I am bone dead tired today so I am cleaning up at home and baking. That is my go-to when my body hurts. I long for the days when I could hike all morning, come home, clean up, and then go about creating and cooking the rest of the day. Alas, the body calls for down time more and more these last few years. It’s how we cope with that loss of energy that leads us to our happy place. And sometimes we just need a nap!

And speaking of a happy place, Happy Pi Day! I didn’t think about this until my family talked about it.

According to Wikipedia, “The number π (spelled out as pi) is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159…, that is the ratio of a circle‘s circumference to its diameter. It appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics, and some of these formulae are commonly used for defining π, to avoid relying on the definition of the length of a curve. For thousands of years, mathematicians have attempted to extend their understanding of π, sometimes by computing its value to a high degree of accuracy. Ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians and Babylonians, required fairly accurate approximations of π for practical computations…. The invention of calculus soon led to the calculation of hundreds of digits of π, enough for all practical scientific computations. Nevertheless, in the 20th and 21st centuries, mathematicians and computer scientists have pursued new approaches that, when combined with increasing computational power, extended the decimal representation of π to many trillions of digits.”

And… drum roll please! Here are a bazillion Pi jokes from the Pioneer Woman’s website. She is funny in her nerdy way!

• What do you call it when someone gets a huge tattoo of pi on their face? An irrational decision.
• Why should you never argue with pie? Because it always goes on and on!
• How many bakers does it take to bake a pi? 3.14.
• Why did pi get its driver’s license revoked? Because it didn’t know when to stop.
• How many calories are in that slice of chocolate pie? 3.14.
• What did pi say when someone asked if it could explain what Pi Day was again? “I don’t want to repeat myself.”
• What’s wrong with the equation ‘pi r squared?’ Pi are round. Cake are square.
• Why shouldn’t you eat too much pi? You’ll end up with a big circumference.
• What was Sir Issac Newton’s favorite dessert? Apple pi.
• If March 14 was really Pi Day, it would never end.
• How did critics rate Life of Pi? 3.14 stars.
• What do you get when you take a bovine and divide its circumference by its diameter? A cow pi.
• What do you get when you divide the circumference of the sun by its diameter? Pi in the sky.
  What do you call a snake who knows math? A pi-thon!
• How do you celebrate Pi Day at the beach? With a pi-na colada!
• What did pi say to its partner? You look radian today.
• Come to the nerd side. We have pi.
• Who was the roundest knight at Sir Arthur’s table? Sir Cumference because he ate too much pi.
• 3.14% of sailors are pi-rates.
• What’s the ideal way to serve pi? A la mode! Anything less is mean.
• Simple as 3.1415926…
• What do you get when a bunch of sheep stand in a circle? Shepherd’s pi.
• What is 1.57? Half a pi.
• Can you recite pi? Peach, blueberry, pumpkin, pecan…
• Why was the math book sad on Pi Day? It had too many problems.
• What did the math teacher have for dessert? Banana cream pi!
• Don’t let advanced math intimidate you!… It’s as easy as pi!
• What did the triangle say to the circle? You’re pointless.
• Why couldn’t the angle get his dream apartment? Because his parents wouldn’t cosine.
• Did you hear about the rancher who had 197 cows in his field? He decided he should round them up, and now he has 200.

https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/holidays-celebrations/a60177067/pi-day-jokes/

Also, find the sites where you can also get free pizza pies today with the symbol spelled out in pepperoni on top!

You could also bake a pie ( π ) to honor today (Okay I’m making blueberry muffins – not a good crust maker! But they’re still round, right?) I encourage you to heartily bake if you are good at it and enjoy it with your friends or family or both!

I love you all!