You wouldn't want to share that cold with others, so enjoy a cozy evening at home with the cats and a good book.

Have fun on the field trip, and resuming health habits is a good move. I'm concentrating on eating a lower carb diet to drop the pounds gained from the Prednisone, and will continue to avoid the stressful news.

The roofer was paid the final check today, and he helped me with the wording I need when filing my papers with the insurance company. Often times these companies do the whole repair job, not just the roof. If I'd hired him to do all of the work on their list (including some non-roof things) then he would have brought in other contractors. I'm being the contractor and hiring that other work myself, so I have to make the numbers work and get the bits done that are most important to me, and ignore others they said might need work.

A new antenna was ordered from Best Buy (instead of Amazon or Home Depot, though I use their websites for research) and the roofer will return with a tall ladder to install it on the same spot as before. I don't expect them to pay for it, it was old. The new one will be higher-end and might offer some interesting choices of more channels.

Pampering myself this evening with a chicken breast cut into pieces to bread and fry (using non-gluten materials). I'm also going to be making a batch of the Puerto Rican rice to take over to the ex, because he needs more calories. This may be a day for three runs of the dishwasher.

America's Test Kitchen is making lentil soup right now - mmmm! Maybe one more thing on the list for this evening. It reheats beautifully.