Some people find sump pumps unnerving because the water they're draining and removing from under foundations would otherwise be coming INTO the subterranean parts of the building. I have spent enough time wishing and planning for living on a boat that my mind just finds it extremely reassuring. Like, the bilge pumps are working and the home still floats.

Macaroni and cheese tonight, seasoned mostly with hot mustard, cayenne pepper, curry spice blend and sichuan pepper. There would be room for a little horseradish in, but I didn't think of it until too late. Also essentially "seasoned" with a third of a loaf of spam diced finely, but it's entirely optional. It was just in the fridge asking to be used up.

Maybe the spiders will get a little more peace now that I won't be visiting them ever two hours. This would be a long story involving frozen discharge pipes from the pump that keeps groundwater from accumulating under the house, and people not understanding that water goes downhill, and also building for typical weather instead of foreseeably-extreme. But it's supposedly fixed now and the weather will be ducking above freezing regularly for a while.

Force 7 winds on their way to "Day 3". I'm kind of done with it.

-23°C and Force 7 winds mean I'm not leaving home today. Maybe not even going outside.

The pokemon waffle iron works well. The next step is to work up a recipe that meets my standards for simplicity: Fastest outcomes (it's BREAKFAST, you should be eating in less than 15 minutes), minimum work, fewest dirtied utensils, fewest ingredients needed on-hand, no difficult or logistically impossible steps like "mix together melted butter and cold milk". There's leavening issue to challenge so I may have to take as many as eight ingredients.