Sunday, October 8, 2023 Sports! I went to my first football game today. (To be clear, I was in the marching band in high school and attended every home game. I do not recall looking at the field.) My 7th grade friend is on the team! I really wanted to see him do the things. […]
Saturday, October 7, 2023 I wrote this on Thursday. I wanted to share what I had been going through, so you would know and so I would have my own words to remember how bad things were. Please know as you read this that I am WAY better now! (Actually, I had my covid vaccine
Friday, October 6, 2023 I got my covid vaccine on the way to the Lake Wobegon Brass Band concert at St. Andrew’s church in Mahtomedi. The concert was really good – and I surprised myself by liking Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet the best. I didn’t see that coming. They were joined for one song
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Thursday, October 5, 2023 My friend, Maren, brought me flowers and presents last night because I was sad. Wow. I was feeling pretty special and spoiled after that. Today I was doing math in middle school. During a couple hours, I was proctoring a test. Here’s how it went: What should I do here?What do
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Keith was subbing in the Swing Beat Big Band tonight. They are a swing dance band and they were playing at the VFW in Bloomington for the first time. The crowd was appreciative and clapped enthusiastically, but not one person danced the entire evening. Huh. I’m very curious if they will
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 The backyard gatherings have been absolutely terrific this summer. To celebrate that and to end the weekly gatherings until next year, today there was a hot dog and s’more roast. I was sitting back from the circle (avoiding the rotating smoke that liked to follow me) with my friend and he
Monday, October 2, 2023 Before we went to Disney World, my friend Maren had the most clever thought to buy some inexpensive pins from eBay for her kids to trade. I have LOTS of pins that I have collected through the years, but I have never done pin trading. Pin trading is exactly what it
Sunday, October 1, 2023 The Twin Cities Marathon was cancelled today because it was too hot. Wow. It was forecast to be 90 degrees in Minneapolis on October 1st. Wow. We pooled, because obviously. It is forecast to be 55 degrees next Sunday. We got out of the pool to meet Alexander at 2:30 to
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 Keith got his latest COVID vaccine and a flu shot last night. I woke up early this morning, first worrying that he would wake up feeling sick (because I do after the vaccine) and then worrying that he might wake up deaf, because that happened the first time. He woke up
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Friday, September 29, 2023 Today is homecoming and not just because we came home. I went to Woodbury high school today and found out it is their homecoming. EVERY student in my first, second, and third hours was wearing WHS wear! They were mostly 10th and 11th graders. I thought it was pretty great. I