Thanks for all the helpful remarks about the microwave;
I haven't used it again, but now at least I have done it once.

A reading quirk of mine, that I have resumed since I settled in:
I am reading about monasteries of contemplative monks,
such as Benedictines and Carthusians.
The curious thing is that I love being informed about all the different kinds and what they have in common and how they differ.
If I actually had a religious vocation as a contemplative, then I would be willing to be cut off from the outside world and not get this kind of information that fascinates me. So studying these books and visiting the monasteries' websites makes me ... not a candidate for the life.
It just makes me someone who is really curious about the whole thing.