2023-12-24

Woke up with a bad cold and bit of a headache. Spent the day at home, putting stuff in order in preparation for tomorrow. The bookends arrived today so the last of the records were finally arranged on the bookshelf. Time flew! Started preparing the chicken for tomorrow at 9pm or so. Shruti chopped the onions and garlic, and I did the rest. At close to 11pm it became obvious the 3kg of chicken I was planning to cook wasn't going to fit in the slow cooker (it was going to hold closer to 1.5kg, which was a surprise to me as it was a 3.5 litre slow cooker!). Finally had to do half the chicken in our biggest pot. Watched the Vatican Christmas mass (which we finally found a version with an English voice over - on doordarshan of all places!). Fast forwarded through most of it, and had a discussion with Shruti about religion and traditions afterwards. We slept at close to 2am, after a bit of adjusting the chicken around. I finally loaded most of it (maybe 2.2kg) in the slow cooker.