The previous two days, I had pretty much all to myself for study. Well, yesterday, at the request of Mr Sweetie, I also made a meal.

With some negotiation - he'd thawed a bit of lamb he got on special; but the day was shaping up to become very warm. So, a household negotiation moved "dinner" to "lunch", and I had one break in the middle of a study day. A bit of extra organization, but otherwise, okay.

But today, a friend came over for the morning. (She's entered a work-internship and has suddenly disappeared from the lives of me and our other friends, but today she was free.) And that was good, too - concentrate without guilt on the friend in the morning, back to the study after lunch.

And now.... a relaxing glass of a white wine from Sicily. A moment of calm to share. Dinner sometime in the near future. More study tomorrow. A feeling of gratefulness for the stability and peace around us.