Stuck in NC

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

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Pulltab Pilsner from Mason Jar Lager Company in Fuquay-Varina and Cinq Cents from Bières de Chimay in Chimay, BE

Today’s pet peeve: We had poor air quality from the wildfires in OR.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Receipt

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Happy Place from Mason Jar Lager Company in Fuquay-Varina and IPA from Ponysaurus Brewing Company in Durham

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Attenuate

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk in the rain before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Brown Bear from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Sew Juicy from Cabarrus Brewing Company in Concord

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Capricious

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a long run.
• We took my father to the river house to stage a pile a junk for my nephew to take to the transfer station.
• I went to Harris Teeter to get a cookie cake for my mother.
• I went to Food Lion to get a cookie cake for my mother.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk

Today’s beer:  Sea Quench from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, DE and Trail Guide from Big Boss Brewing Company in Raleigh

Today’s pet peeve: I had to go to two stores to find a cookie cake and the choices were Star Wars and Best Wishes.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  Today was National Ice Cream Day.

Word of the Day: Parry

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a long walk.
• We went to the pharmacy for Andy.
• 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.
• I organized my mother’s medications for the week.
• I organized our bathroom cabinet.
• We viewed a Live From London Festival concert with ORA Singers.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Pulltab Pilsner from Mason Jar Lager Company in Fuquay-Varina and First Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company in South Royalton, VT (contract brewed in Stowe)

Today’s pet peeve: The cashier at Harris Teeter did not bag the blackberries carefully. The berries spilled and messed up a whole bag’s worth of groceries.

Today’s pet peeve #2: I accidentally bought the large turkey pot pie instead of the regular turkey pot pie.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the Day: Torpor

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I ran a speed workout at Winterville Charter Academcy before dinner.
• We viewed Jay’s Isolation Friday video.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Caramel Fudge

Today’s beer:  Farmer Ted from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Hoptimist from White Street Brewing Company in Youngsville

Today’s pet peeve: I had 8 meetings on what was supposed to be a Focused Friday.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  We were unable to run our planned speedwork on Wednesday due to getting the Shingrix vaccine but we were able to make it up tonight.

Word of the Day: Omniscient