2023 and Me

There is only one option for today's 23 and Me reflection.  On 4/2/23, I thought a lot about Alexa Faith and Me.  I know where I was on the morning of 4/2/02.  I woke up in the recliner on the HUP OB floor, as Alexa made us wait 16 hours until 2:16PM.  And on the 92nd day of 2023, we celebrated Alexa Faith Sherr on her 21st birthday.  I am so proud to be Alexa's dad.  So happy for the community of family, friends, classmates, and church members who have been our villagers in the life of Alexa and we are happy with the accomplishments she has experienced and the hopes for those she will accomplish in the future.  It was a great day to celebrate a great "kid" who, is now 21.  How in the heck did that happen??? 

  I am with Clippy.  April Fools Day and Me have never really mixed well.  I guess it should be April Fools Day and I, but this reflection is not about grammar.  The best thing about the 91st day of 2021 is that tomorrow will be Alexa's Birthday.  So, on 4/1/2023, I dodged the rain, set up the Snack Stand, and caught up on some work.  Also watched some NCAA Final Four.  But I did not play any pranks and, thankfully, I do not think any pranks were played on me.  And that is just fine.

At the end of March, I often take a PTO day and the 90th day of 2023 was one of these days.  Because, on 3/31/2023, I got all of my deliveries and I went candy shopping and I started to set up my passion project in the Spring/Early Summer.  The Snack Stand and Me.  I do not smell like a french fry yet, but I soon will.  Looks like an early game (but, luckily not Opening Day) will be rained out tomorrow, but it's coming, folks.  The Little League Season and my Snack Stand days. 

  AH, Opening Day on 3/30/2023.  And, on the 89th day of 2023, all fan bases have extra hope (at least until their team's ace coughs up a 5-0 lead and they lose 11-7.... sigh.  But Opening Day and Me always brings me joy.  I wore my Phillies tie today, I wore my Phillies jacket, I followed with my phone during my PM meetings.... but, alas, the Phightings lost today - but baseball has begun, it's the most wonderful time of the year!!

  The 79th day of 2023 is, according to the Internet, Let's Laugh Day.  So I am reflecting on Laughter and Me on 3/20/2023.  Because Mondays are a busy day at work and, as with many other Mondays, there were lots of issues, emails, tickets, and meetings today,  But, I tried to stay positive and smiling through it all and that means laughing.  Yes, sometimes maybe when not appropriate (sorry folks and co-workers), but laughter is the best medicine and I need to stay healthy!  :-)

  I know we're supposed to call it UD and not UDel, but just as people use the email extension to annoying call Penn, UPenn, I guess I am one of the annoying folks that call the University of Delaware, UDel.  Today, we went to campus, to see Anna and so we could go out, as a family, for a birthday weekend lunch for me.  So, I am thinking about UDel and Me.  I truly enjoy it every time we visit!  Sure, we usually stop at the UD Creamery and that always helps (numbers were OK so I enjoyed Grandma's Gone Coconuts in a Waffle Cone!!) but the campus has, for me, a very good vibe.  And I love seeing how Anna and her friends are thriving there.  I am so happy for the UD Class of 2026 who are finally having a fun and educational experience after the long slog that HS interrupted by Covid was for them.  Seeing Anna in her element, smiling the whole time, feeling the vibe of the UDel Campus, eating at the Deer Park Tavern for the first time (10/10 will go a...