the end of the vacation

 the rest of yesterday evening went really well. going to shul together has become a very pleasant ritual, both for the walks-and-talks and the services themselves (even if mr smear refused to stay for kiddush).

today was really good, too. we had an issue getting mr smear out the door this morning (after we'd prepped for the beach and had been talking about it for more than half an hour), but that was resolved as soon as i promised that *i* would be the one to unlock his bike [shakes head in confusion]

we were about halfway there when he decided that going to the beach was too far, so i compromised and we rode to a dog-friendly coffee shop. we chilled there for quite a while, generally having a good time (except for an incident where i had to re-teach him about personal boundaries).

the ride back was cool, too, and the weather was just beautiful.

most of the rest of the day was alternating between video games and relaxing, we played a round of exploding kittens before lunch and i read some more of a canticle for leibowitz, which i'm starting to get into.

i really didn't feel like going to my old boss's place for mimouna, so i made my excuses and we ate pizza with black-salt avo and mushroom before taking a short walk before putting mr smear to bed.

and the rest, as they say, is slay the spire. i mean, i should be going to bed now.