After leaving the marketplace and Icer, Athy had bolted back home because she thought she was gonna burn the house down. She had it in her mind to say thanks and welcome in the new year with a mountain of cookies. But as mithras do, she left the cookies cooking and went for a lovely stroll! Not so smart a move. And so, after taking the charcoal nuggets out of the oven and tossing them into the garbage with a crinkle of her nose, she leaned her elbows on the counter and thought.

Celebrations need cookies. Cookies are for celebrations. It's a Celebration of Cookies" or a Cookie Celebration" She had to shake her head back and forth to break from the cycle.

She sighed, There's no point in continuing now. Maybe I can carefully plan something for the Chinese New Year?. She counted carefully on her hands, dog...ok so this coming year will be the boar. hmmm. The new year should be sometime in Febuary. That's plenty of time! ooo. Maybe I can get that Yotsuba girl to help me. Maybe I can make little boar shaped cookies!. Aaaaand she was off. Planning, squealing, and drawing away.

When there was nothing left to do, she resumed her leisure studies in the hot bath and resigned to ask Yotsuba about it the next time she went out. She grabbed a small book she had found around the house and began to flip through it.