Realized I hadn’t done a blog post in a month. Cut myself slack when I remembered that I’m 41k words into a book, traveled for nearly two weeks, and that life isn’t always super interesting when off from work.

Placed in the 98th percentile for my Oscar ballot on ESPN, a new and pleasant gaming opportunity that required constant refreshing of the app and more competitiveness than usual. Brian placed in the 83rd. He’s come so far in 11 years and no longer requires a handicap.

The Scientist came home and announced that he unexpectedly had an intern paired with him at the lab. Then was told, “Well, it was an extern, really, whatever that is.” After some googling, it is a person that shadows a role as opposed to having assigned responsibilities. The more you know.

Raced outside to get the trash to the curb as the trash truck approached. It may only happen once in a lifetime that Brian forgets and I savored my mini hero moment. MAY have intentionally used my Queen Bee coffee cup in celebration. He, no doubt, would say he didn’t want the garage door opening to wake me.

Was told that since it was date night, he’d turn up the heat in the house. Envision the massive eye roll that followed this statement.

Initially busted my bracket thanks to Arizona’s defeat to Princeton. Was informed I could soon play in the second chance bracket, a far cry from last year’s winning one. Asked more than once in the following days, “How broken can a bracket get?”

Asked how Brian slept. Was told okay. It was followed with, “but you took over the bed, so I had to sleep downstairs starting at 2.” 🤦🏼‍♀️

Celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with numerous green beers, a boozy cupcake, Ted Lasso, cheering on Montana State, and by finishing a puzzle. Maintained our annual tradition of delivering Guinness to our next door neighbors much to their delight.

Offered an, “Well, that escalated quickly,” as we went from no snow to 6 inches in an hour. Spent an hour shoveling the driveway and neighboring sidewalks or according to my Apple Watch, I “danced” since there is no ‘snow shoveling’ exercise activity option.

Made our now annual, pandemic inspired, drive to check for First of the Year Mountain Bluebirds in a nearby recreation area. Came up empty, but managed to see hundreds of white tailed deer and antelope. You win some, you lose some.