It was a busy Monday.

The High Holy Days are nearly here, so I had to finish overhauling the programs I use to send invitations to congregants who are getting honors – not only did I have to undo some of the emergency changes I made last year, but I also had to adapt yet more programs to use openpyxl instead of xlrd.

I also had a dental appointment – it was supposed to be a routine cleaning, but I had a tooth which had felt funny (not painful, just weird) for a week, so I asked them to look at it. The crown on the tooth had fractured, so now I have an appointment to get a new crown next week – and a crown-sized hole in my wallet.

And I had a Toastmasters meeting this evening, where I was General Evaluator. At least it was a role that doesn’t require a lot of preparation.

After the meeting, I went out for a quick walk, but I only got as far as the driveway before going in and grabbing my camera in hopes of getting a decent picture of the sunset sky.

We don’t watch much sports on TV (or in person, for that matter), so Ted Lasso wasn’t an automatic “must-watch” for us. But I read so much about it that we gave it a chance last November and loved it.

We wanted to watch it again to refresh our memories before the new season starts in a couple of weeks; we finished it last night. I picked up more of the fine points of soccer than I had gotten on the first viewing (though I still don’t understand the offside rule) – and was just as disappointed by Richmond’s relegation as I was the first time around.

And because we’d just finished Ted Lasso yesterday, I wanted to watch the Euro 2020 final today while my soccer knowledge was at its peak. I didn’t follow the fine points of play, but I did enjoy the game, and really was focused on the penalty kicks at the end.

Maybe I should give American football another chance, too.