Today is my mom's birthday!
Sunday: despite going to bed early last night, I didn't get much sleep. The cats raised too much of a ruckus in the hallway during the night, and I had to get up long enough to settle them down. I showered and shaved, and a little after 11, I drove us to Taco Bell. It felt a little odd to be resuming our shared shopping trips after more than a year of shopping separately, and since we planned to eat before shopping, it meant I was driving us the opposite route I had usually taken: down Broad to Packer, over to Fronst Street, and then an easy right turn into the parking lot. My tacos tasted all the better for missing a long drive home. While we ate, I played a Hearthstone game using Kibler's Ysondre Resurrection decklist. Once we finished, I brought us up to Acme, and we proceeded to buy out the store. (That's an exaggeration, but only a slight one: since we wanted to stock up on staples in anticipation of possible shortages or pricing spikes caused by the upcoming tariffs, we ended up spending around three times as much as one of my usual solo trips.)
Back home, Julie put the groceries away, while I gathered up the litter. I also vacuumed the bedrooms and brought most of the trash to the outside trash bin. Julie suggested we schedule our trip to the gym for 4 PM, so I watched a little bit of an Immortality live playthrough on youtube while I draink my soda from lunch and snacked on some nuts. At the gym, I continued reading the Counterfeit Monkey Let's Play on intfiction.org while I cycled, but once my routine was done, we returned home.
In the evening, I sliced up the onion and peppers for goulash. My soundtrack for my dinner prep was the latest Castle Super Beast podcast episode. Once dinner was ready, Julie ate in the living room while watching old Simpsons episodes with commentary. I played more Hearthstone while finishing the podcast. (Later, we both confirmed we'd separately burned our mouths by trying to eat too quickly.) As the day wound down, I got some rugs out of the dryer so we could put them back down in front of the litter boxes. Once John and the rest were adequately snacked, I came back to the computer. At 11, I called Mom to catch up and wish her happy birthday; she reported that the family was all coming down with stomach flu, and she reported some of the difficulties my sister and brother-in-law have been dealing with at work. After the call, I got to work on this update.
Saturday: stayed up too late waiting to start the dishes last night, so I was very glad to be having a slow day of chat support at work. I was also able to can catch up on my projects. During my breaks, I listened to a little bit of a Castle Super Beast podcast I forgot that I'd already listened to, and then I watched the end of another Endwalker stream vod. Julie went to the store for groceries and brought back Taco Bell again.
We are still devastated by the loss of Cliff and Koop, but at least none of the other cats show any signs of decline.
Julie decided to make dinner so we could have the leftovers when I've got my project night tomorrow. She made that stir fry with fried tofu over brown rice that she's done two or three times before. We watched more Poirot while we ate, and after I finished eating, I played a few rounds of Hearthstone prior to Peggle Nights as a way to keep my hands occupied while watching Poirot's return from retirement and subsequent trip to Baghdad. After we finished watching, I called Mom to wish her happy birthday; I've got a card ready, and I need to have one of our photos printed so we can mail it to her. I played a little SpaceChem before falling asleep in the egg.
IS THE COUGH STILL HERE: YES
Thursday: called Mom to check in and wish her happy birthday. They're busy watching the girls since Kelly has her hands full with the new baby. 13 Sentinels continues, and I did catch a bit of that Disco Elysium stream, as well.
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Friday: we're driving to Missouri, and the strength of the wind is threatening to push us off the road. Julie recorded a video to show just how windy it is.
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Monday: seems like we might be having Easter lunch in Clearwater, since Gary took a photo of Julie and I sitting with Brecken and some of the Blue family.I re
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Saturday: we're hanging out with people like Tara and Jenny and Liz, based on Liz's photo of us on a deck. I appear to be wishing that I was wearing a jacket, as I'm just wearing My long-sleeve grey flannel shirt, and the way I've got my arms crossed seems like I'm chilly. Everybody's got big smiles, though.
World of Warcraft:
Chef de Partie - Completed on: 4/6/2012, 4:42:58 PM
Artisan Archaeologist - Completed on: 4/6/2012, 3:20:43 PM
Wednesday: this may be unsurprising, considering my trip to CHESM, but I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Julie played more GTA:SA and got the last of the oysters before starting in on the horseshoes. I napped on the sofa under various cats.
To celebrate Mom's birthday, we joined my family at Olive Garden. Attendees other than my parents included Steve, Shannon, and Griffin. (I played a lot of "I spy" with him while waiting for my ziti to arrive.)
After we got back home, Julie gathered more horseshoes until handing off to me, and I started wrapping up GTA4. I mishandled it, so I have to try again later.
World of Warcraft:
Journeyman Medic - Completed on: 4/6/2011, 2:00:40 AM
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