I blame ACD

I remember reading in A Scandal in Bohemia the line “You see, but you do not observe.” Holmes goes on to ask Watson how many steps are there between the hallway and their rooms. In my head I said 14 depending on how you count them in our house. Watson hadn't a clue. He had seen the steps every time he went up and down them but never observed how many steps there were.

It was like Arthur Conan Doyle flipped a switch in my brain that I had been using passively but I now actively do it. I had always counted the number of steps when I went places. I have a good memory for where I see things. It’s not perfect but I have a good parlor trick I can use to impress. If I have to drive somewhere a couple of times, I can pick my way back to it based on what I observed while driving. This is all good until someone takes down one of my landmarks.

It is snowing outside and according to the weather report it will be doing so until about 3 pm and then it will be going down to freezing which will turn the slush to ice. I guess we are stuck in the house again.

This stinks because I was going to go Superbowl snack shopping today.

Instead I guess I’ll clean up around here and get back to the puppets.

I am grateful that Peter ran out last night and got milk and bread, which we did need.