2023 Life Logs, Day 36: Full Snow Moon
Date: Sunday, February 5, 2023
Weather: Warmer Weather; High 45, Low 37 degrees F
Sunrise and Sunset: 6:50 am – 5:04 pm (+2 minutes)
Location: At Home in the Cottage, East Falmouth, NH
The snow moon was officially full this afternoon when we couldn’t see it, but the sky was clear tonight and it was a beautiful presence. But is this is the snow moon, I just want to know . . . where is the snow? I took Jonah to his futsal game, not in Newton where it was supposed to be because the school hosting the semi-finals had a broken water main. Seems to be a broken record. The game time and venue was changed and it was back at Four Kicks, just across from the Gillette Stadium.
Jonah’s ACI team lost, so they will not proceed to the finals. So, futsal season is over for Jonah. Now on to winter training for the upcoming spring season.
I spent my morning finishing another jigsaw puzzle.
I started working jigsaw puzzles because studies have shown that they can reduce the risk of developing dementia. But jigsaw puzzles have become more important to me for their mental health benefits. After spending this morning completing another puzzle, I felt guilty for spending so much time ‘doing nothing’, while at the same time I felt completely renewed. For me, working a jigsaw simply clears my mind from everything else in the world. It is like hitting ‘reset’. So, I will continue ‘doing nothing’ and loving it.
To redeem my lazy self, I went to Heather and Jed’s in the afternoon to help with some basement clean up. They are having a new heat pump system installed and the installers have made a mess in the basement in the Lego play area, in the music practice area, in the storage bin area, and on and on. Heather and Jed kept asking if they should cover things and were told repeatedly, that no, that wouldn’t be necessary. Well, it was, but Heather had gotten most of it cleaned up before I arrived. I helped a little and then we launched into a purge festival—getting rid of things the kids no longer need. Then I headed home to play fetch with Shadow before returning to take Jonah to futsal. Another good day in the life.
