Miss M and I have just come home from a trip to the Richmond pool. I can’t remember the last time I immersed myself in chlorine, and even though my hair’s short, I stink of the filthy stuff (chlorine, not hair). It was kind of fun, although my freestyle breathing needs some serious work. Luckily I was paying attention when the grade two class were having their lessons - one arm for breathing, and the other for bubbling, but then I got out of whack and ended up with water up my nose. Most fun was pretending to be various animals nominated by the other person (me - cat, horse, snake, Miss M - dolphin, hawk, clown fish), even though my dolphin was allegedly “too hunched”. We ate orange quarters on the way home, and used them like teeth, which was especially good when we walked past a voting venue and were offered flyers.

Voting today was a bit anticlimactic. I was unsure of who was worthy almost until I stood with the pencil in my hand. Afterwards we had Bad Boy Burgers (if you’re near Bridge Road, I can highly recommend them) which was much better.

We did our regular market trip this morning and bought the most spectacular tomatoes for $2.99 a kilo. In a frenzy of domesticity, I’m cooking a huge vat of chicken stock, and I made brownies this afternoon. I misread the recipe and added some sour cream, which I then realised was supposed to be served on top of them. They ended up being delicious - possibly even more so thanks to the eroneous sour cream.

For dinner tonight, we’re making some ravioli Miss M’s just invented, which involves ricotta, mince, some Tuscan sausages and egg yolk. I was going to make the pasta, but then I realised that was insane, so I just bought lasagne sheets, which I’ll reroll in my pasta machine, while pretending I made them. On the way home from the pool, Miss M said “if they don’t work, we’ll just go out to dinner somewhere”, which made me laugh because it’s what I always say. I’d better go and start the Bolognaise sauce, or I’ll be in trouble for not letting it cook long enough.

Today I’m loving: orange zest. When added to brownies, and it’s fabulous smell.