Catching Up Over Coffee: February 2025

February went by a loooot faster than January did. And no one got sick or had to go to the emergency room!!! So things seem to be looking up.

I spent most of the month reading and watching TV (as you’ll see below). I also seemed to have a lot of doctor’s appointments; usually, it’s either I have a month with zero appointments or I’m seeing every single doctor.

Josh and I spent our Valentine’s Day at home. I took a half day from work, we watched 80 for Brady and The Lost City, and we made our own pizzas for dinner. We didn’t want to go out and spend a lot of money, but we did exchange gifts.

Josh and I went to the Springfield Museums last weekend! We went back in August 2022 and thought it would be a fun afternoon date to do in the winter.

There are five separate museums on the grounds:

  • Science Museum
  • Museum of Springfield History
  • George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum
  • D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
  • The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum

I got new eyeglasses, which I guess is only exciting for me. I wear glasses when I’m on the computer (so whenever I’m working) and for reading; I used to get really bad eye strain in high school and started wearing glasses. Since my insurance covers new frames every two years, I get new glasses every two years. And plot twist: even though I can be very indecisive when presented with multiple choices, I picked out my new frames on my own within five minutes. Last time I went, my mom came with me to help—see, I’m slowly becoming an adult!

What I’m Watching

TV

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • Will Trent
  • The Irrational
  • High Potential
  • Law & Order
  • Law & Order: SVU
  • NCIS
  • NCIS: Origins
  • The Hunting Party
  • Baylen Out Loud
  • The Americas
  • Grosse Pointe Garden Society

Netflix

  • Queer Eye (S3E2-S5E3)
  • Dexter (S5E3-S5E10)
  • Madam Secretary (S5E11-S6E3)
  • 80 for Brady
  • The Lost City
  • American Murder: Gabby Petito
  • American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson

Hulu

  • Bones (S1E7-S3E3)
  • Abbot Elementary (S4E12)
  • Animal Control (S3E5)
  • How I Escaped My Cult (E1-E10)
  • The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of A Serial Killer

What I’m Reading

  • The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman: 5 stars
  • We Solve Murders by Richard Osman: 4 stars
  • Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton*: No rating
  • The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence S. Robbins: 5 stars
  • Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight: 4 stars
  • All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: 5 stars

*I’ve decided this year to not give star ratings to non-fiction books. I’ve always felt weird giving ratings based on someone’s life or experiences, so any non-fiction book I list in these recaps will have a “No rating” after it. I’ll continue rating fiction books, though.

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