Life Updates
Apr. 9th, 2023 12:04 pmI had my court date a few weeks ago, I don't think I ever posted about it. My lawyer did an excellent job and I was able to plead to failure to present insurance, which carried a small fine and no other penalty. I am very relieved. The judge made a point to make sure I understood how easy I was getting off, and believe me I'm aware. Between lawyer costs, car repairs, court costs and uber fees, this has been an expensive mistake, but thankfully it's only money I lost. A license suspension would have made my life a lot more challenging.
We're now in the midst of Pesach. My plan to slowly convert my kitchen to Pesach mode over a couple of weeks mostly worked, but with sliiightly more procrastination than hoped for. I had to get a bit creative with the last few chametz meals but mostly it wasn't too onerous. I actually made challah in my slow cooker again for Shabbos Hagadol, since my oven had been converted over in preparation for the matzah baking. I went to my parents for Sedarim, which was overall a good time. My aunt and uncle and cousin and a family friend joined us for first Seder, then it was just the four of us for second Seder. In both cases it was great food and a lot of good arguing about text. My matzah was, well, the one non-whole wheat matzo where I sifted the flour was quite good, and then the whole wheat matzos were, um, texturally problematic. Edible but not great. Lesson learned for next time, I guess, if there is a next time. The rest of the chag was three days of shul and eating and napping and reading. I read a whole book on Biblical criticism and read a good chunk of RF Kuang's Babel, which so far is great. It was a good time, but I'm also glad I don't live with my parents full time and was very glad to sleep at home last night.
The next few weeks are going to be crazy with work, but I do have some social stuff to look forward to. I marked my Gregorian and Hebrew birthdays at the Seder with my family, but am hoping to coordinate some sort of belated in-person friends celebration after Pesach is over. Also, the Heliosphere con is in a few weeks, and since it's literally a mile from my office I can't resist going. And![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ghost_lingering and I signed up to work on a piece of the Vidukon Frankenvid together and I'm excited to vid with her!
We're now in the midst of Pesach. My plan to slowly convert my kitchen to Pesach mode over a couple of weeks mostly worked, but with sliiightly more procrastination than hoped for. I had to get a bit creative with the last few chametz meals but mostly it wasn't too onerous. I actually made challah in my slow cooker again for Shabbos Hagadol, since my oven had been converted over in preparation for the matzah baking. I went to my parents for Sedarim, which was overall a good time. My aunt and uncle and cousin and a family friend joined us for first Seder, then it was just the four of us for second Seder. In both cases it was great food and a lot of good arguing about text. My matzah was, well, the one non-whole wheat matzo where I sifted the flour was quite good, and then the whole wheat matzos were, um, texturally problematic. Edible but not great. Lesson learned for next time, I guess, if there is a next time. The rest of the chag was three days of shul and eating and napping and reading. I read a whole book on Biblical criticism and read a good chunk of RF Kuang's Babel, which so far is great. It was a good time, but I'm also glad I don't live with my parents full time and was very glad to sleep at home last night.
The next few weeks are going to be crazy with work, but I do have some social stuff to look forward to. I marked my Gregorian and Hebrew birthdays at the Seder with my family, but am hoping to coordinate some sort of belated in-person friends celebration after Pesach is over. Also, the Heliosphere con is in a few weeks, and since it's literally a mile from my office I can't resist going. And
ghost_lingering and I signed up to work on a piece of the Vidukon Frankenvid together and I'm excited to vid with her!