Third baking thing:

Hooray more baking!


Molasses cookies!

(These are probably my favorites of the "traditional" cookies my family makes. We've got three: these, butter cookies, and "birds nests" which are unimaginatively called "thumbprint cookies" on the recipe.)

Mom and Taylor already made the birds nests: light, slightly crumbly cookies covered in ground pecans and with currant jelly in the middle. Those are really tasty, but as Alex has a tree nut allergy, I'm glad that A) I get to enjoy them here, and B) They were already made so that cross-contamination was less of a worry.

We'd planned on making butter cookies too, but it got late, so alas. They may make those later tomorrow or on Sunday, in which case I'll just beg for some later. Maybe in exchange for the late Xmas gifts, ha.

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Taylor and I hung out. We played a couple runs through Hades (pretty ecstatic that it won the first/so-far-only Hugo for best video game.) One run was successful, because holy shit does having the right boon combo make all the difference. We've advanced all the subplots a bit more: Orpheus and Euridice, Achilles and Patroclus, Meg's romance route, and I think slightly closer to Than's romance route, too.

We also started reading Angel of the Overpass.

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So glad it was only a half day at work. I wish I didn't have to go in on Sunday, since that would have given me a four and a half day weekend, but at least it's just one day of work before my real weekend.

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The package of gifts did arrive at the post office today, and is slated for delivery on Monday.

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Now to shower and sleep. Oh how I need sleep.

Merry Christmas Eve!