Gratitude stuff again

 
- Such wonderful weather today. It's like 64. I did a shift at the Dems table at the farmer's market, and then dropped off some books at the library for their book sale. (Normally I'd just donate books to Little Free Libraries, but these 3 are too big to fit in most of them, so I've been waiting for somewhere else to take them). Sadly, after today it's back to 90+ degrees for the next 7 days. (Or more). How I wish I could live somewhere where it's like 59-73 degrees year-round!

- Went into the office on Thursday for our PRIDE reception. I had fun that morning; I showed Doris 4 dresses and asked her to pick which one I should wear. I just don't wear dresses often enough. It was really hot that day too, but I survived; the public transport's air conditioning behaved that day. Glad to work somewhere where I can wear a dress and sandals to the office, and indeed many other folks were similarly attired. The reception itself was nice enough. 

- And given last week's heatwave, I made 2 hearty salad dishes that I was very proud of. One was mostly a grain dish, one had steamed califlower and a peanuty sauce. Both meant to be eaten cold or room temp. (And given that another heatwave is coming, looks like I'll make 'em again this week)

- I baked a corn pie for the first time yesterday. (It was just not-hot enough outside that I didn't mind putting the oven on). Saw the recipe in a cookbook and was intrigued, but as the writer said, "You eat a pumpkin pie, so how is this different?" I enjoyed the pie a lot, though definitely feel that the whipped cream made it way better. (There's also a grape pie recipe in there. "You eat a strawberry pie or a cherry pie, so why not a grape pie??")

- There's an animal sanctuary that does an online auction, and the 2 items I won arrived today! One is a cookbook and it looks great. The other is a beauty box filled with little beauty items. Love it!!

- Fan girl updates. My bad OFMD fic is up to 19 subscribers and 23 kudos. Sachin and I messaged a bit on Cameo and he did say that he's filming something in addition to the short film he's making. He said it's great to be busy with acting jobs. He said the show is called Creepshow, and that this is just between us. :) He warned that it's very creepy and said he looks forward to what I think of it. (Okay, creepy is not usually my genre, but you know I am of the mindset that "a paid acting gig is a paid acting gig, another credit for your IMDB page is another credit for your IMDB page"). Sachin also asked me how I'm doing and what I was up to, and responded that it was awesome when I told him I've been volunteering with Postcards to Swing States.