Friday the Thirteenth

Happy things from today:

  • For the fourth day in a row I was in the Problem Solve area at work. It has changed a lot this week. Because of snow and other random things the beginning of the week had an excessive amount of work. Thankfully, they started assigning more people to work there and we have been able to get all those packages processed, the area cleaned, and all but a few items that I didn't know how to dispose of in the hazardous waste area are cleaned up.
  • Since I am not working a full shift tomorrow, I took a nap this afternoon. My dad used to take naps a lot in the afternoons when he wasn’t working. When I learned that was not something that most other father’s did, I thought it was weird. Over the years I have learned that naps are a wonderful thing. Today I was home to greet Gideon when he was home from school. Then I napped and got up in time to spend time with the rest of the family when they got home from their day jobs. The adults finally got to see the sweatshirt I got earlier this week. It is now my go to sweatshirt after work. Bel and I got to talk about the Appalachian Trail a little bit. It was a nice evening.
  • On my way back to the mother-in-law-apartment I paused to look at the stars. Mars was bright in the eastern sky. I saw a shooting star. It was a really nice end to my day.  There are stars in the picture below.  The one in the middle looked much redder in real life.  I'm pleased that my phone's camera picked them up at all.  The app I use, Star Tracker, confirmed for me that the middle star in the photo is Mars.




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Started listening to: Daindreth's Sorceress, by Elisabeth Wheatley.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.

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