End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2019 album. Google Photos sucks.

• Events
  • Had a rainy, family dinner at Chuy's on F 3/1, just in time for the free queso bar.
  
  
  • Sara and Karl came to visit from Minneapolis on S 3/2 (through S 3/6). Had Car & Ben over for dinner that evening.
  
  
  • Went to Tammy's for lasagna on S 3/3.
  
  
  • Had tacos and beer with Karl, Sara, and her parents on T 3/5.
  
  
  • Drove out in the wintry mix to a rental house in Harpers Ferry on F 3/8.
  
  
  • Hosted Jessika and Hannah at our rental house on S 3/9 and had a pasta dinner with giant meatballs.
  
  
  • Visited Old Town Harpers Ferry on S 3/10 and had smothered pork chops for dinner.
  
  
  • Returned home to the real world on M 3/11.
  
  
  • Went to Lake Anne with Maia on early warm days, T 3/12 and W 3/13.
  
  
  • Visited the BU grandparents on H 3/14, and Maia got to visit one of the many esteemed Alexandria playgrounds.
  
  
  • Family night out at Lake Anne on F 3/15 with dinner at Cafe Monmartre.
  
  
  • Maia and I went to Miller's for dinner on S 3/16 while Rebecca did a yoga workshop in Lovettsville.
  
  
  • Did our taxes on S 3/17.
  
  
  • Went to the dentist on M 3/18.
  
  
  • Got my car inspected, then took the family to Frying Pan Park for Maia's first tractor ride on T 3/19.
  
  
  • Cooked a family dinner of bison burger with blue cheese and caramelized onions on F 3/22.
  
  
  • Had a date night at Pizza Paradiso in Old Town Alexandria while my parents watched Maia for the night on S 3/23. Had a flight 8 beers, one of which smelled like s'mores and tasted like merthiolate (Trash Panda).
  
  
  • Had a solo dad dinner at Miller's while Rebecca and Maia went to another dog's birthday party at Ghazaleh's on S 3/24.
  
  
  • Got a flat tire on M 3/25.
  
  
  • Family date in Herndon with dinner at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern on W 3/27.
  
  
  • Afternoon funeral for one of Rebecca's extended family on S 3/30. Maia and I met up at Tysons Corner for an extended family dinner at Brio's after her nap.
  
  
  • Friend Dinner with Jessika on S 3/31.


• Projects
  • Finally wrapped up the overtime proposal at work.
  
  
  • Outsourced the time-consuming job of getting roof replacement estimates to my dad.
  
  
  • Upgraded the URI! Zone to t3.micro instances for the next 3 years of web hosting on S 3/31.


• Consumerism
  • Play no games this month. Did get back into reading though!
  
  
  • Enjoyed watching the first four seasons of Bosch.
  
  
  • No new albums of note this month, although we did discover Lunch Money Lewis.
  
  

March's Final Grade: B+, finally had time to get a little bored and think of new project ideas again