Two for '22

What a great evening of the 273rd day of 2022.was!  9/30/2022 found us with the Penn Band, at Franklin Field, with the amazing two for 2022 for today: Sprint Football and Hawaiian Pizza.  Not sure when it started, but pizza with ham and pineapple, the rolling Pennsylvania, and a lot of fun are the hallmarks of the Penn Band's trips to FF to watch the Sprint Team play.  So happy to see traditions continue and be enjoyed. 

Even though it is not yet October, I appreciated the theme for this year's Flu Clinic at Penn.  I also like my Two for 2022 for 9/29/2022: Flu Shots and Volunteering.  I was so happy to be able to find the time, on the palindromic 272nd day of 2022, to volunteer at the clinic and, tomorrow, on my day off, I will be back again in the morning.  I'll even get my shot tomorrow AM.  I never got my flu shot until I had to, when I was on the SIS Team during the H1N1 scare.  But, since then, I've gotten one each year.  I hope you all get one too! 

 

 

 

I've said it many times, the best thing that ever happened to me in my life was becoming a parent.  It allowed me to be be in even more of a partnership with the love of my life, Sarah, and it brought Alexa and Anna into my life.  So, on 9/25/2022, the 268th day of 2022, National Daughter's Day, my Two for 2022 is obviously My Two Daughters.  I may not see them every day as I did when they lived in my house, but that just makes every moment with them even more special.  My two daughters are two of the most fantastic people I have ever met.  Yes, I am biased, but it's true, y'all know it.  HAPPY NATIONAL DAUGHTERS DAY.  I am blessed to have been blessed with them.  Dad of daughters suits me well. 

A quick two for 2022 for the 267th day of 2022.  It's 2 and 0.  Because the Penn Football Team is 2 and 0 after their win against Lafayette today.  Only bad parts of the game were when the Lafayette QB broke his leg (want to win but never want to see anyone get hurt) and the fact that so few students came out for the game.  But the Band was spirited on 9/24/2022 and we had a great dinner after the game and it was a relaxing afternoon.  GO QUAKERS! 

The 266th day of 2022 was another Friday at the end of a looooong week (and, yet. September is flying by!)  And, on 9/23/2022, Sarah and I dined out for the third of the last four September Fridays.  But this time, it was my Two for 2022, a Table for Two.  I am not going to lie, I miss my kids.  Empty nesting has been just as I assumed it would be.  BUT, I am also not going to lie, it's nice to dine out with just Sarah, have good conversation, have good food, and just be together.  We had a nice night.  I still miss my kids, but we had a nice night!  <3

 

 

  On the occasion of Abigail's 50th Birthday, my two for 2022 is a boy and his sister.  Pictured here on the 263rd day of 2022 because 9/20/2022 is the "Big Day."  Hoping she enjoyed the taste of Philly sent her way (more soon to come!) and hoping she had a day as wonderful as she is.  A lot of the person that I have become is due to the fact that I had such an amazing sister.  I am glad I appreciate that now, as a wiser, older human and wish I had realized it when younger.  But, once I moved out of the house, I think I realized the gem I have in a sister and I never looked back :-).  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sis.  I love you!

The Eagles are 39-30, in their history, on Monday Night Football.  And, after their win on the 262nd day of 2022, my 2 fer 2022 HAS to be the Eagles and MNF!  I did not realize there were no points scored by either team until Sarah pointed it out to me this morning.  But, on 9/19/2022, it did not matter because the offense looked so good in the 1st half and the defense slammed the door shut multiple times.  I have to admit, I did not think it was going to end well, but it sure did!  FLY EAGLES, FLY!

 

I was surprised on the 260th day of 2022 when the Penn Football Team won its Home Opener, 25-14.  I mean the First Half ended, on 9/17/2022, with the Penn QB throwing a Pick Six and the team heading to the locker room down 14-3.  But Penn came back and scored 22 unanswered points in the second half, the Penn Defense kept Colgate out of the end zone (only TD came on said Pick Six), The Penn Band sounded and looked great, and it just felt so NORMAL to be at the game today.  My Two for 2022 are Football Games and WINs.  And I think there were more wins today that just the final score indicated, and that makes me happy.  GO QUAKERS! 

  So, first let me apologize because, on 9/16/2022 I realized I have not made a daily post since 9/11.  And that is because the 259th day of 2022 was the end of another week of excessive, oppressive workload at work.  I am VERY BAD at setting boundaries and I really want, so badly, for things to go well and everyone to be happy that I know I have been spending too much time online and not enough time on other facets of my life.  Well, today it was better (NOT GREAT, but better) because I took PTO from work (yes, I still did a training session I had committed too and hopped on a few critical calls).  But I spent a considerable time not online and I had a pizza dinner with my wife and we started to watch one NCIS which turned into FIVE NCISes (Season 9's ending was a doozy, folks).  And, tomorrow, the system is down for an upgrade so I can go to Penn's first Football game and enjoy myself without worrying.  Yes, my Two for 2022 is Time Earned and Time Of...

