The Cute Coffee and Fish Sammie Tour of March ’24 concludes today with lunch at Pittsburgh institution that serves an amazing fish sandwich. I’ll discuss that more in my March recap blog along with my favorite coffee drink from Cutie’s next week. Today we look ahead to April and what it has to offer. Like me, I hope it has a lot to offer.
The 2020 series (or whatever you want to call it) returns in April after taking a week off for Easter (and this Look Ahead blog post). Next Friday’s blog goes into detail on me winning the Spirit of Toastmasters award at the 2020 Fall Symposium.
I’m planning on visiting a few Toastmaster clubs this coming week and the week after. Next Friday, I will check out the Indiana Toastmasters club. The following Tuesday (April 9), I will be visiting the Johnstown Toastmasters club. Both visits will be online via Zoom. However, I have plans to visit Johnstown in person sometime this Summer. More on that to come at a later date.
April 13 marks two years of learning a new language as I celebrate my Duolingo anniversary. I’ve tried making myself multilingual but I’ve scaled it back a bit and went back to learning Spanish and French for now. Sometimes, I get on the Math portion of the app (which is kind of beyond me but fun to relearn my math skills). On my many trips to Children’s Hospital to visit Benny, I’ve even passed the Duolingo headquarters which is located in East Liberty in Bakery Square.
I’ll return to Hogwarts on April 1 (no foolin’) as I continue Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The plan is to complete the book by April 30, and I actually will read the last chapter on that very day. A few days later I will be leaving for the Spring Conference. I’ll order Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince soon after and start reading that just before Mother’s Day. I plan to watch the movie (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) on May 5 after I’m home from my conference weekend.
The Dinner Series will resume on April 25 as Mr. Clougherty and I usually have dinner on the last Thursday of the month and his swimming season has come to an end. He will have spring training for his swimmers but it’s three days a week and less intense. We plan on having dinner at EDO Hibachi at some point this year. For the June dinner, which is my birthday month, I’d like to go to the Olive Garden. He’s flexible as to where we go and so anywhere is fine for his birthday. I’ll try to find a new spot but wherever we go we always enjoy ourselves.
Time to enjoy the Easter holiday and some good food on Sunday, as well as some good company with my cousins. But before that, tomorrow’s Division A contest. The winners go on to the District finals in May.
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