Highlight(s): Mediation and stretching. Tommy at all-day scrimmage. Lauren to Raging Waters with Lindsey. Tomi Sushi dinner. Pickup Lauren at mom's. Eric G sleepover w/Tommy. Jen @ Caroline (neighbor) for wine.

Gratitude: Lindsey and Lauren connecting.

Goal: Lawn work.

Anticipation: Dinner w/friends tomorrow.

Accomplishments: Meditation Stretching Walking Mindfulness Cleanup

Highlight(s): Good morning : had time to stretch, meditate, make coffee. Jen walked Scottie, too, which was a huge help. Dropped kids, worked, then a chaotic rush of activity petting Lauren, feeding Lauren, dropping her at Alissa even in Los Altos, returning for Tommy, Drop him for haircut (having to walk home after), returning to get Lauren, then getting Tommy and making a Smart n Final run for Gatorade for tomomow's all day scrimmage…. No stop ping-pong for 4hrs straight. Oy.

Gratitude: Having kids that are engaged with friends and activities.

Goal: Squeeze in a mediation/stretch tomorrow, even though it's an early day.

Anticipation: Hoping Tommy does well in Running Back position.

Accomplishments: Meditation Stretching Walking Mindfulness Parenting

Lauren's heading to DC next week w/her mom for a Nystagmus conference. She wanted some clothes, a dress in particular, and I took her shopping. Not my forte but I found and she loved a simple casual summer dress. It was a pretty substantial moment to not only find it but see her in it and excited about it. I sorta teared up. Such a joy to start recognizing her more and more as her own person. I could not be prouder.

Gratitude: I got frustrated by overload this am but recovered quickly and also identified factors that cause it, and i'm working on removing chaos from my routine.

Accomplishments: Meditation Stretching Parenting Cleanup

WFH day. Met Lauren for lunch at Safeway. Got grief for it later and said "lighten the heck up" in response. Work has my stress up. I think I've lost myself in this for 2 or more months now. Taking it's toll and I need to find a new job. Walked dog w/Jen and took care of some home tasks. I'm procrastinating on writing, though. I have lost the drive. For now. It's likely wherever the hell I went too...

Highlight(s): Early AM run to Monterey. Tommy's free diving certification final exam. Passed. Connected with Eric/Carl G. Who were diving too. Got ice cream and brought Carl home. He/Eric/Tommy went for sushi. Lauren/Jen/I went to Aqui and walked dog downtown.

Watched/Read/Listened To: Toy Story 4 w/Lauren. Really well done, enjoyed.

Accomplishments: Walking Mindfulness Parenting

Highlight(s): Peets coffee in Campbell w/Jen and Scottie. Read NYT articles about R. Murdoch. Mind blowing. Dinner at https://www.cetrella.com/cetrella-los-altos/ with Steve Diana Matt Gene Bonnie Mark Lynn Brent Kim. Phenomenal. Just amazing food. Soaking good.

Gratitude: The chance to enjoy.a good meal

Anticipation: Dive Cert for Tommy tomorrow

Watched/Read/Listened To: Flat Earth Documentaries. WTF.

Accomplishments: Walking Mindfulness

Highlight(s): Long AM w/dog walking around Foxworthy Starbucks, then bank stop, Pruneyard for B52 tix, and home. Good work day focused on action items. Power walk PM solo w/Dog. Jen home after outing w/Marya. Worked through financial stuff getting aligned w/some bills and goals.

Gratitude: Working with somebody who is collaborative

Anticipation: Sleeping in.

Watched/Read/Listened To: Dharma meditation podcast - loved it - posted on twitter. Really good parables.

Accomplishments: Meditation Walking Mindfulness Cleanup

Highlight(s): Lauren stayed w/me after dropping Tommy at school until noon. She lounged w/Scottie and played Moonriser on the Quest. Went to "Heartbeat Cafe" in Cambrian Plaza. Not great (uh, Orange Marmalade does not a Lemon Curd make) but not horrible. Addressed key work needs/issues including pulling Dan into the Insart training role and riding out a DevOps issue needing deep dive triaging by dpd. GNO at Magiano was great. Sad to not have BL arrive until late but it worked out ok. Great Ribeye split w/JS.

Gratitude: Decades of routines and memories of GNO's and Coffee and geek talks w/this crew. Such a great balance of characters that remain solid through time.

Goal: Get B52 tickets

Anticipation: Sleeping in Saturday

Accomplishments: Meditation Walking Mindfulness

21184 Days in the Making

This is me, now. This is who I am, at my best and at my worst. Who I am, both as how I present myself, and the me it all both boil down to when the heat cranks up. It’s taken me 696 months to get here. 21184 days. 58 years, to the day. And I am wondering how it’s possible when I have no grasp of the passing of all that time, just hundreds of memories that feel as fresh and real as the moment I experienced it and probably twice as many memories I’ve completely lost, Have I really ‘changed’, at all, during all that time?

Highlight(s): "PTO" although I spent ~4hr on work tasks/meetings. Car Wash, Tire Rotation, Lunch w/BL @ Boudin. Kids PM - Tommy spent more time w/neighbors.

Gratitude: Tommy's trust of my trust in him.

Goal: Detech Day tomorrow

Anticipation: Dinner w/Jen, M&RG @ Godfathers

Watched/Read/Listened To: Part of the APOLLO 11 documentary. Incredible.

Accomplishments: Stretching Walking Mindfulness Parenting Cleanup