The Pits: Tired at the end of the day. The Peaks: Finished reading The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, which tells a story about a futuristic book that is used to educate kids. Suitably, instead of taking a walk tonight,
Nashville Swiss
The Pits: Didn’t get to see much of family because of the photo session. The Peaks: Traci book the boys to Manchester to visit with her family. I had time to take a nice bike ride along the new paved
Retro Wheels
The Pits: We’re way out of practice making breakfast sandwiches. For future reference, I need to get started on the eggs before Traci gets the bacon ready. The Peaks: We had the hankering for breakfast sandwiches in the morning. Then
Bikes Without Dawgs
The Pits: Traci woke me up a little after 4am to inform me that Trek had “puked everywhere in his crate.” The word “everywhere” was an understatement. I was a bit appalled when I saw his mat. I gave him
Crew of Skeletons
The Pits: At bedtime, Weston comes running out of his room with a bloody nose. I go into the bathroom with him and wipe it with some tissue. He sounds congested each time he sniffs, so I have him blow
Turner’s First Day in Second Grade

The Pits – During our WITSWAD, the boys got a Hot Wheels car lost in a murky mud puddle and I had to fish it out. The Peaks – Turner started 2nd grade today, which means we had to take
A Family Jaunt
The Pits – Rainy day but it helped cool it off a bit. The Peaks – Nice weather for an evening WITSWAD. Made some more progress on RetroPie. Finished listening to The Mist, which is the first short story in
Frisky
The Pits – Had some meetings and activities at work that took up more time than they should’ve. The Peaks – I finished reading The Fireman by Joe Hill. It wasn’t as good as some of his other work that
Run in the Sun
The Pits – None. The Peaks – I received a thoughtful birthday gift from my parents in the mail. An overall productive day: I made more progress on the Piccal move, installed a new wireless router at work and got
This Naked Mind
The Pits – None. The Peaks – I recently finished reading This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol: Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace. If you’re reading this, you might be asking yourself why in the world