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Celebration? It appears that I've now hit the 50th post for Notes.gs! Does it mean anything? Not really. It does mean that I've put out one of these daily posts for 50 of the last 52 days straight.

The Works: I wasn't terribly productive in this area today, but I did do a tiny bit of writing for a future Graham Sedam Writes post—about 4 modest paragraphs. I also fit in 30 minutes of drumming. I started out playing along to the pre-programmed songs in the electronic kit's brain, since it had been a while and I didn't feel like starting up my music computer and any other setup that went with it to play along to anything else. I finished up my drum session with some more work on figuring out what tempo I want that darn-tootin' song I'm working on to be.

Thumbs UP—Good Time! Day 3 of Angry Winter. We haven't left the house. We will start eating the kids soon. We have plenty of food; it's not about a lack. We may be driven to eat them if they continue to make the parentals insane. This is part of the reason I didn't get too far with The Works today. We would've loved to have done fun stuff with them, but alas, their teachers have given them assignments for Angry Winter and that means my wife and I must also be involved at various points of the day and for unknown amounts of time. I did make it outside tonight to take the trash bin to the street. I didn't really think it was too bad at first, but by the time I got back to the front door, my lungs were starting to freeze, and it made breathing more difficult. It made my wife and I ponder about the effect of the cold vacuum of space on a person. Oh, and my wife and I are still looking for The Toddler's chocolate milk that he lost this morning... Does cottage cheese come in chocolate?

Present Situation: The Toddler was a tough one to get to sleep tonight. He had made it to "the point beyond tired," which is a scary place. We would have probably been better off to put him to bed earlier, but one can't always know these things before it's too late. We finished the first season of 3Below tonight with the kids and anxiously await the second season. Now, my wife and I will step competitively while we figure out what to watch. We caught up on some "live" shows last night, How to Get Away with Murder and Fresh Off the Boat, so that they didn't get locked before we watch them.

Never judge a day by its sunshine.

Photo Credit: Christine Sedam

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Out About Town: Actually, no. That was a trick. I did not leave the house all day because I had no reason to. Angry Winter is out there and my house is climate controlled. I'm hearing that it has been colder in Minnesota than in Antarctica.

The Works: I did some blog work today. I shared my 2018 goals wrap-up post on Facebook again for those who may have missed it and would like to read it. I updated all of the post footers that I have included at the bottom of all of the posts that I've published, except for those from the Electric Feast era (time capsules). Lastly, I refurbished a post to share this coming Thursday.

Thumbs Up—Good Time! We let the two older kids stay up to watch some TV while my wife and I traded off various duties with an end goal of getting The Toddler to sleep. Afterward, the rest of us watched another episode of 3Below. We were going to play the game Pling Pong today, but we all had things to attend to and didn't. Hopefully, things will go differently tomorrow and we'll fit it in. The kids' teachers have given them assignments to do at home this week since they are missing school due to the aforementioned Angry Winter. Technology, eh? So, that is what part of their day was spent on and will also be spent on tomorrow.  My wife and I watched the most recent episode of SNL hosted by Rachel Brosnahan last night. Maybe it was because we had a break from the show for a month or so, but we both felt it was a pretty funny episode—plenty of laughs.

Mileage Mayhem: On my way to the treadmill this afternoon, The Toddler handed me his Rocky plush toy (from the show Paw Patrol) and wanted me to take it with. He insisted on it, so I told him that I would let Rocky watch me run. I guess it was a good idea! I ran 5 miles today—more mileage in one run than I've had since last September. I've got some miles to make up and this run certainly helped.

Will the evil masterminds behind Paw Patrol ever stop creating new toys?

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The Year In Steps: 987,155 steps so far. I'll break 1 mil tomorrow for sure! I love challenges.

Children Of The Snow: All of the people around the metro area I live in who may also be reading this will already know, but today was a not very snowy snow day for the kids. In fact, it looks as though they won't be going back to school until Thursday at the earliest because of the bitter cold swooping in. It's not a HUGE deal, I guess, but it will certainly make the normal routine my wife and I have gotten used to more... cumbersome. Oh, well. We shall carry on. Everything that needed to be done was done. The kids were able to play some video games. My daughter accompanied me to a couple grocery stores and a fruitless trip to Batteries Plus this morning. It was great to spend some time with just her and converse. We also let the kids stay up a little later and that allowed us to get 2 episodes of 3Below in.

Present Situation: The wife just completed her run on the treadmill. I'll get this note tidied up. (Tidied doesn't look right. Isn't it strange, those words that are correctly spelled but just don't look right? But, alas, it is.) I almost fell asleep with The Toddler, but I'd love to watch a little of something on the TV with my wife after she gets out of the shower. Maniac is always a good option, but I don't know what other shows we need to catch up on either.

Only 5 inches? (That's what she said!)

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Run Streak: Day 224!

