In case you were wondering what I did with my teacher time off: mostly I give the pets the attention I can’t give them the rest of the time and I cook the food I don’t have the energy to cook the rest of time. Yesterday I dug the Thanksgiving turkey carcass out of the freezer and today it’s turkey noodle soup.
As much as I enjoy honoring my ancestors by cooking recipes the way they probably did, that was a lot of work. :/