My Fitbit told me that I had walked nearly 27,000 steps by day's end.
Fortunately, I don't have quite so much to do today after raking, mulching and hauling off at least as many leaves as votes cast in this year's election.
Lots left but manageable at this point. It's this time of the year that I hate our oak tree which lets go of its leaves incrementally until spring.
The bigger and older the tree gets the more leaves fly all over the yard looking for openings in which to huddle.
I guess oak leaves can't stand the cold cuz they sure like to a lot of company wherever they happen to land.
Fortunately, they are light and fairly easy to rake and load. Just so darned many of them.
Happily, Mother Nature is giving us a few days without snow, so I can get the bulk of the leaves cleaned up and finally put the yard tools away.
While I was working in the yard, Bill was working on a forestry assignment up by the Moyie River dam. He's headed back today.
Today is looking a little brighter than yesterday, which, by afternoon totally fit in that "new frontiers of ugly" category---total gloom and no endorphins to be found.
By evening, however, there was good news. The girls basketball games would be live streamed on Facebook.
Now I must tell you that when we get to watch live streaming at this house, it's kinda hard to tell which team is doing the best.
We can hear noise. I kinda heard Coach Love a few times last night but rarely saw him.
All too often, the instant a play for the Bulldogs was getting off to a great start at one end of the floor----URCH!!!--suddenly, the next scene shows Post Falls getting a basket.
That's live streaming here at the Lovestead.
To say it's a bit erratic: understatement.
The one thing I had going for me last night was the scoreboard shot at the end of each quarter.
Thankfully, the camera operator took plenty of time to zoom in on the scoreboard so we could see the real story about how each team was doing.
All this said, it was actually kinda nice to sit here in the warmth of our house, not have to drive at night and keep a watch on the Bulldogs. Thanks to whoever arranged for this Pandemic perk. Some day we'll get this household's Internet sped up enough to truly enjoy a game.
For now, last night's was a bonus AND in losing, the Bulldogs actually scored an emotional win while playing an upper division team.
Daily Bee sports editor Dylan Greene's story below explains it well.
And, I am keeping score of my two friends, Boston and Terra who live down the road and spend a little time here at the Lovestead.
Terra plays on the frosh team, while Boston plays on JV2. Last night Boston scored 6 points. Good job!
Finally, in the "Marianne, the homegrown product earns a 90 percent" category, subtitled "Marianne would do well to slow down and take a closer look at the answer choices if she wants to score 100 percent," there's a contest for anyone on Facebook who lives in or loves Sandpoint to enter.
https://www.facebook.com/sandpointonline/photos/a.183030831707757/3912336988777104/
By clicking the link above, you can read all about the contest (one of three all together over the next few months).
Please don't tell anyone at Keokee that I included an article, written a while back which may or may not have a clue to for one of the questions.
Do tell Keokee, though, that Marianne did NOT miss the question about trains.
https://www.sandpointonline.com/sandpointmag/sms95/railroading.html
Have some fun and do pass along the link to anyone who might want to take a test, especially a test which does NOT determine if they have Covid.
Tell them they could win a nice gift certificate.
And, with that, Happy Wednesday.
Wear a mask. Keep your distance. Stay healthy.
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