This week has felt like a month and there is nothing I want to do more this afternoon than shut down my computer, text some friends to see who’s around and go for a cocktail.

But, you know, pandemic.

So, instead, a martini while texting it is! And, of course, the next episode of Drag Race. It’s the little things.

I bought some limes the other day — I actually don’t remember what I had planned to do with them, so this week I wanted to do something that would take advantage of that bounty. And, let’s face it, use them before they go bad. Related: why is that lemons have so much more lasting power than than green-skinned cousins?

I have cranberry juice, so I was thinking of doing a Cosmopolitan. I suppose they’re on my mind because of the announcement Sex and the City is coming back. (And… no. Can we not just make NEW shows with new characters? Please?) But I nixed it because the point is to try new things and I most definitely have had a Cosmo or two in my life.

But the idea of vodka and lime intrigued, which is what led me to the Lime Drop Martini.

I already love a lemon drop, so I don’t know why I was a) surprised a lime version existed and b) I hadn’t thought of it myself.

In looking up various versions, though, I was puzzled that most called for the addition of superfine sugar instead of using simple syrup. Or, if they did use syrup, it had been infused with mint, which, as far as I’m concerned, makes it a very different drink. Since I don’t think most of us have superfine sugar lying around, I’m using the normal stuff for the rim and simple syrup, which mixes in with a cocktail much more easily, for the drink itself.

It is, in a word: delightful.

I hope you’ll agree.

Lime Drop Martini

• 3 ounces vodka
• 1 ounce Cointreau — or another orange liquor, such as Grand Marnier or Triple Sec
• 1 1/2 ounces fresh lime juice
• 1 to 1 1/2 ounces simple syrup —
• sugar, to rim the glass
• lime wheel for garnish

Set a couple of tablespoons of sugar onto a small plate.

Rub the squeezed lime around the rim of a martini glass. Swirl the rim of the glass through the sugar — you can do the entire top of the glass or just half, whatever you’d like.

To a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and syrup. Shake vigorously for 15 to 30 seconds, until the vessel is cold to the touch.

Strain the drink into the glass.

Garnish with a lime wheel, if desired.