I’ve just returned from a holiday whirlwind in the upper midwest. Here are some of my trip’s many achievements.
Shared food and drinks with many family members and friends
Luxuriated through a blizzard
Almost defeated The Oregon Trail card game (I died two cards away)
Forgot to pack pants
Found a plumber the day after Christmas to snake our sewer line
Sculpted a piece of ice into the shape of Texas
Went to the Mall of America to buy pants (not actually super proud of this)
Ate my first snap dragon (flaming raisins burning in a pool of fortified brandy)
Saw some exceptional snow suits
Bowled a 144
Subsisted largely on cookies and beer
Arrived considerably underdressed for a gathering
Pet at least twelve cats and three dogs
Maintained an aggressive social calendar but still didn’t get time with everyone I’d hoped
Watched a man get a haircut on a frozen lake
Lost decisively at Farkle
Constructed an ice hair altar
Called Oregon home for the first time in a sentence
Watched my annual 30 minutes of pro football
Returned to a place where “real feel” isn’t a used weather term
Happy 2023 😘