This week’s era is tough to pick because I just ended my Dinner Series era Thursday night with Mr. Clougherty. It’s Fall and I’m trying to get into the habit of decluttering everything in my life. I still read books, though I can afford to get rid of a few. I need to put away my summer clothes, but I’m being sluggish on that. Not because of the warm weather, but because I haven’t had the time. If I stay focused, it will take no less than thirty minutes to get rid of everything. Easier said than done.
I’m soon going to enter my End of Eras, looking back on leaving a job I held for a long time. I’m comfortable now at Giant Eagle and don’t miss traveling for work the way I used to. It’s nice to be five minutes away though, especially in Winter. But I still like to look back on this era because I spent a lot of time getting to see different places every day. It was an 13 year era book-ended by two difficult first years (growing pains) and two difficult final years (COVID).
Looking back on the Dinner Series era, my favorite dinner experience with Mr. Clougherty this year was EDO Hibachi. I’ve been there three times this year and each time has been enjoyable. We recently went there for Annabelle’s birthday. Second would be Eat’n Park where I got to show Kevin the book on Eat’n Park’s history that I just finished. Honorable mention goes to my birthday dinner at Olive Garden, though I think I ate too much now and could have used half that dinner for my 2:30am lunch at Giant Eagle.
I’m going to be in my Top Ten era soon as I start to gather up some of the best moments of 2024 and put them in my countdown. It’ll be one of my final blog posts of 2024 and will go up either before or on Christmas Day. I can’t wait to share them all with you.
Stylish 🍒 