Friday Five: Sunny

[jack]

 1. What made you smile this week?

Running a really enjoyable roleplaying session. Cuddling with Liv. Enjoying some sunshine. Thinking about my next creative project. Doing social things. OK, that's a lot better than it felt like!

2. What ingredients make a perfect Saturday?

I don't know in general, but I've recently been adopting "no responsibilities saturdays", which doesn't mean, don't do anything necessary, but rather do what I feel most like, whether that's pure flop, or doing chores that have been overdue for years, or starting on something completely new, or doing "one day, I always felt like I should..." (I know how lucky I am that this fix is plausibly available to me.)

3. What is the best thing you ever had for dessert? Share the memory or the recipe.

Ooh, I'm not sure, I've had some very nice ones. The one that stays with me is often the moistest of lemon cakes. IIRC Hilarita made one of the best ones, I keep meaning to ask if there's a recipe.

4. What is your favorite memory of your mom, or your favorite thing about being a mom?

For my mother, endlessly explaining maths to me on long walks, including a very memorable one in the rain, explaining binary. Buying a first pc, and first compiler. Being amazingly supportive, while always being non-pushy.

5. What are your plans for the summer (or winter, for those in the southern hemisphere)?

Ooh, not sure. I'll probably have some trips at some point. Hopefully nothing too involved, I need some easier ones. Hopefully enough time to go out on the weekend sometimes, to the lido, or along the river.

Gosh, I need to remember it's always ok to write "quick" posts like this, not only posts I've spent ages mulling over...

Comments

[hilarita]

I shall post the lemon cake recipe.
The trick is to use a ridiculous number of lemons.

[jack]

Ooh, a ridiculous number of lemons. That sounds so obvious, yet also so inviting :)

[womump]

I'm pretty sure that there's a paper on lemon density to be written on hilarita's excellent recipe. Something like C₂N₁₄ but with the Ns replaced with lemons.

[jack]

Did you ever manage to post the recipe?

[katzenfabrik]

This is a lovely positive post! Your mum sounds amazing.

Are you planning to go to Worldcon in Dublin this year? David and I will be there.

[jack]

Aw, thank you! Yes, she really is (although like me, she often thinks her strengths go without saying and doesn't think to include them when thinking about herself).

I honestly felt really off this week, but apparently I had enough good things it went quite well, even if I only noticed in retrospect.

Oh yes, cons. Probably not: we always end up debating whether we should or not, but I think for various reasons it didn't seem likely this year and we haven't booked. But it would be really nice to see you again, let me know if you're in the UK for other reasons (especially Cambridge or London) and have time for hanging out with people.