This week tried to throw a lot at me to make me lose my shit: more laundry center woes, tropical storm remnants, car issues, deadlines at work, distractions at work, and overwhelming amount of tasks at work and home. Fortunately…
More washer/dryer fights this week. The brand new one we had delivered last week leaks on the spin cycle. They’ll replace it, but now we wait … again. Work is crazybusy as usual. I know eventually I’ll get to a…
Not my favorite week. Work was overwhelming. The washer/dryer saga continued. And the weather downright sucked. But that week is behind me. All I can do is put my head down, tackle the to-do list at work, and make more…
My work week was almost entirely meetings. Rough. I made up for it by plenty of walks and enjoying the time off. The daughter came over Friday night for dinner. Then we walked down to King Street for some ice…
Stuff that happened this week:
We started the week with our contractor having to rip out our shower in the bathroom we just had re-done. We had hoped to save a few bucks and keep the existing shower insert, but he found some water issues…
Busy week. We had the P!nk concert at Nationals Ballpark on Monday. We saw “The Play That Goes Wrong” at the Kennedy Center on Friday. Went to the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Convention Center in DC…
Our trip spilled over into week 31 with our final day in Portland. We took the son to the Japanese Garden in Washington Park, then we wandered around the International Rose Test Garden to see about a million varieties of…
We left Cambria and spent the night in Sonoma with the brother-in-law before we continued up north. Our next stop for a couple days was Chico. This is where the wife and I met. This is where our daughter was…
Catching up on the last couple weeks. The wife and I went on vacation to California and Oregon to visit family and old, familiar places. We landed in LA and spent a few days there visiting the dad and his…
Big news this week. First, I finished my hellish Secure Software Development course. I was at the point where I was hoping for a “C” in the class. The professor apparently curved the grades and I got a “B+”. Woohoo!…
Tuesday was Independence Day here in the US, celebrating the 247th anniversary of our country. We walked to Bob & Edith’s Diner for breakfast, then went to the nursery to pick out plants for the backyard. That’s right, the yard…
Halfway through the year. And what a year it’s been so far. This week was a lot of catchup on homework for this class. I’m currently on the last week of the class before the final. Not feeling great about…
The week started off with Juneteenth. The wife and I walked to the Freedom House; a museum in one of the most notorious slave traders in the domestic slave trade. It was a very well done museum, teaching the history…
There’s just a lot going on right now. Work continues on our back yard. School work ramps up as I prepare for my midterm (to be taken tomorrow, as I write this). Taking on more responsibility at work (more to…
The week started off slow; just work and school really. Then Wednesday and Thursday were smoke-filled from the wildfires in Canada. Really hoping folks are safe and they get everything under control. Then this weekend was a mix of chores,…
Short week of work because Monday was Memorial Day and Friday was a day off for me. We had a relaxing Memorial Day spent going for a nice walk through town and I played Xbox. We saw a regiment of…
What happened this week? Let’s see … the usual work and school. We also had a tree in our side yard removed and had a new dishwasher delivered and installed. The weather was wonderful this week though. We saw the…
The weather was lovely this week. Lots of evening walks and plenty of time enjoying Old Town this weekend. My summer class started on Thursday and I spent almost my entire Friday off of work reading and doing homework. It’s…
Enjoyed the nice weather this week with lots of walks. Tried a few new restaurants in Old Town: Fontaine Caffe & Creperie, Taverna Cretekou, and Royal Restaurant. Caught up on the latest season of Taskmaster, Ted Lasso, and now Queer…
We packed a LOT into this week. We closed on the old house, so we’re back to just one mortgage now. With help from my parents, we were able to purchase the new house first and then sell the old…
Since I work in information security, I think today is a great opportunity to remind people of some good password tips. Finally, I stole this Password BINGO card … play along and see what mistakes you’ve made (I’m guilty of…
Hightlights of the week:
Starting to really learn our little city now. The wife and I will randomly quiz each other on which streets are where. I wonder if I’ll every truly remember which street certain landmarks are on though … probably, but we’ll…