“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 870 (Tuesday) – super tuesday

The work day was remote. It was productive and things were triumphantly crossed off the weekly task list. There were minor blips and groan worthy moments, but overall, it was a mostly stress-free stretch of work time. A Prime delivery that was originally due on Monday by 10:00 pm and at 10:20 was noted as “delayed” arrived. Lunch was leftover cabbage salad from Monday night. The day was moving along nicely. Smoothly. It was good.

After work, there was a plan to meet with some fellow bankers. Several of us work in different departments and in the pre-pandemic times, we would buy the three-pack of theater tickets to Merrimack Repertory Theater and meet up for dinner and a show. I was new-ish to the group, in possible my second theater season before the world skidded sideways to a halt. 

Tonight was a welcome outing. Seven of us gathered at TreMonte Pizzeria Restaurant and Ice Bar for supper. The weather was dramatically improved from recent days with less humidity and lower temperatures and we ate outside. People passed by in small groups on the sidewalk. Some were walking dogs. A couple cars rolled through the intersection and nearly were T-boned and one driver started down the one-way, cobblestone street the wrong way.  Downtown at suppertime is exciting.

A big glass of chilled water started my supper and finished the daily water quota for the hydration mission. Check! An  Allagash Swiftly IPA earned me two badges in the Untappd app and had me feeling very wild drinking beer so early in the week on a "work night" no less. The only phone in sight was mine as I tried to located and log my beer in the app.

Amongst our group, there were four light and refreshing salads at the table, one burger, and two of us each got pizza. Mine was the super delicious Formaggi pizza, described in the menu as “White pizza with a blend of six cheeses topped with fresh basil.” Holy cheeses. SIX cheeses! So delicious. And there was plenty left to take home because I strategically got the large one in the trademark combined supper/grocery shopping maneuver.

The conversation was varied. It turns out some of us have been through some adventures. Babysitting grandkids and kiddie poop in a jacuzzi. Summer timeshares. Spouses engaging in triathlons and other athletic feats.  A car incinerated in a fire on the highway. 

It was possibly the best Tuesday in ages.