Potatoes in the Mist

I went swimming in the ocean with my youngest. I got out of the habit for a while after a jellyfish stung me. But I’m glad I went tonight ❤️

 My youngest was having a loud phone conversation with a friend and I slipped out the door and went swimming in the pool. It’s been a while since I did that, and I forgot how much I like swimming at night. I remembered when I was in high school and worked at Taco Bell (I know! Yuck!) and I would come home from a late shift, strip off my uniform, and jump in the pool. 

 I made one of my favorite recipes today (Chrissy Teigen’s sesame chicken noodles) but I put in the full amount of cayenne pepper she recommended. Folks, this was a mistake. 

Chris came home from camp (after some drama with a canceled flight) and now he has his heart set on going to all-you-can-eat sushi. Eric picked a place in Queens. I was skeptical at first, but the photos look good. 

 It’s been a fun summer but a crazy one. Today, Chris was going to fly back from camp in California to NYC. Then all flights to JFK got canceled for weather reasons. (The weather app says there’s a chance of thunder.) Hopefully this will work out smoothly. P.S. it did work out 👍

Recently I finished a book where bureaucracy was the enemy - The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. I have to say this is accurate. It also dovetails with Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.” My building has been harassing me about insurance. My insurance people just emailed them what they wanted. (The building wouldn’t accept it directly from me.) So I think it might be over? Unless the building demands a physical copy. L’enfer c’est les autres… Update: they sent an email saying, “You’re all set.” I can’t believe it. Eric says, “We gotta celebrate.”