French apartment renovations, Day 223: Walk, nap, walk, nap

After last night's electrical excitement, it took me several hours to fall asleep. I felt plenty energetic in the morning and went on two 45-minute walks. But by mid-afternoon I was fading and had nap #1 while reading on Zari's bed. Nap #2 happened just an hour ago while I was on the couch reading a book and listening to Eric talk with his parents on Facetime.

This morning we emptied out all the perishables from our fridge and freezer and either ate them for lunch/dinner or brought them to a friend's house just down the street. She had some extra space for our things, fortunately. We have just a few items left in our freezer that we need to finish off tomorrow.

What was I able to make?

• Lunch: chicken noodle soup (we'd eaten roast chicken the night before and I already had bone broth in the pressure cooker, plus a container of extra chicken meat). I added leeks, carrots, onions, herbs, and some egg noodles.
• Dinner: the rest of the soup, plus a pork-onion-leek risotto with Emmental, escargots, salad made out of anything that could possibly go in a salad, and dark chocolate mint cookies.

Bad news: the repair service can't come until Thursday. I hope they can actually fix the fridge that day. Managing cooking for 6 people isn't easy anyway, but it's extra hard with no fridge or freezer.

We are watching Baya, the Pekinese, for 5 days. Zari and I brought her for a mid-afternoon walk. We watched the huge waves for a while: it was hot, dry, and extremely windy. Poor Baya can only walk for a few minutes in the summer before she gets too hot and tired.

A friend of Eric's is visiting from California, along with his wife and youngest daughter. Dio, Inga, and Ivy went to the park with Eric and his friend before dinner while I cooked. Then we had them over for a "let's eat everything in our freezer" dinner tonight. They were good sports and helped us out 🙂

We ordered a large pack of origami paper. Now we have birds and insects and animals and throwing stars all over the house, including on Baya.