Last night was the 25-year anniversary of our first date. We went out for dinner to celebrate.

I wish I had thought to take a picture to include with this post as I shoveled the snow on Monday. (For context on the picture I did include, make sure to read the caption.)

But it was cold and I was on a mission and pictures were not front-of-mind for me as I cleared the 6 inches or so of snow that fell in Framingham.

It had been a while since we’d had an overnight snow like that. I came to that realization when I came in from the first round of shoveling and I was dry. Often when it has snowed recently I’m out there clearing a car or the driveway while it’s still snowing and my coat and gloves are sopping by the time I’m done and I need to dry them out so I don’t put a sopping wet coat and gloves back on for the next round.

This time everything stayed dry - it was just so cold I couldn’t stay out there shoveling for too long.

OK. On with the week ahead - hard to believe this to-do list brings us to the end of January!

This Week’s To-Do

The other thing about this week (besides being the last week of January) is it’s the first week where I don’t have the goals of the year to write about more in-depth anymore. So I need to make sure I’m Staying On Top Of My Posts here. Right now I’m about a week ahead of myself - trying not to let posts get too stale but also not letting every day come down to the last minute where this becomes a burden and I end up letting it fizzle out. A month in and I’ve been able to keep my head above water. That’s a good sign. I’ve also got a few new ideas to throw into the mix.
I’m responsible for Watching My Nephew for a couple of hours Wednesday afternoon. That’ll disrupt work…but it’ll be fun. Maybe I’ll see if I can teach him about baseball or Spider-Man or something.
I’m also going to have to watch this SNL special Monday night, about the 50 years of music on ‘Saturday Night Live’. I think this open is amazing. You should take 7 minutes and watch it. (When I’d first saw the commercial for this I assumed it was on Sunday night and I wouldn’t watch it because of the football. But Monday night I don't have a reason not to watch it. Except I don't know if I can stay up until 11pm.)

This Week’s May-Do

I’d like to see ‘A Complete Unknown.’ I haven’t been able to carve out the time for a mid-day movie, which is good - it means I’m using my workday time wisely. But, I don’t know, maybe this week? That movie might not be in theaters too much longer. (Although maybe it’ll get a little bump from Chalamet hosting/singing on SNL last night…and the Oscar nominations.) It does not seem to be playing at any times that are convenient for me. Maybe I’ll finagle the schedule a little bit to accommodate it. As I said above…I don’t want to run out of things to write about.

Let’s take a quick look back at how I did last week: (Remember, as long as I remember to do it, you can click here to get more in-depth information on last week’s list.)

Last Week’s To-Do

I already told you earlier this week I successfully registered for the BAA Distance Medley.
The short week went well, and it’s always nice having the girls home at odd times of the day.
Dropped the car off on Wednesday for the brakes, they called and told me I should probably do the tires (I kind of knew this was coming). The price beat what the dealership had quoted me…but I was supposed to get the car back on Wednesday and that didn’t actually happen until Thursday evening. So Thursday was not too productive as I sat and half expected the phone call when I would have to go and get my car…and that never came. Glad to be done with it, though, and hopefully no major automotive work for a while.

Last Week’s May-Do

I did indeed proceed with putting together a little menu for February. We’ll see if that works and I continue with other months or if it’s a one-off. You’d better believe I’ll be writing about it come February.
Did I limit my news and social media intake? A little. Probably not enough.