Marching On

31 sentence fragments (and three photos) about things that happened during the 31 days of March:

Wednesday, March 1: Started the graphic novel Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift, chipped ice off the back deck, and did laundry.

Thursday, March 2: Grocery day.

Friday, March 3: Tried monk fruit-sweetened oatmeal for breakfast (not bad).

Saturday, March 4: Shoveled the driveway for (likely) the last time of the season.

Sunday, March 5: Finished the birthday prinsesstarta that was baked the previous week (recipe from The Great British Baking Show: The Big Book of Amazing Cakes) and Wednesday.

Monday, March 6: Reviewed some photos, read some emails, and cored and de-eyed a pineapple.

Tuesday, March 7: Continued making my way through A Clash of Kings and started The Chair.

Crocus

Wednesday, March 8: Rewatched the Great British Bake Off season 9 final, the one with the outdoor open fire technical bake.

Thursday, March 9: Sent in some job applications.

Friday, March 10: Made a trip to the library and worked on a jigsaw puzzle.

Saturday, March 11: Spent the day at home with the puzzle and a book about a time-travelling café.

Sunday, March 12: Listened to the New England Revolution implode on the west coast and lose to LAFC 0-4 at midnight via radio call like it’s 2005.

Monday, March 13: Finished another graphic novel, Almost American Girl, about a Korean girl who moves to America in the 90s knowing very little English and eventually finds her place thanks to comics.

Tuesday, March 14: In honor of Pi Day, baked a cranberry apple galette.

Rubik's Cube jigsaw puzzle

Wednesday, March 15: Ate cranberry apple galette.

Thursday, March 16: First crocus in our sad flowerbed.

Friday, March 17: Put together a Rubik’s Cube jigsaw puzzle that was a gift from a Cornell friend for possibly the first time.

Saturday, March 18: Baked a Nutella/chocolate-filled babka, started another jigsaw puzzle, and heard the Revolution beat Nashville off Gustavo Bou’s first goal of the season while folding laundry.

Sunday, March 19: Dim sum lunch courtesy of (mostly) Trader Joe’s.

Monday, March 20: Watched Galaxy Quest (still haven’t met a parody movie I don’t like).

Tuesday, March 21: Started two kinds of tomato seeds – cherry and yellow pear.

Nutella/chocolate babka

Wednesday, March 22: Finally finished A Clash of Kings.

Thursday, March 23: Baked a batch of chocolate chip pecan banana muffins and talked to a friend from grad school.

Friday, March 24: Picked up The Soulmate Equation at the library to see if it was better than The Love Hypothesis (it was).

Saturday, March 25: Got to watch the Revolution beat DC United thanks to Carles Gil’s first touch after coming on as a substitute being an assist to Bou.

Sunday, March 26: Curry for lunch outdoors at the park.

Monday, March 27: Made research presentation slides the day before the presentation (so business as usual around here).

Tuesday, March 28: Went for an on-site interview.

Wednesday, March 29: Tomato seedlings made their appearance.

Thursday, March 30: Had blueberry frosted wheat for breakfast and bread with butter, arugula, and chorizo for lunch.

Friday, March 31: Mostly successfully made sushi and mostly relearned to knit.