Didn’t get my Starbucks birthday drink. They used to let you get it a few days early and now it’s only on the day of. Also their coffee isn’t good enough for a special trip across town anymore.
My wife leaves the house to go to the store or to work out, the volume on the music instantly goes up. As soon as the car pulls up, itʻs back down.
My Great Auntie had this US map in her stuff with all of the places she went marked. There a list of Hawaii Trips. 1938-43, 1955-63, 1966, 1968 and 1971.

The problem with too much AI on my phone and computer is it thinks it knows what I want and starts doing or suggesting things I don’t want.
Since the pandemic we’ve hunkered down our finances. We got monthly expenses as low as we can. We don’t buy anything without discussion. Holiday and birthday gifts are conservative. Trips are planned and expenses set aside. Kind of a dry run for retirement. The coming storm will be a test.
Notice that some people walking their Dog see it as a duty for the day, for others itʻs the highlight of the day. I would be the latter.
My entire maternal direct line ancestry can be traced back to being on the continent long before even the idea of US. We were British subjects (England, Scotland or Ireland). Had one line of Dutch ancestors in the mix.