I reached a milestone this week. To my knowledge, the house works. I’m sure that means I’ve overlooked something. But for the moment, I’ll accept my false sense of accomplishment.

Danita is the queen of interesting stuff. We are taking our Osher course on Hemmingway and Fitzgerald. We are taking a course on jazz, taught by a Peabody professor. We are taking a course on Maryland music, taught by another Peabody professor. This week we start “Quantum Sensing for Everyone”, taught by an APL PhD. We have prep work for Quantum Sensing. The first class will be about error estimation. There’s no math in this course, just general concepts. I think starting with error estimation is an excellent beginning. It’s a far cry from college. But it’s good to keep the mind active. We’ve never benefited so much from being Hopkins Alumni. As an extra bonus, UMBC has a twice a year lecture series that is available through video streaming this time around. We will attend a lecture about Cleopatra.

I’m enjoying an almost embarrassing level of good food this week. Danita made meatloaf last night. That means meatloaf sandwiches for lunch. Plus we had our big Sunday breakfast — from Bob Evans this morning. Plus we have a neighborhood food truck dinner this evening. Danita and I will be ordering from the seafood truck. Danita is looking forward to crab cakes. I want the shrimp salad sandwich. They also have Key Lime Pie in a jar. It is quite tasty. And the neighborhood is giving out free ice cream — Nutty Buddies or ice cream sandwiches. By the end of the week, I’ll be waddling around the house.

This is the last day our pool is open. Danita has been going in the afternoon after temperatures are 65 or so. The pool has a heater, but it isn’t keeping up. Danita plans to try walking for exercise next week. I’ve been riding in the afternoon to catch warmer weather. It’s going to be a long winter. We’ll be finding lots of ways to keep our spirits up.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.