January 26, 2026

 It snowed last night. It reminded me of a time I was working security at Beazley Fields. The fellow I was relieving at 8 am would be my relief at 8 that evening. It had snowed during the night and we were attempting to shovel him out so he could go get some sleep. A small bobcat plow went by and saw us with two small shovels, having at it. He came up the driveway and dug buddy's car out. I later created a blog called Sometimes God Drives A Snow Plow, based on the old saying that God works through people. I didn't see a snow plow this morning, but I did get a few offers from sponcees to come shovel me out.  I appreciated the offers but I still have two feet and a heartbeat, so I shovelled myself out. I lost an old friend yesterday, a guy who helped me renovate our home almost 20 years ago. He was the type of guy always willing to help me out with home repairs. I'll miss him.

January 25, 2026

 It's Sunday. We anticipate a big winter snowfall over the next day or two. And, to put some icing on that, my hot water is not working. Cold water is working fine, but the hot water pipe seems to have frozen. Oh well, life is never dull.

we were planning on attending a birthday meeting in a remote town in our region. If the storm waits until after that meeting then that's what we'll do. It would mean cancelling the online meeting we do because there would be no one here to host it. again we will have to wait and see.

January 24, 2026

 Saturday before the storm. I always find it so predictable of weather men and weather women to attempt to predict the weather in such an unpredictable place such as Nova Scotia. But they are calling for up to 30 cm of snow starting tomorrow night and working its way into Tuesday. I'll just take it a day at a time.

I have a sponcee stopping by today and later today we'll be going to an al-anon meeting and maybe even a zoom meeting in hawaii this evening. 

That's the plan anyway.

January 23, 2026

 Friday already. Not that the day of the week means anything to me really. I'm retired so every day is a day off from work. I still have things that I do, to keep busy and I have different reference points. Friday is the day I host the zoom meeting Serenity Corner and that's what I'll be doing at 7 pm tonight.

Januarry 22, 2026

 Thursday. Another wintry mix outside. Rain and snow and probably freezing rain. My Thursday afternoon canceled and I think my thursday morning just forgot. And that's okay. I need a break anyway.

January 21, 2026

 We're chugging through January. 21st already. It doesn't look like a difficult day.....yet. One of my yesterday appointments re-scheduled until today so I'll do that this morning and this afternoon, I'll be reading the big book with a friend. We made arrangements to go to Tallahassee tonight so I baked cookies yesterday to bring out there tonight. For supper today, I'm marinating some ribs in water and liquid smoke. That should be tasty.

January 20, 2026

 I'm tired today. I went to bed before midnight and slept all night. I think it was the physical exertion of shovelling snow. It's alright, though. I don't have anything demanding of me today so I'll just take it easy.

January 19, 2026

 It snowed last night, which made today a snow day for a lot of people. I was outside at 7 a.m. shovelling. Whenever I do that type of physical activity, I have to remember I'm a few months short of seventy. I take lots of breaks. Still, it exhausted me to the point where I had to have a nap after supper. I talk a lot about having naps after supper but I rarely have one. Today, it was not just something I wanted to do, it was necessary.

January 18, 2026

 Sunday morning coming down. Old song by Johnny Cash. It is Sunday morning, but I'm not coming down because I didn't get high yesterday. It's just another Sunday round here. I go to church this morning. The GSR meeting is this afternoon. I'll make a nice pork tenderloin for supper. I meet with a sponcee at 7 and then host an online meeting at eight. Typical Sunday as they say.

January 17, 2026

 My word from my god box was one day at a time. I have been learning how to do that since I put the plug in the jug, going on 29 years ago. i was chatting with an alanon friend today and she said that since I have no control over yesterday or tomorrow that i should make the best of this one day, today. I'll try to do that. I was just working on backing up my music files and because I am changing the way they are sorted,I have to transferthem one file at a time as opposed to moving groups of files. I've been doing it for about 6 months now and I'm almost done. I'm actually in the letter W and it's taking a while because its a busy letter. But, I'll get what I get done today. I meet with a sponcee today and I'm also going to an alanon meeting later. I might go to a meeting in Hawaii today. Whatever I do today, I'll make the most of today.

January 16, 2026

 Not a lot on the docket for today. I agreed to meet with someone this afternoon to do some reading of the big book and the Serenity Corner meeting is tonight at seven. Aside from that, I only have a few reports to get ready for a meeting I'm doing on Sunday.

Jan. 15, 2026

 Looks like a full day today. I meet with a sponcee at 930-ish. The christian men's lunch is today over at the church. I meet with a second sponcee at 130. There's a committee meeting at 6 pm and I'll probably be going to a meeting tonight at 730. At least thats the plan.

