Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk.
• I went to Harris Teeter for my mother.
• I went to Food Lion for my father.
• I organized my father’s medications for the week.
• Andy had a virtual ukulele lesson.
• I organized my mother’s medications for the week.
• Andy and I picked up litter on Firetower.
• We viewed the remainder of the Guitar & Contemporary Folk Week Staff Concert.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Happy Place from Mason Jar Lager Company in Fuquay-Varina and Freak of Nature from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the day: Dally

Today’s highlights:

• I went to the bank for my mother.
• Today was Day 5 of Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.
  • It’s like she tried to learn Travis picking and failed. — T McManus
  • A wonderfully redundant instrument. — G Ruby
• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.
• Andy and I viewed a portion of the Guitar & Contemporary Folk Week Staff Concert.
• We had a Zoom Day 5 palaver with Jay.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Milk and Cookies

Today’s beer:  Wheat Ale from Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, MO and Sew Juicy from Cabarrus Brewing Company in Concord

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  I had an awesome week at virtual camp.

Word of the Day: Wherefore

Today’s highlights:

• Today was Day 4 of Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.
  • Don’t fret. –G Ruby
• Jay and I had a Zoom Day 4 palaver.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Luchador from Mason Jar Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina and Hoptastic from White Street Brewing Company in Youngsville

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Palaver

Today’s highlights:

• Today was Day 3 of Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.
  • Everything constellates around the triad. –G Gordy
  • Slightly different modality of consideration. –G Ruby
  • You don’t learn in the lesson. — S Ainslie
• Jay and I had a Zoom Day 3 recap.
• Andy and I ran a speed workout at Winterville Charter Academy.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Pulltab Pilsner from Mason Jar Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina and Duchesse de Bourgogne from Brouwerij Verhaeghe in Vichte, BE

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  The temperature dropped 20 degrees right before our speed workout.

Word of the Day: Bivouac

Today’s highlights:

• Today was Day 2 of Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.
• Jay and I had a Zoom Day 2 recap.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Luchador from Mason Jar Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina and Freak of Nature from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler

Today’s pet peeve: I had a work meeting today even though I was on vacation.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Jeremiad

Today’s highlights:

• Today was Day 1 of Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.
• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.
• Jay and I had a Zoom Day 1 recap.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Wee Heavy-er from French Broad River Brewing Company in Asheville and Wayfarer from Green Man Brewing Company in Asheville

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  I enjoyed participating in guitar camp after a long absence.

Word of the Day: Urbane

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I had a Bruegger’s breakfast picnic on the East Campus of Duke University.
• We tried to go for a walk on the West Campus of Duke University but could not find anywhere with parking allowed.
• We went for a walk in downtown Durham.
• We had a Zoom beer hour with Jay.
• We viewed the staff introduction video for Swannanoa Gathering Guitar Week.

Today’s ice cream:  Dairy Queen (A) Chocolate Brownie Extreme Blizzard and (J) Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard

Today’s beer:  Farmer Ted from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Conehead from Zero Gravity Craft Brewery in Burlington, VT

Today’s pet peeve: Duke University has acres of empty parking lots but does not allow parking.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Hagiography

Today’s highlights:

• I organized my mother’s medications for the week.
• I went to the pharmacy for my parents.
• I went to Harris Teeter for my mother.
• I went to Staples for my mother.
• I went to Dollar Tree for my father.
• I went to Food Lion for my father.
• Andy and I went on an overnight excursion to Durham.
• We went for a run from South Boundaries Park including portions of American Tobacco Trail and the Third Fork Creek Trail.
• We made a beer run to Total Wine & More.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Wheat Ale and Tank 7 from Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, MO

Today’s pet peeve: I was too tired to take a beer hour photo.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  We had awesome pizza from Pizzeria Toro.

Word of the Day: Lexical

Today’s highlights:

• I had a Focused Friday at work.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.
• We viewed Jay’s Isolation Friday video.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food

Today’s beer:  Karsten from Switchback Brewing Company in Burlington, VT and First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company in South Royalton, VT (contract brewed in Stowe)

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  I debuted my new sand-colored WCPE t-shirt.

Word of the Day: Expropriate

Today’s highlights:

• I had a History Quiz Team Break at work.
• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Pale Ale from Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC and Hoptimist from White Street Brewing Company in Youngsville, NC

Today’s pet peeve: We ran an easy run instead of speedwork due to the poor air quality.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Guttural