There’s not much going on right now. Just thought I should post something in between major events. I’ve been reading Flow (a book about mental flow) and it has a part that talks about journaling your life for a sense of flow. I think this is true. Whenever I compose these posts my mind gets totally involved in the writing. It’s also a good way to compose, analyze and compartmentalize my thoughts. So it’s therapeutic.

The wife and Elsa are watching Big Brother. Jack is finishing up playing Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Emma is doing her diamond art. I should finish my Lego Jazzclub tonight. Then I’ll start on either the bookstore or the assembly square. It’s literally 100 degrees outside, so I’m stuck doing inside things. School has started, so cross-country meets, football and halftime dances will soon be in full swing. Meets were supposed to start this week but were postponed due to the heat. But our traveling adventures are done for the summer and fall, so I’ll have more time on the weekends to putter around the house. First off I need to fix the wheels on the sliding door. It’s about impossible to open it now. Then we have to clean out the gutters. Before I know it, it will be leaf season. I’ll be cleaning up leaves until next May.

I’m thinking of buying a new baseball cap. I don’t really need one but I’ve discovered stylish hats exist. I wear a hat every time I go out, so I feel a little justified in spending good money on a good hat. The search for the perfect hat is ongoing and probably never ends. It’s like the search for the perfect guitar tone. It’s a perpetual journey with no end.

The kids are in school and I am tearing it up at work. I work from about 8am to about 6pm now and I’m working through my backlog of items. I love working from home. I don’t know what I would do if I had to drive into an office everyday and be around people.

We got two cooler bags for the Tesla frunk today. Whenever we go to sporting events we can just load up the bags, cover with ice, and we’ll be good to go.

Cryptocurrency has tanked of late. I thinking that it will rebound and shoot up next year after the next Bitcoin halving. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe the halving is already built into the price. Oh well.

I was looking at airBNBs for Seward Alaska for next July/August. I know now that we cannot vacation during the last weeks of summer musical practice. So early August is our best bet to get away. I didn’t see the house that we stayed at last summer. I would love to get that house again. But I’d also like to sneak away to Quebec City for a couple days next summer. If I can find cheap flights then that’s a possibility, that we could go a few days during the week.

I’m on a 54 day streak in Duolingo for French. I figure that if I could finish the French course and finish the Rosetta Stone French course then I would be nearly fluent for next summer. I’ve been listening to Quebec radio stations here and there and I don’t really follow what they’re saying. But then I listen to Paris online radio stations and I understand way more. Quebecois is a unique accent.

Next year will be the 25th anniversary of my studies in Quebec City. I would like to take my family there but I think they would enjoy Alaska more.

I need to get Matt to a place to take his passport photos, so I can get his application sent out. He will need a passport for our Disney cruise in June, because we go to the Bahamas.

There’s really not more I have to say. It is nice to put thoughts to paper (or screen). It clears the mind.

The wife is on week 3 of her diet and she is smoking hot. I need to start working out again too. Not that I’m going to lose much weight, but I would look and feel better if I toned up. I’ve done such a good job keeping our finances in order the past 10 years; I really need to focus on my health in the same way. Like, I have a notebook where I wright down every single purchase, weekly. I should be mindful of every single item I put in my mouth.

I’m still obsessed with Ween. I thought I would be burnt on on their songs by now, but they have so many songs that I haven’t heard, I’m still working through them.

I’ve been floating around the idea of going to see Metallica in St Louis this November. I figure that Jack, Matt and myself would go. I was taking Emma to school this morning and there was a Metallica song on the radio. I asked her if she would want to see them. She said that RT has never been to a concert before. So maybe I’ll take him too. And then maybe we’ll go see Taylor Swift in concert. Hell I’d like to go just to see what all the hype is about.