Day 22,036

Evie Day 305

Hi everybody. Today is the MLK holiday in the US. It is 15 January 2024.

Let’s see… what manner of excitement have we experienced in our household since the last time I wrote.

Chiefs beat the Dolphins on a cold winter’s night on Saturday. For that I am thankful.

Most of the other games, I really don’t care about, but there is always a little schadenfreude that comes with certain teams losing. The Dallas Cowboys hired the Green Bay Packers’ old coach… and the Green Bay Packers put a whoppin’ on the boys yesterday. The game between the LA Rams and the Detroit Lions did not disappoint.

We ran out of propane on Saturday. I called for a delivery a week ago, depending on their 3-5 day delivery target. Today is day seven: no more hot water, or propane for the furnace. I ran to the hardware store to buy 5 space heaters yesterday morning, and those, combined with running the fireplace all day, eventually got our living room up to 62 degrees for a high in the house. I woke up to frozen water pipes this morning, so I’ll have to get that sorted. We can’t do a whole lot to solve that problem until we get propane, so I get to make another phone call when the Texas-based propane company opens in another half hour.

I spent a little time thinking about the meaning behind today’s federal holiday, but I’m thinking less about Martin Luther King, Jr., and more about Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. I think water and shelter are pretty high on that list.

I’m going to get this in the can before I start turning it into a whine-fest. I’m not in a great mood right now.

The fireplace is pretty though.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.