No Shadow for the Groundhog

First of all, no, Phil didn't see his shadow. It may be cold and cloudy now, but considering it's supposed to be in the 50's by this time next week, I'll believe that early spring prediction. I'm already seeing sprouts in a few places.

Began a late morning with breakfast and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. "It's Love Day!" and Daniel is giving valentines to all his friends to show his love. He's having a harder time figuring out who gave him the boat-themed valentine, though. "Daniel's Love Day Surprise" is hiding valentines for his Grandpere to find. He's upset when his little sister Margaret finds one first, but Grandpere reminds him playing along is her way of showing she cares. Mrs. Tiger's way of showing love is to bake her family a delicious heart-shaped vegetable pizza.

Headed out after the cartoon ended. No trouble whatsoever with Uber today. It looked like it rained early this morning, and again during the afternoon while I was at work, but it was fine when I was going there and back. Getting there took 4 minutes; going home took 7 at the height of rush hour.

No trouble at work, either. I spent the afternoon helping the floral manager put out the dozens of flowering plants she got for Valentine's Day and watered every single one of them. This was harder than it sounds. Many of the flowers were already packed in bags for the holiday or in hard-to-reach places. I had to pull the bags off to get the water in, or stretch to reach them. Put the smaller balloons on sticks on a rack made for them. I think they're supposed to go in bouquets, but they're mostly popular with kids who want a balloon but either can't afford or don't have the room for the big ones. 

Got my schedule during lunch. I'm back to the same low hours I had before this week, which is what I expected. The only reason I got the amount of hours I did this week was because of the corporate visit. Disappointed that I only have one day in floral next week, but I also have three days off. I might see if I can use the rest of that gift card I got for Christmas and go see Argylle. 

Did grocery shopping after that. I mainly needed to restock yogurt. Took advantage of online coupons to pick up the Oiko Triple Zero four-pack. Grabbed a few apples and bagels for lunch next week. It was expensive, but I still wanted coconut milk.

After I got home, I went straight into Jack Frost for Groundhog's Day while I looked up jobs. I went further into this Rankin-Bass special about the title character wanting to be human at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog in February 2020. 

Happy Groundhog's Day! - Jack Frost

 

Did a little writing next. Joyce tries to get across the poppy field, but they're too strong. They're too strong for Rover and Avery, too. Richard and Charles are able to carry Joyce and Rover away from the poppies, but they'll need help with big Avery...

Broke for dinner and Match Game '79 at 7 PM. They're into the first week with Foster Brooks and Lorna Patterson that ran on the YouTube marathon last Saturday. In the first episode, Dick Martin is nervous about doing "In Your __" in the Head-to-Head, while Lorna is happy to match a question about what orthopedics are needed by an elderly stripper. The second one had Foster joking about why he appreciates St. Bernards while the others try to answer "The Cheap ___" in the Audience Match. (Which prompts a few comments from Dick about what he really thought of his stint hosting the supremely weird and short-lived The Cheap Show.) 

Finished the night with more WKRP In Cincinnati. Bailey is enamored of "The Painting" that Herb wins in a church auction. She tries to buy it off him, but he wants to sell it for more money. Bailey and Les finally figure out how to turn the tables on him when he learns it originally belonged to a rich family.

Arthur's speech about radio history prompts the other staff members to drift into their own "Daydreams." Herb and Jennifer's dreams get into Dynasty-esque soap opera turf. Les imagines himself and Bailey as determined news reporters during World War II. Andy wonders what it would be like if he were a mob boss and could actually get everyone at the station to listen to him (or help Jennifer with her request to eliminate Herb). Bailey dreams of life with Johnny Fever, while Johnny imagines himself as a concert promoter and Venus dreams he's a stand-up comic. 

Herb's "Frog Story" goes sideways when he accidentally spray paints his daughter's beloved frog pink and has to try to help bring it back to life. The others somehow get him a foot doctor instead of a veterinarian. Meanwhile, Les somehow inflates Johnny's basic cold into several life-threatening diseases.

"Venus and the Man" has the evening DJ recruited by his worried mother to keep a young man from quitting school. The kid doesn't see the value in education. Venus reminds him that there's always a way to learn when he recalls his own days as a teacher and uses street terms to teach the young man about splitting atoms.