Slashing, Stabbing, Shooting and…Racewalking?
I’ve enjoyed the Olympics as much as anyone else over the years but it has held a particular place in the hearts of my wife and I. That first year we didn’t even have internet let alone any form of cable package. Reading can only take you so far sometimes and when the Beijing Olympics started, we were on top of everything. For two weeks we finally had something to watch. Like most others, we saw a whole lot of swimming, gymnastics, track and field, etc. There are just certain events in the Olympics that take center stage, with the rest shunted off to late night broadcasts or less prominent cable channels. Every once in a while you catch a highlight reel from some of the lesser publicized events. but otherwise they stick to the reliable events. There have been a few events I have always wanted to watch and somehow never…
Moving Forward
Looking at the last post in January and where I was then vs where I am now, I am shocked at how much has occurred. How much and how little. Two biggies, finished my MBA and witnessed the surprising early birth of our second child. All well on that front, couldn’t be better in fact, but little to no writing since then. There are a number of reasons I could cite for not being more active this year. The two above took up a lot of my time but I could have made time and didn’t. Really and truly, my mindset has been the true deterrent. I posted on November 24th, 2015 that I would not be posting for the next few days. I needed to take care of some work stuff. There was a thing that was coming up and at the time I needed to focus until it was done. So…
NaNoWriMo Thanksgiving
Wrote some, but wrapping up work stuff to get ready for family/holiday/feasting stuff. Will not be updating over the next few days.
NaNoWriMo Days 21 & 22
Two things happened this weekend. First, my wife surprised me with an early Christmas, and that is a shoutout to how amazing she is. She has done a huge amount for our family with going back to school, and has always maintained being a fantastic wife and mother. She is the glue that holds us together, and I am so proud of her. Especially since that somehow got me an Xbox One. With Fallout 4. For someone who doesn’t know anything about gaming, she managed to hit the nail on the head. That was the first thing that provided me a distraction. I’ll end up writing all about Fallout 4, but so far it’s fun and an interesting next step for the series. I see where people would say it’s really similar, but I think it brings at least two really big changes (power armor and crafting) that really change…