You know how one weird day feels like it's going to take down others around it? This morning I was setting up to take a shower, and I heard a gurgling noise. I looked out the front and back doors to see if a faucet was somehow on, and none were. I called my neighbor to ask if our street's water had been turned off. She asked "Did they put in a new water meter at your house yet?" I stepped out the side door (not dressed for going outside) and could see the public works guy headfirst in the meter vault. "Some warning would have been nice, guys! I was just headed to the shower!" Barking I heard and ignored was apparently the dogs responding to their knock. This after my phone updated its software, installed the stupid Google assistant, and took me off of the network. A restart has the phone connected again and first thing I did was disable the Google Assistant. These were all temporary setbacks, but after yesterday they seem more significant.

On the other hand, the kitchen looks so much better after filing and recycling yesterday and I had an eggplant to use so set it up to roast for the first batch of babaghanouj of the almost-summer. It smells wonderful! A couple of parcels await the mail carrier on the front porch and after yesterday's rain I'll be able to do the digging/tilling to put in the plants that have been growing from seed in the last couple of beds. Cucumbers and okra. Sweet potato slips were planted yesterday evening in amongst tomatoes. And I seem to have a new water meter.