Three Worlds to Conquer, by Poul Anderson, 1964. There is a pdf file of it floating around the internet for free - I found it by searching the words Aurora Space Traffic Control (which is a real thing) Moonship 17 and Jupiter Ganymede all inclusive words. I have a real 60 year old copy of it that my cat was sitting on in a pile the other day and I told him No, by which he knocked that one to the floor and I said 'Oh, Poul Anderson? Thanks for the recommendation! I haven't read this one...'
I read a few chapters this morning, after I got back from town.
I didn't entirely fall off the wagon with Japanese - I just did a little bit of Spanish first. I told Esme that I was in section 3 of Spanish, because she said she was in section 2. Actually, I saw I'm in section 4... and I don't remember getting there. So I did a few lessons in that this morning before the Japanese.
I went out and got the minimum groceries on the list, before the day heated up. We were due for another scorcher today. We should be okay for a bit, and I am waiting to see 1.) paycheck (the website that is supposed to show us barely ever works, so I just have to wait) 2.) still haven't heard about the little car from the mechanic, and I should send him a note to make sure he knows we're still interested.
The truck battery read 12.85 when I parked it today after getting the groceries from the nearest town. I know that is within the range of averages I was posting yesterday - so I'm not worried about getting to work on Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday (packages for those two holidays).. but I will continue testing because it didn't come up 12.9 like I thought it should and it is still losing a lot of power on the hills. I had taken the backup battery with me just in case, and after I unloaded the groceries, I brought it back into the house to keep it at a more stable temperature until I have to go out again. Plus, it may rain on Friday, and the back of the truck topper leaks.
As I am putting the groceries away Daphne is sitting with her tail like this between the countertop/sink and she is facing the refrigerator (not shown) - and I had to trip around her several times. She is pretty heavy, 75 lbs +, and when she 'parks' she is hard to get around especially with the straight out tail vulnerable in the walkway. I saw a cartoon about cats lying right in the middle of the floor, so I drew a quick ten minute sketch just because.
I've played a little Stardew valley, and gotten through the green rain and built the chicken coop - I need to get back on doing a bit more of the Japanese routine now. At least I haven't fallen over for a nap, yet.
(I need a list today)
Japanese routine :
Duolingo profile at level 20 : done
Clozemaster (Japanese then Chinese, 10 sentences each) : done
BaltoSlav Japanese words and pictures : at least 25 cards up to ? : done
Babadum Japanese at least 50 cards :done to 75
Duolingo profile at level 11 : done + equal amount of Chinese
Spanish : Duolingo profile at level 23 : did 50 xp of this as well, just because I was discussing the parts of grammar that are still hard with Esme this morning. She has her Spanish class beginning next semester.
I haven't done any French this week unless you count the game and seeing a thing here or there on the Internet. It feels a little weird that the other language I dipped into was Spanish, instead.
I made a version of 'Hong Kong Porkchop' yesterday, but next time we get some leftover actual meaty porkchop I will try it again 'for reals'.
the tomatoes had started to wrinkle, it was freeze or use time...
The actual recipe that I found that had all those same ingredients did minced cooked porkchop, cooked with tomato and onions and precooked rice and flavored with soy sauce into a sort of flat 'meatloaf', slathered with ketchup, and served with a sunny-side up fried egg on top. The tastes were very similar, except I didn't do the soy sauce as I wasn't sure what Esme would think of that with the tomato. She said she's willing to try it next time.
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