Heading to the elementary school soon as I got picked to be a chaperone on a field trip with the MDMRN Twins. My wife is with Twin 1, I am with Twin 2. I am thankful I am able to join them.
Looks like I am also taking the bus to the place.
Hope your day is great, but yea - expect me to be mostly quiet here most of the day.
It is a somber Tuesday after the incident on the Francis Scott Key Bridge. That is my local commuter bridge and the one I took to work daily for over a decade before getting my current, local job.
My BIL / SIL take it still take it. I am thankful their commute did not line up with the incident. We called them both when we saw the news early this morning to check. I am also thankful for those who were able to be saved so far out of the harbor.
I pray that more folks who fell in are found and saved.
The weather is all sorts of rainy which, meh - but it's good for the ground. We need some rain with how dry it's been. So, I guess I am thankful for the rain.
Today's agenda is...well, work, followed by I dunno. I did get to the gym early this morning. My wife and I are TRYING to do Gymarch where we try to go every single day in March to the gym (except Easter / Good Friday cause holiday / personal stuff).
So, we started today and actually made it. I'm thankful we did and hopeful we will again tomorrow.
Our internet / cable / house phone went down at home yesterday afternoon. However, Verizon is coming shortly so I need to run home to meet them so they can get it fixed.
I am thankful they are able to get there today to hopefully get it fixed.
Woke up early with my anxiety piling up. Not in a way that made any lick of sense. Skipped the gym as I dealt with it. I know it's quite literally all in my head, but when it controls all of me and gives me overwhelming feelings of nervousness, it doesn't make it less bad.
My wife is very understanding. I am very thankful for a patient wife.
They said it MAY snow this morning all week. Then it rained like wild when I got up around 5, so I went back to bed cause I didn't want to drive in it.
Hope you are ready for the start of the week. After being out Friday, I am catching up on emails this morning. There is, of course, a lot, but it's doable.
I am thankful for having support both in my personal life and at work for when I am not around.
Today's plans are...well, work, followed by getting my kids all packed up for the weekend activities. I think they've mostly already packed up, but we'll see!
Working remote this morning as I wait (again) for the folks to come to fix our dryer. They came last week, but there were issues and then the follow up was canceled cause of the weather.
I am thankful they are still coming today. I will be more thankful when my dryer is functional!
I am going to my first convention since Otakon 2004 today. Heading in to Magfest (a Mid-Atlantic video game convention). Little MDMRN went yesterday with my BIL, SIL, and SIL's husband. Had a blast gaming.
So, my turn to go with the today.
I am thankful I get to go, even if my anxiety around mass crowds is not great. I am hopeful it will be fun.
Another day this week filled with snow. Crummy roads means I'm heading into work a bit later than normal. Already cleared off the cars once. Likely will have to do it one more time to get out of the house.
Thankful, though, to have vehicles to get me back and forth to work.
Hope weather is calm enough for you wherever you are.
Been a busy week and the week keeps being busier. This weekend I'm also heading to Magfest with my BIL and Little MDMRN. My BIL got tickets for me and my oldest. I am thankful for the generosity. And the chance to go, this is my first convention of any kind I've been to since...hmm...Otakon in 2004...I think?
Through yesterday, we got about 3.5 inches of rain in a wild, windy storm event.
I am thankful to have a basement with a functional trench drain and a functional sump pump. Kept my oldest's bedroom, our laundry room, and our storage dry!
Hope any of my East Coast friends also stayed dry!
Got up and out to the gym again this morning, so that was good. The weather coming in soon is going to be wild, so that's not so good.
Regardless, I am thankful today for water. Like, it's existence. Thinking about the actual chemical properties of water for a few minutes is mind boggling. It's inherent properties make life possible. Water is amazing.
The past few mornings I have been dragging, not feeling great.
I am thankful that despite feeling like dung, it could be worse. I could always feel worse. I am thankful that it has not gotten worse and that I am not so sick I cannot get by through the day.
Something I used to do on my socials in the past was post a little morning post about how thankful I am for anything I thought of that morning. I am going to start doing that again using the hashtag #ImThankful in case you want to mute / it's not your thing.
Today, let's start out by saying I am thankful that the Lord has entrusted me with my four wonderful children and my wife. I am lucky to have all of them in my life and love them all so much.
Saw #KillersOfTheFlowerMoon last night. After finally getting the book yesterday from library I made it about 1/3 through it before seeing movie. Facts align brilliantly between book and movie.
The plot itself had me worried though. As soon as the movie ended, checked last few pages to confirm that's how it went in the end, yep. (Helluva ending for movie btw. GO SEE IT.)