Run The Year: This past week, Monday through Sunday, has been my highest mileage week this year. Ever? I don't know. But, I DO know that I ran 16.5 miles. And, that brings my month/year total to 54.7 miles. I miscalculated how much I was behind last week... whoops. I multiplied the days of the year that had already passed by 2.25 instead of 2.75 and that means I'm 19.55 miles behind where I should be if I were to run a consistent amount every day to hit 1,009.5 for the year. I'll get there. Math lesson over.

Present Situation: It's late, and I need to get a shower in. I'm tired and ready for bed. It was a good weekend. It went well, really, all around. Tomorrow will be another day I look forward to conquering. I am grateful for many things and having tomorrow off from work is certainly one of them! I'm working a lot of overtime next week, and so I'm certainly looking to make the most of this one. And... now my kids are off from school tomorrow because of weather. Which means, they might not make it to school all week considering what the Weather Sayers have been predicting with their snow globes. Fear. Panic. Can adults get out of going to work that easy? Please?

I was a super kid for my birthday last autumn.

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Recent Link I've Enjoyed: The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online What more can I say. This is pretty damn cool. You might see me snagging and posting a picture now and then because I can. PUBLIC DOMAIN, FTW!

Book Report: Doing Time in Hollywood by Brian Gallagher_ I'm plugging along with this book and have made it to page 63. I enjoy peering into other people's lives and hearing what they have to say or, rather, reading what they've written. Brian has had experiences that I've never had and likely never will. The beauty of reading things out of the "norm" allows a person to build up a greater repertoire of knowledge and understanding. If I had only read the first paragraph, I would have no idea what I would be missing. (Book 1/4 of 2019 Goals)

Present Situation: I didn't have much desire to write a note last night, and I was tired. Both apply to tonight as well, but I decided to punch the keys and see what happened. I still have a little time before I should get to bed. I look forward to watching some Team Umi-Zoomi with The Toddler, shortly. Wait, I believe he's being put to bed. I'm a bit sad now.

Pimpin' in the year 1631.

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The Works—Writing: This morning, I published the new post I've been talking about this week. The R&D Workshop No.10 Give it a read if you can tear yourself away from a life of memes.

The Works—Music: I was also able to work on music for at least 4 hours today. It was enough to clear the small amount of time debt that I've collected for my 2019 goal of spending 60 minutes or more per week doing work in the studio. I worked on a song that's been in my head for a few years. It's a song for a music project that is so far song-less—aural ocean. I'm still working out what tempo it needs to be while also figuring out the bass guitar melody and general drum arrangement. So, it was fun bouncing around between instruments while also getting more acquainted with Cubase 9. I used to use Cubase 4, so it's not a completely new system for me. Also, I'm trying out a different approach(es) in how I work with the software. More in the future. I wrote a little about my computer issues and the transition to Cubase 9 in this R&D No.6 update.

Present Situation: The Toddler had a late afternoon nap. He needed it. So now, while I write this note, he's firing up an episode of My Little Pony. I'm looking forward to getting some snuggles in with him before bed, before the long work weekend begins. My wife and I didn't watch Maniac last night and it looks like we won't tonight either. Such is life. We DID watch 2 episodes of 3Below with all of the kids, so that was nice. I never intended this section to turn into the TV section, but hey, it's what's on my mind at this time of day. Meh

Never seen a dog drive into town, have you? He's our local Uber.

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Water Consumption: My daily average so far for the year is 78.6 ounces. I'm doing a great job of keeping ahead of my minimum goal of 64 ounces.

Recent Link I've Enjoyed: I have read on this similar subject from different outlets and they say the same thing. Basically, pay attention to your body's natural rhythms and follow them or suffer the consequences. (Yeah, I get it. No one's going to tell you how to live! Good luck with that.) To burn the most calories, it helps to heed the clock

The Works: I wasn't able to start working on the new post for GSW I have coming out tomorrow until after lunch. I also spent more time on it than I had originally planned on. While I didn't do a complete and total rewrite, I did spend a lot of time rearranging sentences and rewriting. Ever since I walked away from it yesterday, I felt like it was a jumble of thoughts in a haphazard sequence. I'm happy with it now, but I didn't end up having time to drum. Maybe tomorrow? I'd love to dig into something else musical, like working on a song or figuring out where I'm at with all of that. We'll see what the family's agenda is first, because drums always seem easier to fit in.

Present Situation: I was really hoping the whole family would be able to watch the Netflix show 3Below: Tales of Arcadia tonight. We're a handful of episodes in, and we haven't watched it in over a week. It's an animated series that is the second installment of Guillermo del Toro's Tales of Arcadia trilogy. You may remember me talking about the first installment we watched called Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia. At the present moment, The Toddler had a nap while running an errand with my wife, so he's at the TV's helm currently watching YouTube. He is Mr. Independent, and he knows his way around. I'll finish up this note then mess around on social for a bit while I step and watch YouTube with The Toddler. My wife will be on the treadmill any minute now... She did read my new post for GSW tomorrow. She's a good copyeditor. Fingers crossed we'll watch Maniac before the night is over.

Get it? Chili... Chilly... Get it?

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