summer balloons?

 i went to hy-vee in eagan tonight for my weekly grocery order and saw balloons spelling out summer. seems odd to see this in winter, unless we are reminding people how the cold weather won't last. i am still noticing some sections aren't well-stocked, but i am aware of how there still might be supply-chain issues. not a big deal. one just needs to line up alternate plans. if it's pizza, or whatever, then go with what is available. and if need be, go to another store. i also went to their liquor store before going to the grocery part and got a can of schell's so now there are 3 beers waiting. later in the evening i went on a walk and found 97 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when sheldon finds a letter from howard's dad. i watched a little of a hockey game that was on the same channel after the rerun, mostly after getting back from grocery shopping. it was st. cloud state against colorado college. st. cloud was leading 4-1 at the end of the 2nd, but i fell asleep before the game ended. at work there was a spike in volume in one of the check files, it was more than the two fargo files combined which is not typical at all. so i was playing catch-up for much of the day. of course it started off with running through the checks from one of the two fargo files from the previous day. but thankfully there were no meetings to attend. although there was a visitor to the shop, a supervisor from another department, just before i went to lunch. he claimed a few electronic items, like a headset, and said he would be back with some new hires on monday. had to ask his name as he had been there only once before and it is all about repetition and familiarity.