This week has honestly felt like a month, and not just because of cold meds. (Good news: I can breathe through my nose and not my mouth today!) The weekend is going to be sunny and we’re taking my nephew to fancy brunch on Sunday. Let’s go.

1. Thinking about this Seamus Heaney quote I saw on poetry Instagram: “If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere.”

2. We love to see it: “The ‘coasting’ workers who’ve checked out of their jobs

“I’ve completely mentally checked out,” says Edward, whose surname is being withheld for job-security concerns. […] “Since I stopped caring, it’s as though a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders.”

 

3. Here for the Roman dad jokes: