A busy Wednesday working toward the weekend.

Blog feb 23


It’s good to be this active already on a Wednesday. Maybe that means my Thursday and Friday won’t be as insane as they have been the past couple weeks.

I got up and finished clearing snow from Becky’s parking space and the turn-around area. And stretched the vigorous workout by cleaning up areas here and there along the driveway where I may have skimped yesterday. Since it is all clear now, which means it will all melt by the end of the day tomorrow, right? I love Pennsylvania winters.

An attempt to inforce the mailbox experienced battery failure and I was not willing to try those 3-inch screws without the power driver. I would say, “reinforce the mailbox” but it really wasn’t very inforced to begin with. Now the snowplows have loosened it.

I came in to discover that one of the heart-story people I was trying to reach yesterday was ready to talk to me and some others were making arrangements for me to get the flu story done today. Completed two interviews this morning and I have two more appointments lined up this afternoon for two more stories – only one heart related – so all is good. Yesterday, I finished one of the three or four stories I'm doing for Sunday’s package in The Tribune-Democrat’s American Heart Month project. I am ready to write two more.
And while I was writing this, the final call for my flu story came in and I finished that interview.

Bat out today’s blog post, recheck my email, take a lunch hour here, and head into the office.

Becky is already talking about an early morning tomorrow at the gym, so I don’t have to worry about planning that.

The home scales seem stuck again, so I’m not saying anything about the actual weight until it drops another pound and gets below my official goal for the week.

Last night’s homemade chicken soup with homemade noodles may have looked healthy, but it looked too good not to eat a very big bowl. And Becky made a delicious dessert for her church women’s group and brought most of it home. I only sampled a small square.

Moderation is the word. Right? Besides I think it was dark chocolate and that’s supposed to have heart-healthy stuff in it.