The Canadian Embassy

Yeah, those Sunday plans went out the window, as Sunday and Monday have ended up being my designated "Bear of Little Brain" COVID days. I took in an amusing Netflix Polish sitcom called "1670" and finished season 4 of Resident Alien with Josh, and today I finished 1670 and my library book, plus I've been watching 5 Cats tear up the field next door in prep for the (I think) 3 new houses they're going to build this summer. Step one was tearing out the invasive and thorny autumn olive that I had to aggressively cut back from the edge of my yard each year, which was delightful to watch. Now they're just making a mud field. While I'm not thrilled with losing our field and hill view, it will at least cut way down on the lawn weeding.

This morning I discovered my sense of smell mostly disappeared, which is a first for my COVID cases. I can just barely smell an orange if I put my nose on it. I discovered the issue when I went to make some rose cardamom tea this morning and a sniff of the usually quite delightfully potent tin smelled like nothing at all. I do hope it comes back soon.

https://www.9and10news.com/2026/04/01/traverse-city-space-company-plays-a-supporting-role-in-artemis-ii-launch/

Not my best performance, but the reporter did a good job with the larger article.

Books Finished
- The Burning God by R.F. Kuang [e-audio]
- Katabasis by R.F. Kuang [e-audio]
- Twelve Months by Jim Butcher [Kindle]
- Murderbot: Book 1, aka the first 4 novellas, which are too short to count as books and too short to sell for as much as they individually do, by Martha Wells [Kindle]
- Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by JK Rowling [e-audio], had to play slower than normal, but good practice for German aural comprehension with a story I already know

Movies seen in the theater
- Project Hail Mary

Library DVDs/Streaming Programs Watched
- How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: D2 [1 equiv]
- Bridgerton: S4P2 [2 equiv]
- Suburgatory: S1-S3D1 [7 equiv]