inventory

Possibly due to Saturday morning's excitement (or the fact that I'd forgotten my retainers at home Friday evening in the first place), or to Saturday's long rehearsal, or who knows what else, my jaw has been aching all weekend and is still aching now. At least it's aching on both sides? I'm trying to look at that as a feature, because I'm really not used to feeling jaw pain on the left, and I'd prefer not to worry that my ongoing world of fun is now spreading to areas that had previously been drama-free. Oof. (Rationally, I'm going to give it until at least Wednesday to sort itself out, because I know that a thing that takes very little time to start hurting can take ages to stop.)

Himself finally sorted out the caramel situation yesterday. For those of you following along at home, it turns out that when 9/10 of the internet said Oh, caramel is easy, just brown some sugar and don't let it burn - this is incomplete information! There is no temperature to which you can cook sugar and get chewy caramels when you're done, because you need to add butter or cream or both in order to get what we were after. (Everyone who is right now going "well, yes, obviously" - this is why I asked for step-by-step treat-me-like-an-idiot instructions, y'all.) I happen to think his cream-to-sugar ratio is still a little high and I'd throw in some butter because butter is delicious but he likes the simplicity of as few ingredients as possible, but whatever. At least now we know where to begin and can adjust as we please.

I had my hair cut off yesterday and the ponytail is in a bag ready to be donated. A twenty-five-degree day may not have been the best time to do this, as my neck has been cold ever since. I'm keeping my scarf on.

Off to Green Bay on Thursday evening for the curling national championships. I have this idea that being maximally prepared will help ensure that I don't get completely exhausted while I'm out there, but I don't know why I think that.