When I was a kid, Grandma and Grandpa Mahoney had picture of a bear cub amidst some wild flowers hanging on the kitchen wall, with the phrase "Quit yer bitchin'!" on it. It always confused me; I couldn't figure out why it featured a bear cub. Regardless, it amused me to no end because kids rarely heard, and weren't allowed to say, those types of words.
Yesterday, I did some cleaning and found my notes for getting donations for team jerseys, which I didn't find time for in the fall and am thinking it may be too late. (Which might actually be true.) Then today I was realizing I haven't planned a trivia night like I did last year to help raise money for the MS Society, and was thinking it is probably too late to get it done before mid-March, when hopefully I can start (road) biking regularly outside.
I went for a short fat bike ride late this afternoon and loosely mulled over my goal for this year: to focus on having good quality activities rather than being busy. I thought, "Meh, maybe I'll skip trivia."
While riding, I saw a "herd" of six deer and a... flock? gaggle? of six turkeys at Fort Snelling State Park. It was very cool to sit and watch them. One deer just stared right back. It was all rather peaceful.
When I got home, Dan told me his plans to meet a friend were delayed by an hour because the friend had to deal with some unexpected care issues for his dad, who was just hospitalized due to complications from MS.
The trivia night was a good deal of work last year, but fun to do and we raised a decent amount money for the MS Society. In the spirit of quitting my bitchin', I've decided that I'm going to plan another one for this winter or spring. That's why I do all this, right?
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