These shoes went on a lot of adventures with me for a lot of years. I recently pulled them out of a box in the garage to take to the rock gym with my son and found that, wow, they do not fit any more! If my kiddo decides to keep climbing, it’s going to be time for a new pair.

Well, good afternoon, Afternoon Espresso!

Okay, Pen Friends, I have a second pen now.

Happy to wake up pleasantly sore after a challenging and hard workout yesterday. I’m still somewhat haunted by several shoulder injuries over the years, and wow it feels good to get stronger and feel confident again.

Good job, autocorrect, turning “I think” into “I have kink.” Really paying dividends from machine learning now!

Today’s dog mood: nope-ing right out of this May snowstorm.

Today’s coffee mood: a little love.

I see my arch conservative neighbor is featured in the paper as opposing the teacher walkout. Well of course he does; he’s the arch conservative neighbor, but the article doesn’t mention that, instead only empathizing with his frustration that “it’s political.”

Saturday breakfast! Out on the town early with the kiddo: Splatoon for him and journaling and the hash bowl for me to start our day. The coffee shop is playing Talking Heads and Velvet Underground this morning. 👍.

Just spattered fish sauce all over my Moleskine, how’s your morning?