Friday, January 5, 2023 Last year’s resolution was hard, but I accomplished it. I made my lunch every night before a scheduled work day. It actually feels pretty normal now. My streak will not end. Lunch-making got really easier after the diabetes diagnosis. At first, (when I was not able to think very clearly) I […]
Thursday, January 4, 2024 “Have you thought about getting eaten by a bear?” I asked him.“No.”“Never?”“No.”“Not even not just now, but never?”“No, never.” Silence for a while. “Have you thought about getting eaten by a bear?” he asked me. (He never asks me the questions back! I was very excited.)“Of course.”“Why?”“Why? I think it’s a
Wednesday, January 3, 2023 I drove to work this morning at an elementary school that has zero pull-through parking. All the spots are along the perimeter of the building. I have been there before and I knew that when I left, the whole school would be surrounded by the line of cars waiting to pick
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Tuesday, January 2, 2023 Keith woke up to a message from Alexander that his car wouldn’t start and he needed help. Keith had a meeting until 9 and I had a virtual doctor appointment at 9. I assumed I would be able to get myself logged in (let’s be honest – there was no way
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Monday, January 1, 2024 There is a competition in England called Brass in Concert. Brass bands have 30 minutes to play whatever they want to entertain the audience for 30 minutes. Because the goal is to entertain, it is very entertaining. Friends Mike and Mary came, and we watched and listened to the top six
Sunday, 12-31-23 It’s waltz day! Or at least it is to me, because I love to waltz. I didn’t know it for the longest time, because I didn’t know how to waltz. I just knew that I loved particular dance sequences in musicals and certain songs made me want to dance – and once I
Saturday, December 30, 2023 We went to Artistry Theater’s concert Some Enchanted Evening (but we went to the matinee, so afternoon) (We scheduled the matinee months ago because we assumed it would be winter and it would be nicer to drive to Bloomington in the daytime snow than in the nighttime snow. Because of our
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Friday, December 29, 2023 When we stopped in Madison last week, Keith’s sister asked if we knew that their niece Samantha (and wife and daughter) had moved to Minneapolis from Madison the day before. What? No! That was news. I instantly knew that of course she had applied for a job, and weighed the pros
Thursday, December 28, 2023 I stayed up until 3am reading my book, because I couldn’t put it down. It was a beach read – total escapism to summer (Elin Hildebrandt’s The Nantucket Hotel) and I was just in it. I cannot remember the last time I did that. What a fun. (Yes, what a fun.)
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Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Benjamin went to a Russian grocery store in Madison a few weeks ago. He was going along and saw it and wondered what it was. He went in – there were a few other shoppers and one clerk and he seemed to be the only one who didn’t speak Russian. As