The main news to report is, I finally took my car in for repairs after our massive hail storms this summer, and this week, I have a rental car. Long-time readers from my blog days will know, I have a weird thing about rental cars. They make me feel not real. They make me feel like an imaginary character, tooting around town with a drone camera overhead like it’s the opening montage to my movie. This car especially feels like that because I would never choose it for myself, but the inside has fancy things that my real car could only dream of.

It was a wonderful start to the week, despite the oddity. It stayed chilly but bright. I am now regularly “sneaking” Christmas music in the car with no regrets and no shame. We had no extras today, just a quiet day of housework and writing work and being together as a family.