Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  White Zombie from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River

Today’s pet peeve: One of my parents’ best friends had a massive stroke yesterday.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the day:  Contaminate

Today’s highlights:

• Andy had a Tuesday tax meeting.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Torch from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem and Hazy Little Thing from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River

Today’s pet peeve: The Torch pilsners gushed again.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  n/a

Word of the day:  Organoleptic

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  White Zombie from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River

Today’s pet peeve: My mother’s Antiques Road Show was pre-empted by other programming.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  I organized my guitar practice log and notebook.

Word of the day:  Gazette

Today’s highlights:

• Andy picked up bagels from Bagelman.
• We went for a walk around the athletic campus.
• We picked up trash along Firetower.
• We had a Zoom beer hour with Jay.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Torch from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem and Wild Ride from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville

Today’s pet peeve: My nitrile gloves disintegrated while I was picking up trash.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  The dryer seems to be working properly since I cleaned the vent.

Word of the day:  Deference

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a longish run.
• I prepared a Very Special Taylor Swift edition of Three Songs for Maarten.
• I went to Harris Teeter for my mother.
• I took yard waste and a bunch of styrofoam to the transfer station.
• 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.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Cherry Lime Burst from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler and A Little Hazy Thing from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River

Today’s pet peeve: I wish styrofoam were recyclable.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  I augmented a Harris Teeter take-and-bake pizza with hot sausage, baby spinach and chevre and it turned out to be a hit.

Word of the day:  Turbid

Today’s highlights:

• I had a Focused Friday at work (except for four meetings).
• I went to the bank for my mother.
• I went to the pharmacy for my father.
• I dropped off an Amazon return at the UPS Store.
• I bought gas.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.
• We viewed Jay’s Isolation Friday video.

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

Today’s beer:  Mountain Time from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville and Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Mills River

Today’s pet peeve: I didn’t play guitar today.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  My guitar playing has progressed nicely.

Word of the day:  Megillah

Today’s highlights:

• We had a virtual LifePulse meeting at work
• We had a Team Break at work where we tried to figure out things that everyone on our team had in common.
• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Brave New Brown from Blowing Rock Brewing Company in Hickory and Pernicious from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler

Today’s pet peeve: The Brave New Brown is still nasty.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  My sister received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine today.

Word of the day:  Slipshod

Today’s highlights:

• I took my mother for a check-up with her primary care physician.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Dale’s Pale Ale from Oskar Blues Brewery in Brevard and Coastal Love from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler

Today’s pet peeve: Andy saw a big bug.

Today’s moment of gratitude:  Tonight was our first walk without jackets in a long time.

Word of the day:  Fathom

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a run before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Starchaser from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville and Voodoo Ranger from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  There was abundant sunshine today.

Word of the day:  Habeous corpus

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Fat Tire and Wild Ride from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville

Today’s pet peeve: n/a

Today’s moment of gratitude:  My mother found the edge piece that she had been looking for for almost a week.

Word of the day:  Retarget