January 14, 2026

 Is it Wednesday already. I woke up with the crows. I have an early appointment with a sponcee and every morning I have a ritual that takes about 90 minutes and I wanted to make sure that was all done first so that I could concentrate on the task at hand. Wednesday is also the day I upload my podcast and that's also taken care of. I might go to a meeting tonight; that depends on Brian,

January 13, 2026

 The weekend gets closer and I need to have something ready by Sunday. I might do that today to get it off my plate. My Tuesday morning canceled so I will have extra time. My Tuesday afternoon hasnt canceled yet but the day is young.

January 12, 2026

 It's Monday. To many people, it's the start of the work week or the start of the school week. To me, as a retired person, it's the day that comes after Sunday. I try to fill my week with meetings, usually with people I sponsor. Mondays have been set aside for a book study I'll be doing with a guy that I'm not sponsoring at this time. He might ask me to if he decides that's what he wants to do and if he chooses not to, that will be perfectly alright.

January 11, 2026

 No major commitments today. Going to church in the a.m. Cooking a pork tenderloin for supper. Living Sober Group tonight. I might work on the minutes of the meeting we had last month and I might even work on some reports for next week.

January 10, 2026

 It's Saturday. The second Saturday of the month. We go to the little church this morning for the knitting group we do, making blankets of love for Margaret's House.

January 9, 2026

 Friday already, not that the day of the work week really means anything to me anymore. I'm retired. Whatever day I choose to be friday is. I don't have much on the go today. I was meeting up with a sponcee but he changed his mind about working through the steps with me. Oh well. One door closes, another one opens. We will be doing serenity corner tonight.

We also do that knitting class tomorrow so tonight or today I'll need to bake cookies for that.

Other than that it looks like a me day.

January 8, 2026

 Another round of the flu conquered.

January 7 2026

 We might be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it's not another tunnel. I slept in until ten. had a full breakfast. Working on the morning coffee now and it's almost noon.

Podcast is uploaded. All the morning stuff done. I don't have much on the docket today so I think I'll just relax.

January 6, 2026

 Today looks like a busy day. I meet with someone I sponsor in the morning and another person I sponsor in the afternoon. The central service meeting is tonight. Because I am the District Committee Member (DCM) for this district and because I am Chair of the Midwinter Roundup, I need to provide updates on both those committees so I need to go to that meeting. My home group also meets so I'll be going to that also.

If I was at the top of my game, this would all be a snap. But I'm not; I'm still sick so we will see what we will see.

January 5, 2026

 I think I'm starting to wake up from the lethargy of this flu. Hoping my appetite returns since I will be making roast beef dinner today. Ordinarily, I would have a meal like that on a Sunday, but I wasn't feeling up to making it and yesterday I was a bit pre-occupied with the roundup committee so it's probably best that I did wait.

Nancy told me this morning that she feels like she is coming out of this, too, which is good because I'll need someone to help me with eating the food.

January 4, 2026

 Today is tour day at the Delta. The midwinter roundup is being held at the Delta Marriott hotel and they're giving the committee a tour of the area where the event is being held. I am on the committee, so I need to be there.

I'm not feeling the greatest, so much so that I'm playing hooky from church. I'd like to play hooky from the tour also, but I think instead I'll work my way through that.

Not much else on the docket today. I meet with a sponcee and I host the Living Sober Group. And somewhere amid all that, I'm making a roast beef dinner in the slow cooker. And that's about it.

January 3, 2026

 I was sick all day yesterday. But, I had a good night's sleep, about 11 hours and although I don't feel like running in a marathon, I do feel incredibly better.

Meeting with a sponcee later and going to a zoom meeting in Hawaii after supper.

January 2, 2026

 It's a shitty day, literally. I have a stomach flu virus and I have been using the bathroom since early this morning, Luckily, I have no pressing need to go outside and the meeting I attend on Friday nights is online, so that's a good thing.

I started doing the music file backups of the second drive. That's a smaller drive so it shouldn't take too long.

I find myself a little overwhelmed with the service work I'm doing, but I console myself by acknow;edging that one commitment will be over in April and the other one will be over in December of 2026. Then, I can go back to being just another face in a crowd, just another bozo on the bus. Maybe then I'll have more time to write.

January 1, 2026

 The start of a new year. I chose two new readings for this year. For AA, it's the Daily Reflections book and for Al-Anon, it's A Little Time For Myself. I have at least one sponsorship session today and we will probably go to a meeting tonight.