Liz ended up driving us closer to the lake, where we parked and walked along the shoreline. There were a handful of other people around, but it was pretty desolate – the sun was setting, and the wind was coming in off the water.
Woke up this morning with a good amount on the ground. I’d heard there was going to be a lot of snow over two days (and possibly some colder temps, turning things to ice). All this got me out the door around 7:30 AM to get a jump start on clearing the driveway and sidewalk.
Near the end of the work day, I decided to go out and grab some supplies. With a lot of snow in the forecast, I figured food delivery and grocery deliveries would be difficult/delayed, and we needed supplies at hand just in case.
The best sound of the whole night? When young kids were simply unable to really manage the salad tongs, and so it would just be this sound of constant buzzing for like 20 seconds. Hilarious. Made me laugh every single time.
Liz and I talked about going out to see the waves from Lake Michigan during the afternoon, but we were both just too busy. So we ended up hopping in the car around 5PM, to go have a look before things got too dark.
It was a bit refreshing to get out, and was quite literally a walk in the park. The two of us used to have a morning walk routine, but that fell by the wayside rather quickly. I’m not sure if we’ll keep this up (particularly with the days getting darker, earlier)… but it was a nice reminder that there’s life away from the desk.
From time to time, I have this pattern: wake up early, run some errands at the nearby Walgreen’s, stop for an espresso at the French bakery.
This all happens fairly early, circa 7-7:30 AM. But it’s a nice start to my morning, in that I’ll sit and sip on this espresso for a little while, before heading home.
I was walking to UPS today, and came across a driver just kind of sitting at a stop sign. There were no other cars around, but he seemed to be just looking in the distance. And not moving.
I like to imagine it was sitting there, upright, until someone who was really mad came along. And everything just naturally worked out from there.
Was running some errands today, and this mural stopped me in my tracks. I guess this shows how infrequently I leave the house, because I think this thing has been up for some time (I remembered seeing this on my neighbor Betsy’s Instagram account).
After our meal, we decided to browse a bit at The Seminary Co-op. A few of the books outside caught our eye, and we decided to venture inside to look around more.
With the crazy long work day we had yesterday, Liz and I were both pretty wiped out today.
Nearby, about 4 feet away, I saw this. I’m all for some good graffiti, but I’m very much at a loss for what’s going on here. Random Google searches turn up very little.
Tonight, Liz called me over to the kitchen and told me to listen. We heard what sounded like a group of people singing.
Our walks have been a good thing, and a habit I hope we re-introduce into our lives. While we have retreated from the world this last year, the world still exists. And I’m realizing how much more intention is needed, for us to interact with it.