Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• I had my last voice lesson of the semester with Mary.
• I delivered fake ice cream oat product to my father.
• Andy and I went for a run at Alice F. Keene District Park.
• We stopped at Walgreen’s to stock up on bandaging supplies.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Coastal Love IPA from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler and Mountain Candy from Sycamore Brewing in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  When you slap a mosquito on your wrist and fling your phone onto the pavement…

Word of the day:  Fraternize

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• I had a virtual Life Pulse meeting at work.
• PTA Amy came to work with my mother.
• Andy and I went for a run after lunch.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Citradelic IPA from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville and Rising Haze from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  When the exercise group at the park blocks the path and prevents others from using the park despite acres of green space available to them.

Word of the day:  Crux

 

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I visited the county seats of Nash County and Warren County.
• We hiked the Bear Swamp Trail, the Summit Loop Trail and the Discovery Loop Trail at Medoc Mountain State Park.
• We had a Zoom beer hour with Jay.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Fat Tire and New Belgium Trippel from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  When people put big plastic fake rocks in their yard to try to hide their utility stuff.

Word of the day:  Masterful

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk in the College View neighborhood.
• I went to Food Lion for my father and to Harris-Teeter for my mother.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville and Hopness Haze from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton.

Today’s pet peeve:  n/a

Word of the day:  Envisage

 

 

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• On our day off, Andy and I visited county seats in Beaufort, Hyde and Dare counties.
• We ran into my sister-in-law and brother-in-law at the waterfront in Washington.
• PTA Amy took my mother for a walk outside…although I was not here to witness it.
• Andy and I watched Jay’s Isolation Friday video.

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

Today’s beer:  Wanderlush IPA from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville and Radio Haze from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  You cannot see Lake Mattamuskeet from US Route 264, even though it is right there.

Word of the day:  Stalwart

Today’s highlights:

• I learned today that I get tomorrow off for Juneteenth.
• OT Jan came to work with my mother.
• Andy and I  went for a run after work.  We got lost.  And then I fell on the sidewalk.  Other than that, it was great.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Trippel Belgian Style Ale from New Belgium Brewing in Asheville and Mountain Candy from Sycamore in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  Clumsiness.

Word of the day:  Conflate

 

Today’s highlights:

• PTA Amy came to work with my mother.
• Andy and I  went for a walk in downtown Greenville after work.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Festival Express from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem and Focal Banger from The Alchemist in Stowe, VT.

Today’s pet peeve:  People who go out for hotdogs during a pandemic.

Word of the day:  Harangue

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I  went for a run after work.  We got rained on.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Hopness Haze from Catawba Brewing Company in Morganton and Sip of Sunshine from Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield, VT (brewed in Stratford, CT).

Today’s pet peeve:  When people run their automatic sprinklers during a 16-day rain festival.

Word of the day:  Null

 

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• I had a virtual Life Pulse meeting at work.
• Andy and I  went for a walk after work.  We got lost.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Man of Law from Southern Pines Brewing Company in Southern Pines and Radio Haze from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  When the gym on your walking route flouts government health orders…  What part of “health & fitness” do they not understand?

Word of the day:  Bellwether

 

 

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I  went for a run on the historic Roanoke Canal Trail in Roanoke Rapids.
• We visited three county seats:  Tarboro in Edgecombe County, Jackson in Northampton County and Halifax in Halifax County.
• We had a Zoom beer hour with Jay.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Wanderlush from Highland Brewing Company in Asheville and Hop, Drop & Roll from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  When your niece is featured in a front-page photo in the newspaper and is not practicing social distancing.

Word of the day:  Divagate