Stuck in NC

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I ran our virtual 500 Festival Mini Marathon this morning.
• I selected Three Songs for Maarten:
  • Introducing the Theorbo
  • Introducing the Oboe da Caccia
  • Introducing Beethoven’s Contrbassoon
  • Introducing the Baroque Spoons
• I went to Food Lion for my father.
• I went to Harris-Teeter for my mother.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Duck Hook Cream Ale from Southern Pines Brewing Company in Southern Pines; Thirsty Paddler Raspberry Ale from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville; and Backcountry Black IPA from Deep River Brewing Company in Clayton.

Today’s pet peeve:  People who go grocery shopping without a list during a pandemic.  (I am looking at you, woman who stood in front of the pop-tarts for 20 minutes.)

Word of the day:  Capricious

Start @ Green Springs Park

North turnaround @ Sycamore Hill

South turnaround @ Evans St

Finish @ Green Springs Park

@ Harris Teeter

Today’s highlights:

• PT Jill came to perform an assessment on my mother.
• Andy and I went for a walk after work.
• We watched Jay’s Isolation Friday video

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s half baked

Today’s beer:  Frostbite Black IPA from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem and Lo-Pitch from Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville.

Today’s pet peeve:  n/a

Word of the day:  Rendition

Today’s highlights:

• PT Doug came to work with my mother.
• We had a virtual Team Break on Teams at work.  The theme to share an inspirational or motivational quote or thought.
• OT Jan came to work with my mother
• Andy and I had a race planning Zoom meeting with our running club.
• Andy and I went for a short run after work.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Thirsty Paddler Raspberry Ale from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville and Humidity from Fullsteam Brewery in Durham.

Today’s pet peeve:  Outside temperatures over 90 degrees.

Word of the day:  Posture

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a walk after work.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  High Roller Blood Orange IPA (something of a gusher) from Big Boss Brewing Company in Raleigh; Hi-Pitch IPA from Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville and Code of Conduct from Pitt Street Brewing Company in Greenville.

Today’s pet peeve:  Outside temperatures over 90 degrees.

Word of the day:  Compunction

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a run after work and before the curfew.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Hi-Wire Lo-Pitch from Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville and Frostbite Black IPA from Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem.

Today’s pet peeve:  I had to call my mother’s bank to try to troubleshoot an electronic bill-pay issue.  The phone representative was spectacularly unhelpful.  I will call the local branch tomorrow.

Word of the day:  Eolian

Today’s highlights:

• My father wanted to go downtown to help clean up from last night’s civil unrest but his battery was dead.
• The home health care agency called to notify us that one of our therapists has tested positive for COVID-19.  My mother’s last contact with this person was one day last week.
• My mother went to see her primary care physician to have the sutures removed from her head.  He met her at curbside and performed the procedure through the car window.
• Andy and I went for a walk after work and before the curfew.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Hi-Wire Lager and Go Getter Low-Calorie IPA from Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville; Rocket Science from Fullsteam Brewery in Durham.

Today’s pet peeve:  n/a

Word of the day:  Stiction

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a virtual long run on the South Tar River Greenway, Green Mill Run Greenway plus a segment through campus and downtown.
• Andy and I explored Farmville and Snow Hill in an afternoon outing.
• We went to a Zoom birthday party for our friend Sarah in Vermont.
• I gave Andy a summer haircut.
• We had a Zoom beer hour with Jay.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Duck Hook Cream Ale from Southern Pines Brewing Company in Southern Pines and a Backcountry Black IPA from Deep River Brewing Company in Clayton.

Today’s pet peeve:  n/a

Word of the day:  Palmier

Greene County Courthouse in Snow Hill

Today’s highlights:

• Andy and I went for a morning walk in downtown Greenville.  (I can’t bring myself to call it Uptown.)
• I went to Dollar Tree and Food Lion for my father.
• I went to Harris-Teeter for my mother.
• Andy and I went for a walk before dinner.

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Milk Stout from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville and Humidity Pale Ale from Fullsteam Brewery in Durham.

Today’s pet peeve:  I was shorted two bagels at the bagel shop, I was overcharged by one item at Dollar Tree, the Fluffy Biscuits by Duck-Rabbit I bought were skunky and the High Roller from Big Boss was an explosive foam bomb.  But other than that, I’ve got nothing.

Word of the day:  Gamut

Trifecta

Today’s highlights:

• PT Michelle came to work with my mother.
• ST Michelle came to work with my mother.
• Andy and I went for a run in the rain after work.
• We watched Jay’s new Isolation Friday video.

Today’s ice cream:  Ben & Jerry’s Gimme S’More!

Today’s beer:  Rocket Science from Fullsteam Brewery  in Durham and Rainbow Dust from Sycamore Brewing in Charlotte.

Today’s pet peeve:  When you try to run in the shape of a shamrock and it doesn’t work out as you visualized it.

Word of the day:  Assail

Today’s highlights:

• I had a virtual Life Pulse meeting at work.
• We had a virtual Team Break with a game of “Would you rather…?”
• Andy and I went for a walk after work (and after the storm).

Today’s ice cream:  n/a

Today’s beer:  Go Getter Low Calorie IPA from Hi-Wire Brewing  in Asheville and Pernicious IPA from Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler.

Today’s pet peeve:  Wall-to-wall meetings.

Word of the day:  Empirical

Someone we know used to live here…