Water and food

We had a couple of days that didn't quite go to plan. Midday Friday, during dishwashing, laundry, etc., we lost water, along with many others in the city, and it didn't return for well over twenty-four hours. I don't think I've experienced such an outage before and more surprising to me was that it seemed to take the provider a long time to identify the cause, at least judging by their occasional updates. We ended up spending the night in a Holiday Inn outside the city, which blessed us with a working bathroom.

Today, my cooking didn't go entirely to plan either. I made crêpes but a little too thick. Then, I made cookies but overbaked them a little, they ended up rather dry, maybe now best accompanied by coffee. It's all part of still getting used to making things in this kitchen. Next time, I know to use less batter for each crêpe, and to bake the cookies for less time; I can again increment toward agreeability.

Update: I forgot to mention that the hotel room's television appeared to be locked down to not respond to various buttons on the remote control. Unfortunately, this seemed to prevent making the closed captioning appear. I wonder if they realize what they did there and how readily they accommodate guests who don't hear well.