300 Days of Sunshine

Happy February! Happy Tuesday!  Like most of the country, we've been in winter wonderland the last few days and it makes me want to just curl up with coffee (or a cocktail) and a book.  Work has been busy with high numbers of hospitalizations, accidents, and injuries, but thankfully our COVID numbers are on the decline and the pandemic is starting to feel manageable for the acute care community.  I just hope we all continue to work together to keep each other safe and develop long-term solutions. Here are a few tidbits about life lately: 1. What's everyone doing for Mardi Gras tonight?  We're making  Sausage & Shrimp Jambalaya  and listening to some big band carnival music at home.  I have all my beads saved in a bag in the closet to play dress-up once a year. Happy Mardi Gras! Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya for the win 2. Lent begins tomorrow, and while I don't necessarily acknowledge the countdown to Easter from a religious perspective, I always approach this season

One year old and excited about heart pants! My girls made me artwork for Valentine's Day! Happy weekend!  I have been reminiscing about our lives a year ago, when COVID was only vaguely on our radar, when masks and vaccines were not yet in our everyday vocabulary, when we were still going out to eat and seeing friends in person.  A year ago this weekend I was inviting my mother to visit for President's Day weekend and to meet baby Meredith for the first time.  We had a Valentine's Day tea party at home and spent quality time together, mask-free and carefree.  What a different time it was! Our favorite local coffee shop, Java Joe's, sharing some love in the drive-thru We're making the best of it, though, and feeling cautiously optimistic as the number of hospitalizations decreases and more of our close friends and family get vaccinated.  I did a Zoom craft night with some mommy friends earlier this month.  Ady and Meredith brought Valentines to school and we made car