfast pizza. Patrick and I both had an Americano with cream and shared french toast and a fried chicken sando with fries. Server Owen R who resembled Jon Stewart was friendly and accommodating. We were disappointed with french toast's small portion size and quality (thin bread, all-dark coloring, barely any visible egg coating) but did not complain. The pizza was large—larger than Patrick and I recall from previous visits. The fried chicken sandwich was huge and perfectly cooked—crispy outside, tender and juicy inside. It had a small amount of spicy slaw even though we had requested not spicy, but we did not complain. The fries were tasty but could have been hotter, and again we did not complain. We took leftovers home. At home, I swept rocks from the street in front of our home and more leaves from the sidewalk. Then I swept the lower stairwell again since yesterday's sweep was hindered by water draining from the door mats which annoying held water for five days. I decided we need new ones that dry faster. I checked on the gnat infestation—still no gnats. I deep-cleaned the filter on the handheld vacuum. Documented a can of paint by copying the details from the can to a 3x5 index card onto which we had painted the lower 20% of one side. This enables us to remove the card from the can and carry it to any part of the home to check that the color matches something. It also provides a way to separate the paint details from the can since paint frequently drips onto the sides of cans, obscuring details needed later. We can also take the card to the paint store without needing to bring the entire can. Continued editing Mom Ryan's photos. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night plus Patrick had to cook one remaining chicken breast that didn't fit in the pan yesterday. We watched YouTube then Spider-Noir s1:e3 on Amazon Prime Video then YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I processed dirty dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Google Meet chat with Dex and Lani.