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35

It is my birthday. I turned 35-years-old. Yikes. I guess that is better than the alternative.

I still don’t even feel like I am a real adult, so it seems crazy. 40 is only 5 years away.

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Easter 2021

We celebrated Easter this past Sunday with my family at my parents’ house. We all have at least one vaccination and spent most of our time outside, so we deemed it safe. We don’t always celebrate Easter in our family, since we aren’t religious. We used to do egg hunts and Easter meals as children at my grandparents’ house, but didn’t keep up with that as all of the younger generation grew up.

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First Dose

I am very happy to report that I got my first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine today!

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The Vaccine

I cannot wait to get the vaccine.

I feel like I am going to be the last person that can actually get it. In fairness, there are a ton more people that need it and/or should get it before I do.

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M&Ms

M&M’s were very important to me as a kid.

I loved chocolate (still do now). We didn’t eat a lot of candy growing up, but once in a while I would get some M&M’s as a treat or when my parents gassed up the car and I asked for them.

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Lonesome Dove

This past summer, I was given a copy of Lonesome Dove from my sister. It’s my parents’ book. They had read it many years ago and lent it out to friends. Those friends lent it out to their friends. It’s actually a bit of a miracle that it made it back to them.

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Dreams

I don’t think I am the only one who has been having dreams where I am in a public space and I don’t have a mask, which makes me freak out in the dream. I seem to have these dreams a few times a week, at least.

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The Space is Ours!

In late September of 2019, Jeff and I signed the lease for the Dollar General space and it was now ours! The Dollar General would now be turning into The Game Capital!

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After the Fact

Today I learned that one of our staff members had COVID a few months ago. They quarantined and are fine now. It does not seem as though they passed it to anyone else on staff, luckily. So, it’s all fine in that regard.

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Ring Fit

A friend of mine from Zumba got the Nintendo Switch Zumba: Burn it Up game from her wife for Christmas. I miss Zumba, so I looked into getting it myself. While searching for it, I came across the Ring Fit Adventure game.

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Dollar General Location

The Dollar General down the road from us announced it was closing. All of its shelving and racks were being sold. Jeff decided to wander through and see if there was anything we might want for our store. He sent some pictures from Dollar General to some of the staff and jokingly (I believe) suggested we look into getting the place once Dollar General vacated.

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This is a Sad Day

This is a sad and terrifying day in the history of Democracy.

Trump supporters have stormed Capitol Hill.

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Sledding

I went sledding for the first time, probably since college, on January 2nd. I joined my parents, sister, nephew and brother-in-law. These are pretty much the only people I interact with outside of Jeff. Because Covid.

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Christmas 2020

We usually celebrate Christmas Eve at my in-law’s house. Due to Covid, there was no Christmas gathering with his family this year. Jeff and I celebrated on our own with gifts, Christmas movies, and takeout from Chili’s.

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What to Do About Christmas

I am having a tough time deciding what Jeff and I should do for Christmas.

We didn’t gather with family for Thanksgiving, even though I visited them the weekend before that. The cases in Wisconsin spiked after my visit and the governor and healthcare workers begged people not to get together for Thanksgiving. So, we decided not to.

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We Got Socked!

We got Socked the other day!

The other morning, I noticed there were some things on our porch chair. One was a package, which was expected, and the other thing was a Christmas stocking.

We got some candy, a dog toy and some other goodies. According to the rules, I now had 48 hours to refill the stocking and go Sock someone else.

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New Location?

It was becoming increasingly clear to us that we needed more space for our store. We had issues fitting customers in the store for events. We weren’t able to bring in more products like miniatures and paints for those miniatures. We knew that these would be popular products to carry, so it was frustrating.

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NOOM

I started using the NOOM App yesterday. I haven’t been eating very well since I did the Game On! Diet Challenge and I needed something to kick my butt back into gear.

I had tried NOOM a few years ago and I wasn’t good at tracking my meals, so it wasn’t useful to me at the time.

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$5 in to $50

There are always customers that will try to do shady things to small businesses.

This past August, when we were open to customers, a customer came into The Game Capital with his kids and said he had a gift card that he had won at a video game tournament in the area, called the Tundra Bowl.

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Enneagrams

I was chatting with an old college friend via Instagram the other week and she asked me if I am an Enneagram 1.

I had no idea what that meant.

She explained it is a personality test and there are 9 types.

I plan my life out a day at a time, so my posting schedule can be erratic.