“Remoted” – Day 499 (Wednesday)

A gray, drizzly morning started the day. Moose slept on the living room floor and Winston slept on the couch. Winnie, a true stealth ninja who has always managed to magically appear, was soundly sleeping without a sound. Moose, meanwhile, was sound asleep with a soundtrack. Each exhale, every one or two seconds, had an audible poof of air. I don’t know if this is good, bad, or indifferent. He has always been a loud breather and it usually seemed like his sinuses, but this sounded different. Later in the day, his sleeping was quiet.

Ice cream!

The drizzle went away and the skies cleared and became sunny but not overly hot. It was pleasant letting the dogs out, especially after the grass finally dried, which took about half the day. The grass is already in need of a mow and Winston is avoiding the back yard again due to the length, but now the mower is out of gas, so that will require a trip to gas station first. I hate getting gas for the mower because I hate driving around with the plastic gas containers, which is why there was initial excitement about Don Draper, my old-time push mower. No gas needed, but unfortunately, it doesn’t actually cut the grass either. With a chiropractor appointment scheduled after work, there was no gas getting and no lawn mowing.

After the chiropractor, which Dr. G declared my "best adjustment yet,” I was feeling pretty good. A trip was made to Hannaford for a roasted chicken to restock the dog food ingredients. The store was not crowded and I entered with a mission – get a roasted chicken and get out quickly with minimal extras.

A chicken was procured, but because I can never make it out with just one item there were turns down random aisles and additional items landed in the cart. Post Great Grains with the nuts and cranberries (extra). Orange juice (extra). Tri-Sum Potato Chips – a.k.a. the chips of my people and so far, found only at Hannaford in Dracut (extra). Then there was a cruise past the ice cream freezers partly out of habit and also because with a tiny detour it was sort of on the way to the checkout. 

Whiskey Hazelnut Latte. Yum!

The ice cream case was magical. Ben and Jerry brand was on sale for $3.99 which was exciting, but Haagen Dazs was also on sale for $2.99. and Rum Rasin was in available. What was even more exciting was when I noticed the new flavors with “Spirits.” Whiskey Hazelnut Latte is lovely, and B&J Cherry Garcia may have just lost the #1 ice cream position. 

After trying the whiskey ice cream, I'm looking forward to trying the other flavors. According to the website, in addition to the whiskey, there are two bourbon flavors, Amaretto, rose, Irish cream, and rum tres leches. I may end up back at Hannaford for more. Ice cream always lifts the sprits, but ice cream with spirits? And on sale? Now we’re talking. I may need to clear the freezer to stock up on ice cream.