You're a good neighbor, Matt.

Last night I went to bed at 7:30pm after dosing up on NyQuil. I got up at 2:30am for more NyQuil. I woke up super congested, so I've been pouring hot tea down my throat all morning. I suspect I may be calling in sick tomorrow.

I did manage to drag myself to the farmer's market and grocery store yesterday before I collapsed, so I have plenty of food to eat, including a slow-cooked ancho chile-rubbed pork roast.

My big plan for the day is going to the movies with the family.

it is 77 here

The tree is down, disassembled, and in the storage shed. After taping up the box I noticed the stand (which is normally stored in the box) was still under the tree skirt. This year the stand will be wrapped in the tree skirt and stored in the cedar chest, because like hell I'm un-taping that rapidly disintegrating tree box.

A Dogs 101 marathon is making my afternoon relatively enjoyable.

I was hoping to photograph today, but I stepped outside, and it was 18°, and I went NOPE. I haven't shot a roll of film since November.

I did a short little workout (inside, because it is 9 degrees in the tundra outside my front door), washed the dishes, and did a load of sheets so we can flip the mattress and start 2018 with clean sheets. Now I have a handful of work to get out of the way before tomorrow.

This is better than all those New Year's Days in my 20s and early 30s that I spent hungover as hell, regretting my poor choices.

I went out to feed the outside cats (who are doing fine, despite my worries, with their covered boxes full of straw) and give inside-cat Leo a few supervised minutes on the catio. His romp was cut short because FREEZING. Sorry, yowly furry boy, I don't have a fur coat and a high metabolism.

I used the brief almost-warm hour last Saturday to get in groceries. Now I don't have to leave the house for a week. Except to feed cats.

I rewarded myself with takeout from Tacos 4 Life Grill. Results: grilled mahi-mahi not worth getting (other restaurants do much better fish tacos, including Outback steakhouse), mango habañero chicken very tasty, guacamole the best I've had that wasn't made fresh tableside.

paid an overdue bill from the remaining funds on this gift card thing.

Now cancelling an old flip phone I had on our account for when I have to take away mac's phone as punishment. That's $20/mo savings going forward.

Happy New Year, Buffistas!!

I spent the weekend catching up with old friends and playing Jan-May of Pandemic Legacy Season 2. (When we played Season 1 with these friends, we lived next door and played more or less one game each month. Now that we're 3 hours away, we managed to cram 8 games - Feb and Mar we had to play twice, plus the prologue tutorial round - into a day and a half!)

It seems the thing I was doing for work that I needed info from others on is not going to get addressed today, so as soon as I pay all the invoices I have, I think I will do more cards and then read for the rest of the day.