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Daily things 5️⃣ Five Things Tuesday

1. Just got my email from ICMA telling me they approved my annual report. It's a lot to do, you can't just list what you did for career development you have to explain what you learned.
2. I-95 through the city has been slow for about 10 days now. It is unreal how many folks are traveling through here.
3. Received the draft compensation study and staffing results from our consultants. As hoped, on the whole we're pretty competitive for most positions.
4. Got my electronic paystub for payday on Friday. Lower withholding at both federal and state level so about 30 bucks more in the ole take home pay.
5. Here's wishing a healthy and prosperous 2026 to everyone on Cyburbia.
 
1) Several days this week the highs are approaching 70. Sounds great but the flu and allergies are both in full swing. In looking at the flu outbreak map, it makes me wonder how effective the flu vaccine was this year...
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2) Now that the final episode of Stranger Things has aired, it makes me wonder about the influence of this show on fashion of kids today. I finally watched an episode and realized that is exactly how my kids dress and style their hair. The second kid on the left looks exactly like my middle son.
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3) We realized that we need to get our oldest a car. This HS is not in a location that is walkable or bikeable to much of anything in terms of a job and we will not be taking every day off early to bring him from HS to a job. Having said that, it is slim pickings to accommodate all my wife's desires for safety features and be within our price range. Locally, this is it and I just learned the middle one is no longer available.
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4) Wife and I are talking about where we want to go for our 20th Wedding Anniversary in a little less than two years. Our goal is to travel to a couple places in this region. Does anyone have recommendations?
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5) I am not feeling it today. I pushed it hard yesterday at the gym and my allergies were not fun last night. I took medicine before bed and while my 'sleep' was not horrible, my recovery isn't good. My sleep was very broken, my HRV was low, and my skin temp was high. I have a night meeting tonight but it will be fairly low stress and I anticipate going to bed as soon as I get home.
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1 - tonight is the first full council meeting with the newbies & several items on the agenda are deliberately showing that they are (going to be) in charge
2 - went through 24 pages of legislative bills titles & pulled the land development related ones out to review (4 pages of titles)
3 - every day reinforces the direction & the decisions
4 - Happy Capitol Riot anniversary
5 - BBb.
 
1) Spent my morning dealing with Open Records Requests.

2) Didn't sleep well last night, so the amount of caffeine I've had today is way more than usual.

3) Burgers for dinner.

4) Long day tomorrow - evening plans.

5) I really want a nap.
 
1. Peanut butter M&Ms or Reese's pieces?
2. I'm cooking German food tonight. I need to be ready to feed grandkids tomorrow.
3. I try to keep my home humid enough for mandolins. It's a challenge.
4. I called my oldest friend the day my brother-in-law died. Her response - "really?" It hurt my feelings. I don't plan on calling her again.
5. I'm tired of happy light season.
 
1. Peanut M&Ms
2. What time is dinner? Love me some brats and kraut. I make a mean hot German potato salad.
3. Day off tomorrow for my 55th.
4. Brunch a local eatery,
5. Afternoon at the aquarium.
kms said:
1. Peanut butter M&Ms or Reese's pieces?
2. I'm cooking German food tonight. I need to be ready to feed grandkids tomorrow.
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