Walked from the U District to Capitol Hill, not a particularly long walk but still totaling over six miles for the day.

Today’s kitchen victory: butter chicken and homemade naan (or as close as I could get to it without a tandoor), and crème brûlée, all per the dude’s request.

Double-vaccination update: Soon after getting home from beers with Jon, I started feeling achy, then ill, then started shaking uncontrollably. I’ve slept for most of the past 20 hours now, and am starting to feel better again.

This is more social than I’ve been in literally years. Hopefully there’s no covid in my immediate future.

Great chat with Jon over beer, once we found a pub that wasn’t closed for one reason or another.

Went to get a flu shot (finally!) today, and ended up also getting a shingles shot, so expect either extreme lassitude or mediocre superpowers tomorrow.

Saw Jon and Sarah and their kids, visiting from sunny New Zealand.

It snowed briefly this morning, and more seriously now.

Went out with Meghan to celebrate Nathan’s birthday, and caught up with many friends we hadn’t seen in years, and met lovely new people, and all around had a great time.

Current earworm: “Moanin’” by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

Tonight’s kitchen victory: sautéed brussels sprouts tops from Amy.

Lost power at maybe 11:30pm; it came back around 4am.

Follow-up: We’ve actually gotten a couple inches of snow since dinner.

It’s been snowing basically all day, but not much accumulation.

Had our fifth RPG session last night: I think we really hit our stride, or at least I did. Good game.