January 3rd, 2025

Oxbear gone to another breakfast meeting… two 40 year-old white guys meeting with a retired Indian woman… kind of a funny group

Comfort Yali who’s feeling blue about being brown… he cheerfully transitions to Zach King videos on his tablet

Order a no-break resin saucer sled in dark orange for Yali and Patience to share, in anticipation of the approaching winter storm… “no break”… with these kids?… shipped within an hour of purchase (gotta get all those sleds to kids in the Midwest before the snow dump)

Oxbear returns to work on the yard, leaf blower running for a couple of hours, thanks to the sweetgum tree

Pause to read an article on biphasic sleep patterns of the Middle Ages in the early afternoon and prepare a cup of ramen for my teenager while he scrubs down the basement storage room floor with vinegar and power washes the drain grate

Yali spreads red and yellow paint onto his art submission for the St. Louis Symphony Art contest… Patience outlines pandas with Sharpie for the same contest

Puck leaves for J’s in the mid-afternoon… getting colder and colder even in a snappy sunshine

Watch the full KSDK evaluation of the winter storm warning for STL… love a good storm build-up

Evening layers…

“Rick Steve’s : Egypt”

Reba’s “Happy’s Place”

Chicken and cheese taquitos and a cold Pepsi

“Jumanji : The Next Level” with Yali and Patience

“Elementary” with Oxbear