2026QOTD January 1-5

[christopher575]

kazzy_cee is creating questions of the day this year and I've decided to answer them. Might not be every day but I'll do missed or upcoming ones in multi-question posts so they're all covered. It's been a while since I had something fun and consistent like this to commit to. January questions can be found here. Thanks kazzy_cee!

1. What’s the first thing you think of when you consider the year ahead?

I really dislike the holidays and winter weather, so I'm basically always looking ahead to warmer temperatures. But also dreading summer because it gets too hot! We finally came to the conclusion that if we can afford it, we should be "snowbirds" in the future because the places that are too hot for us in the summer are just right in the winter. But of course lots of people do that so it's not necessarily easy.

2. What’s the weather like today (warmer or cooler than average)?

I recently read that this area is on track to have the warmest winter...in a while? On record? Not going to bother looking it up, but I was definitely surprised when I read it because it's been really cold lately. Of course that was after the "100 year" rains and flooding. But the cold finally let up and the high today is supposed to reach 54F. Average is 46F and the record is 59F. This is actually the first time I ever looked up current versus average weather.

3. There is a Wolf Moon tonight - it will be the fourth supermoon in a row. Have you seen a supermoon before?

Maybe. I don't really try to look for things like that because typically when something happens in the sky here, the sky ends up being cloudy.

4. Do you have any travel plans arranged for this year?

I'm taking a weekend away by myself 1/9-1/11. I realized a few weeks ago that it's important to do more stuff on my own and to counterprogram the holidays a bit. I kinda think this is what led to Garrett's thoughts of snowbirddom.

5. Are you looking forward to any TV shows this year?

I really, really hope season 2 of Pluribus airs in 2025. What an incredible show.