According to a certain UK researcher's "scientific formula," today is Blue Monday, the "most depressing day of the year."
Coincidentally, today was the Presidential Inauguration. And, the Atlanta Falcons lost the NFC Championship yesterday afternoon. And, Daddy is still quite ill. It's not the flu, but it's a bugger! Stuffy head, runny nose, sinus pressure... the works! Fortunately, Madison seems to be on the upswing, and Mommy has been unaffected so far. This lasts a little longer than a day or two, which makes it even more unappealing. Last night, Daddy was up frequently, blowing his nose and so forth. So in fact it really was a Blue Monday for us here. Taking it a step further, if we were outside at all, we would have turned several different shades of blue: it's COLD out there!
Today was a holiday for Madison, who actually needed one more day with us, as she's still a bit under the weather. So that all worked out well. We did the usual rounds of piano and homework on the computer, but we also watched a movie or two, including "Shrek" and that short movie from the theme park, "Shrek 3D." Believe it or not, she hadn't seen either. She's so cute popping on those 3D glasses though. She handed them out to all of us, and we sat there together, munching popcorn and watching things pop out at us from the television.
Earlier, Mommy had kept some of the seeds from the butternut squash that she cut up, with the hopes that we'd actually plant them and harvest our own butternut squash. Getting Madison in on the process, she and Mommy spent some time today planting the seeds. Here she is at step one, pouring soil into an egg carton:
No, she didn't get the memo about Blue Monday. She's wearing pink. But that's pretty much her standard color these days!
The official holiday is MLK Day, although his actual birthday was six days ago. The federal holiday was today though, which is the reason Madison had off of school. Next year would probably be the best year to talk about Martin Luther King, and maybe even visit the center down in Atlanta. Mommy and Daddy have never been, and that might be a good field trip.
We all hunkered down early tonight, anxious to get a good night's rest. The good news is that Madison is feeling better, and hopefully Daddy will be feeling better as well. It was a nice day, but we were sort of ready for Blue Monday to be over with!
Coincidentally, today was the Presidential Inauguration. And, the Atlanta Falcons lost the NFC Championship yesterday afternoon. And, Daddy is still quite ill. It's not the flu, but it's a bugger! Stuffy head, runny nose, sinus pressure... the works! Fortunately, Madison seems to be on the upswing, and Mommy has been unaffected so far. This lasts a little longer than a day or two, which makes it even more unappealing. Last night, Daddy was up frequently, blowing his nose and so forth. So in fact it really was a Blue Monday for us here. Taking it a step further, if we were outside at all, we would have turned several different shades of blue: it's COLD out there!
Today was a holiday for Madison, who actually needed one more day with us, as she's still a bit under the weather. So that all worked out well. We did the usual rounds of piano and homework on the computer, but we also watched a movie or two, including "Shrek" and that short movie from the theme park, "Shrek 3D." Believe it or not, she hadn't seen either. She's so cute popping on those 3D glasses though. She handed them out to all of us, and we sat there together, munching popcorn and watching things pop out at us from the television.
Earlier, Mommy had kept some of the seeds from the butternut squash that she cut up, with the hopes that we'd actually plant them and harvest our own butternut squash. Getting Madison in on the process, she and Mommy spent some time today planting the seeds. Here she is at step one, pouring soil into an egg carton:
No, she didn't get the memo about Blue Monday. She's wearing pink. But that's pretty much her standard color these days!
The official holiday is MLK Day, although his actual birthday was six days ago. The federal holiday was today though, which is the reason Madison had off of school. Next year would probably be the best year to talk about Martin Luther King, and maybe even visit the center down in Atlanta. Mommy and Daddy have never been, and that might be a good field trip.
We all hunkered down early tonight, anxious to get a good night's rest. The good news is that Madison is feeling better, and hopefully Daddy will be feeling better as well. It was a nice day, but we were sort of ready for Blue Monday to be over with!
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