Category: Life

  • I signed up for AAA and it’s a bit creaky but I guess I am too

    I signed up for AAA and it’s a bit creaky but I guess I am too

    I remember driving back from eastern Washington on a blazing hot day and getting a blown out tire in the middle of nowhere with my wife, Kav, and our then-infant daughter in the backseat. Aside from almost swerving into a semi truck when it happened, and the temperature being 90+, it was mostly stress-free. We…

  • Vivi and I finally got our painting space up and running yesterday. Nice to have a space where we can make a mess anytime we feel like it. No finished pieces to show but it’s the starting that counts. Sometimes that’s the hardest part.

  • Scenes from Dallas

    Some random pics from a recent trip to Dallas over the week of June 29th.

  • June reading update

    June reading update

    My beach book was The Golem and Jinni by Helene Wecker. I picked it up randomly from the library in one of the recommended sections, and something about it piqued my interest. I’m always up for good fantasy (and sci-fi) fiction, so maybe that was it. I really enjoyed it. Had no idea that it…

  • The water heater right of passage

    The water heater right of passage

    I feel like we finally cross a right of passage in home ownership. Our water heater split open in the top-floor attic, spilling water through the ceiling in the laundry room and generally inciting a frenzy of panic for 24 hours, after which we are many thousands of dollars poorer and now the owners of…

  • Running Topsail beach

    Running Topsail beach

    More travel running last week (my favorite kind). This time on Topsail Island beach. I can’t remember the last time I went on a run on a sandy beach. I got out multiple times this week, though, and always with a dip in the ocean after to cool off. Perfection.

  • Mostly offline for the week kicking off summer. ☀️

  • The law of the shoe rack.