February 17, 2026

 The countdown is on. 10 days until the Midwinter Roundup. I have been going to this event since 1998, but this is the first year that I am Chair of the event. Last year I was co-chair, but the co-chair's responsibility really is to be there in case the chair cannot be there. This year it's a bit different. I'm hoping things go well. They seem to be but I keep thinking I overlooked something. Oh well. I learned in al-anon that worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do for a bit, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

February 16, 2026

It's Monday and it's also a holiday. Heritage Day or Family Day or whatever they're calling it this time. It always makes me chuckle. Having a day off we think yeah we should go to Giant Tiger or wherever  but you can't go because it's a holiday and all the stores are closed. So I just stay home and play video games, or do laundry or any of a dozen other things that I can do every day.

I might go help a friend who is having computer trouble. I like to do nice things for people and she deserves to be treated nice considering everything she's been through lately. Death of a loved one, etc.

February 15, 2026

 I can never figure out how other people can blog page after page so early in the morning. I think about the day that is coming and the things I have to do. I avoid discussions of politics, war, world hunger, rising crime. Not thinking about those things doesn't mean they aren't happening. I pray for the families of the folk killed in the shooting out west. How a person can think that they have the right to decide who should live or die, it's beyond me.

My day is pretty ordinary compared to other person's days. I started with two daily readings, one from AA and one from Al-Anon. Then, I picked the word from my god box. Expectations was the word today. I know that it is not wise to place too high expectations on the people around me or on how the day will go. I go to church this morning. Service takes about an hour, then there's a coffee hour after the service. I baked some cookies for that.

The district 2 GSR meeting is today and since I am the District Committee Member, I'll be chairing that meeting. I'm hoping to elect a treasurer today which will take some of the pressure off me. We'll have to see how that goes.

I usually meet with a sponcee this evening and then I host an online meeting at 8.

So, there's a lot to do today.

February 14, 2026

 It is Valentine's Day and it's also the second saturday of the month so we will be doing the blankets of love project today at the church. That's the plan for today.

I have an al-anon meeting this afternoon and I might be meeting with a sponcee later and it seems somehow fitting that we go to the zoom meeting in Hawaii tonight.

February 13, 2026

 Friday. The day before Valentine's day. I don't have anything to do today other than the usual bake cookies for the blanket project tomorrow type of thing.