things I did instead of watching the inauguration

Today, I didn’t watch the inauguration. I was busy.

• I reminded Boston residents to shovel their sidewalks (I work for the City).

• Read some of a book - currently reading The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans 

• Shoveled our sidewalks and cleared out our car

• Skimmed the newspaper (I get two papers delivered every day still - started it in the covid lockdown and never stopped)

• Washed dishes 300 times - my wife cooked and baked her way through the day

• Snuggled the baby down for a nap

• Edited and published a blog post I’ve been working on for a few days

• Posted on our neighborhood’s facebook group to ask if anyone had a baby sled we could have or borrow, then walked over to a neighbor’s house to pick up said sled, then took the baby sledding!

• Worked on today’s crossword. The teenager tried to help, but gave up after seeing how chaotically I started it.

• Made lunch plans with a friend for this week.

• Listened to records (Noah Kahan’s first album! Justin Bieber! Leon Bridges!)

• Gave the baby a bath. We splashed! We laughed! We quacked like ducks!

• Watched Grey’s Anatomy (we’ve been working our way through it all since Episode 1 with the teenager for a while now, one episode at a time).

• Wrote this.

• Went to bed, or at least I plan to. Can’t wait.
  

For today, I don’t need to know. And this is no head in the sand, this is head up high, loving my family, loving my city, so grateful to be here.