Had Mom and Greg and Jocelyn and the kids over for Christmas. A very good day.

Yesterday, we woke to freezing rain, an icy glaze on everything. The city basically shut down. By evening, things were melting.

It was 17°F when I got up this morning.

Went to Billie’s for an early Christmas dinner with the Nash side of the family.

Went to the Johnstons’ last night for pizza and games. (Dan gave us a ride there and back because he’s a good snow driver and they have a better snow car.)

I don’t know if it stopped snowing overnight, but it’s been going all day so far, and we have several inches accumulation. The street has a hard-packed path in each direction.

Had Mom over for beef Stroganoff.

It’s been snowing all day, anywhere from a few flakes to serious snowfall. Not much accumulation yet, though.

Finished reading Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What if you meant to uplift other primates to sentience, but accidentally got spiders instead? About monomania and resilience, and empathy.

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.