Gud, does that mean you have accepted a new job? If so, congrats!

Yep. The new job gave me a flexible start date and I was able to arrange getting laid off pretty quickly.

Yay, Gud! Please recognize that your employers (and we) value you, even if your wife doesn't.

I saw Free Solo today and it was SO.GOOD. OMG that's an excellent documentary, such an examination of the drive to do that sort of insane project. So thoughtful and sympathetic, while also empathetic of the feelings of the people who don't want to see him die. I highly recommend it, and I suspect it'll win an Oscar.

In other news, I made a pot of cassoulet and I'm watching Season 2 of The Dragon Prince on Netflix.

Ooh, Season 3 of Dragon Prince is out? Know what we're watching tomorrow.

I had the first half of a crown done this afternoon. This is the third one I've had done, and the changes since I had the last one are amazing. No dead-face numbing, no horrible achey soreness from the numbing shot. I could do this once a week--not, you know, that I'd want to.

And then because my lisence lapses on Tuesday, and my face wasn't all dead and stupid from the numbing, we went by the DMV to see how long the wait line was. We'd gone by Wednesday, but their system was down, so, today. The wait line was...one. They fast-tracked me through the vision test, the photo (no glasses b/c the facial recog software sees glasses and just focuses on the glasses, not the face) and...done. Pay the lady.

Because I have fasting Sunday night, blood draws for lab work Monday, followed by my annual mammo on Monday, and if the DMV thing hadn't worked today, then yeah, sure, blood stick, mammo, and finish up my Monday with a visit to the DMV.

But they won't be open Monday, though the lab and the Imaging Center are, so there you go.

We're still munching on homemade soup and tea and watching the snow melt. H watched the first ep of Fat, Salt, Acid, Heat with me (rewatch for me), and rather than charmed by the host's enthusiasm and love for food and the cultures food comes from and the people who prepare it, was just appalled and grumpy at all the fat in the food, missing the point entire. Ah well, he'll be glad to know that there's a new season of Dragon Prince.

The boys won their regional final last night. Exciting game. They were so teenage boy happy with their trophy. They are so serious so much of the time and it was super sweet.

I really need to do something productive today before date night tonight.

My weekend agenda.

Shovel Driveway - sounds like a quick task but our driveway is double width and about four car lengths long so it actually takes awhile. It's done though.

Print severance document, sign it, and FedEx it.

Arrange health insurance for the small gap before the new job's insurance kicks in.

Arrange benefits for the new job.

Show daughter how to do her taxes.

Show son how to do his taxes.

Start work on our taxes now that I have my wife's business tax info (thankfully that's done by her father).

Pay bills.

Go to the grocery store.

Cook dinner both evenings (one will involve homemade french fries which I just tried recently and turned out pretty well even without a fryer)

Do some work on my Wife's website (this is never fun as it involves a lot of her watching what I'm doing and yelling at me when I misunderstand exactly she wants)

Exercise both days (I'm counting shoveling for today's)

Laundry

Figure at least two loads of dishes.

Clean the basement so kids can feel like they can have friends over.

I'm hoping to watch The Matrix with my son so he can see the origin of so many memes he knows so well, but he's not super interested so that probably won't happen.

I'm also hoping to play some games with the kids, but there may not be time.

I also need to run codes on my car because the check engine light came on. I suspect it's low fuel pressure so I might need to clean or replace the fuel injectors soon. I think the clutch is starting to slip a little sometimes, but I can live with a finicky clutch for awhile. I have to drop the transmission to fix the clutch so that's not a job I want to tackle right now. The clutch has at an absolute minimum 156,000 miles on it so it's no surprise it's showing wear. Probably is the original and has 251,000 miles on it.

I also need to change the oil in my car, but I can put that off to next weekend so I probably will. Thank goodness for synthetic oil that lets me stretch out oil changes.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some things. Oh yeah, I need to make sure I have the stuff I need for paperwork Monday.

My daughter cleaned the kitchen yesterday and vacuumed the living room so those items are off the list.

The kids should clean the basement for their own use. And you know there is zero chance of me working on anything for anyone who yells at me even once.

I hope your son watches The Matrix. It remains such a favorite of mine.

Besides my general list of projects I am doing some research on investment type stuff. I've been dabbling in stock market with my small Roth IRA and doing pretty good with it. So I'll probably put some more in there. Getting old y'all. Need to retire some day.

Dear Gud, if you came over to my house and did half those chores, you would find yourself in the seat of honor, served your favorite dinner and then we would happily watch the Matrix with you. We would sing your praises and fall all over ourselves with gratitude. You do so much. You are a freaking super hero of efficiency and hard work. I wish you could visit your Buffista friends until your home actually appreciates how hard things would be without you.

I have gone to the store, made a cake, and done dishes, and I'm feeling like a star.

I have gone to the store, made a cake, and done dishes, and I'm feeling like a star.

Prince has a song for you: [link]