 

 

 

 

For 9/11/2022, my two for 2022 are the Two Towers.  Yes, the Twin Towers have been on my mind for most of the 254th day of 2022, for obvious reasons.  Yes, it's the 21 year anniversary of 9-11 and I will never forget where I was when I first heard about the planes and the towers.  Not must more needs to be said about what happened on that day and what has happened to the country and the world since.  So, instead, I will just increase my prayers for peace in this world and hope that the divisions that are being festered in this country and the world can be healed.  These are my prayers. 

I have not had as much time as I wanted (or needed) to help with the Oaklyn Soccer Snack Stand this summer (job being crazy and all!) but I WAS happy, on the 253rd day of 2022, to be able to make a visit to the fields for Oaklyn Soccer Opening Day.  By the time I got to my two for 2022, Soccer and Snacks, on 9/10/2022, I found that there were plenty of volunteers and I had to find maintenance tasks and cleaning up to do in order to make myself (minimally) useful.  But I DID get to chat with a lot of my neighbors and friends and I got to see kids enjoying free water ice and other snacks and it made me smile and started the day off on the right foot!  I am not running the stand, but I am trying to help where I can and, even when they did not need my help, it was good to be there and enjoying the community and youth sports vibes.  Hoping that Oaklyn Soccer, and the stand, have a wonderful season!

My Two for 2022 for 9/9/2022 are Dan and Suzanne!  For the second Friday evening in a row, Sarah and I hung out with a friend couple.  And on the 252nd day of 2022 (double palindromic at 252 and 9/9!) we went to the Phillies.  Dan and Suzanne invited us and we readily said yes!  The weather was amazing, we got to see Hoskins and JT homer (they also both homered the last time we went on 7/3!) and the Phillies won!  But the best part was hanging out with Dan and Suzanne who have been an important part of our lives at church, musically, in parenting, and in life.  We are all in the same Spiritual Companionship group at Church (Zoom meetings started during Covid that have continued even as things have gone back in person).  And that is a great way to sum them up for us, spiritual companions.  Now we are both "Empty Nesters" and now they live so much closer to us, so I look forward to many evenings like tonight with our spiritual companions and good fr...

 

  The 250th day of 2022 is a Wednesday in September so I spent the evening of 9/7/2022 at Franklin Field.  Yes, it was my Two for 2022 for the evening: Penn Band and Field Rehearsal.  And the Penn Band sounds good - we're ready for the Band's 125th Football Season, in our 126th year (stinkin' 2020).  Normalcy is nice, even if that normalcy is chaos. 

It felt strange on the 249th day of 2022 to see all of the back to school pictures from my friends and neighbors.  My FB feed was filled, on 9/6/2022, with the smiling faces of kids Pre-K to 12, going back to School.  But I actually did not have anyone, but I DID enjoy my Two for 2022, OPS and Welcome Back.  I love this sign provided by the OPS PTA, Welcome Back, Hawks.... and parents, enjoy the pics.... time moves quickly.

  For years, Labor Day Weekend meant two picnics.  One on Sunday at the Walters' and then my Two for 2022: Labor Day and the Weaver Family Picnic.  For years, this was held at the home of Sarah's Grandma Weaver.  Well, details and Covid have gotten in the way for the past 3-4 years but in 2022, Sarah's cousin Katie decided to bring it back.  And I am so glad she did.  It was great to see everyone on 9/5/2022, and be hosted at the wonderful home of Katie and Richard, and ESPECIALLY to see, for the second weekend in a row, Sarah's 101 year old Grandmother, Sara (after whom she is named).  And I LOVE getting these multi-generational shots of the girls, nay women!  The Weaver lineage is strong and I am glad to have married into such an amazing family.  Blessing all around on this Labor Day!

 

  While the debate of what the real "National Pastime" is in the US these days, on the 246th day of 2022, I do not want to focus on that.  No, on 9/3/2022, I want to focus on my Two for 2022: Baseball AND Football.  Because that is what was being watched in the Sherr Household today and tonight.  Yes, as the calendar changes to September, we enter some of the best sports entertainment time, in my books.  Baseball season is culminating in pennant races and playoffs are around the corner.  Meanwhile College Football kicked off (pun intended) this weekend and the NFL next.  Both sports were on the screens today, and both sports will consume my time in the fantasy team monitoring.  A lot of sports are about to be consumed and I am here for it.  A welcome diversion from the everyday chaos!

  Having already posted about the Greenbergs and the Sherrs, and having posted a LOT about the two of us (Sarah and me), it's only fair that my Two For 2022 for the 245th day of 2022 be our good friends Brian and Sherry.  I got a call on 9/2/2022 that they, on their way to Maryland for a game tomorrow, were in the area and we grabbed an impromptu dinner.  A perfect ending to a rough week for me.  Good friends, Good Food, Serena Williams on the big screen(s), and a relaxing time.  I appreciate good friends.  And I feel so lucky to have these two in my life.  Now that we're both empty nesters, here's to to more of these times.

  I was lucky, on the 244th day of 2022, that my blood sugar was under control for most of the day.  Because 9/1/2022 was the Two for 2022 event of the Penn Band First Rehearsal and Ice Cream!  So glad to be back in our normal location (after it being cancelled in Fall 2020 and a Grab and Go in Fall 2021).  So glad to see so many new smiling faces in the Band.  Looking forward to a great year!