I was a blank yesterday, took the whole day off, no swim, didn’t even dress, slept—not too much— but sat and read a lot and wrote a little. I’m not raring to go* today (never will be again) but I am better and I am anxious to complete my balcony arrangements (plants, soil, seeds, etc.). It’s getting warmer and will be lovely, I hope, by next week. And I have a lot of food to use up. I prepared too much for Kate but we kept going out and people brought us food and…tonight Matt and his roommate will come and have what I planned for Sunday dinner.

We just have to keep eating. Does anyone want some recipes?

Online dictionary: *…there was a window of time between 1833 and the early 1900s when “rare” was a variant to “rear” – also meaning “rise up”. Around 1909 – while “rare” still held this definition, it gave rise to “raring” – meaning “eager”. And THIS leant itself to “raring to go”.