Journal – 060923

 A productive day. The pool is getting cooler but still warm for me at 70°F. The temperature should continue to fall heading toward autumn. Making healthier dinners. Tonight, I made chicken and a bunch of veggies in a skillet. The kids loved it. Will make more in the future.

 🌤️ 68°F – 54°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 050923

Back in the office to get the week started. It was nice, I only need to work 4 days this week. After picking up the kids we went swimming while I waited for the laundry to be washed.  Read to the kids and played board games before bedtime.

 🌤️ 74°F – 54°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 040923

Spent Labour Day clearing out TiVo and removing channels from YouTube. I did a little cleaning and organizing my laptop.  In the afternoon I took a nap and read.  I made lunch and veggie snacks for work.  

 🌧️ 70°F – 53°F 😐 | Seattle 

Journal – 030923

I stayed up late last night outside next to the fire. It was nice but it knocks my sleeping pattern and forces me to sleep in later. I just cleaned up the house in the morning and took a nap this afternoon. It was just a lazy Sunday for me.

 ☁️ 73°F – 54°F 🥱 | Seattle 

Journal – 020923

Up early with my son shopping for groceries. Afterwards we headed to the mall to get a pretzel, walk around and just talk. Mostly about video games and school. Afterwards me and the kids swam in the pool to cool off from the sweltering summer day.

 ☀️ 88°F – 62°F 🙂 | Seattle

Journal – 010923

Looking forward to the 3-day weekend. Nothing planned but I am excited to start traveling around the state without the crowds next week and beyond. For some reason after Labor Day most people stay home. Camping sites availability becomes open and drive times lessen. Next week I want drive to coastal towns just to visit.
At work I am changing the way I take vacations. My plan is to not take small three day breaks anymore. I am going to just collect PTO and take weeklong breaks. I should be able to take 2 weeks worth of vacation a year. I am going to try to take a whole week off for the holidays in December this year.

 🌤️ 76°F – 58°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 310823

 Long day.  Drove a bit, dropping the kids off and heading to work. Then I left early and finished my work in the school’s parking lot while waiting for the kids. I played video games with the kids before dinner. Read before bedtime.

 🌧️ 71°F – 53°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 300823

 Meetings, meetings, meetings. Spent the day talking to people. Moving away from how things are set up by upper management and making changes that make sense by the people that perform the work.  I am ending multi-tasking and going back to focused work.

 🌧️ 71°F – 56°F 🥱 | Seattle

Journal – 290823

 I drove to the office and had to return home due to the sitter having covid. I worked from home and handled my meetings online. A lot of changes, mostly good that I will need to figure out how to implement.

 🌧️ 60°F – 58°F 🥱 | #Seattle