Working logistics to get us and our younger two kids and my MIL out to Rapid City for the oldest kid’s college grad, then getting the grad moved to Oregon, kid #2 moved home for the summer, kid #3 to all her AP tests. It’s gonna be a whirlwind couple of weeks in May.

Well, the Iowa women have had a great basketball season, but they are getting embarrassed by UCLA this afternoon. UCLA is bigger, longer, and settled. Iowa looks like a junior high team by comparison. Iowa still probably deserves a 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, but UCLA is fully in another class.

I’ve now seen 4.5 of the Best Picture nominees: Sinners, Hamnet, OBAA, Bugonia, and started Marty Supreme. Hamnet and OBAA are clearly the top tier thus far but are so different that it’s hard to pick between them.

The latest episode of our church’s podcast was our best yet, I think: a conversation with our former church intern and first-year seminarian. She’s delightful, and the conversation flowed freely.

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Big blessings: just heard from our oldest that she has accepted a job offer that will have her gainfully employed in her field of study once she graduates college in May! And in the location she wanted: Portland, OR. Phew.

2026 Reads: The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 📚

Delightful.

I know Apple has a history of ugly beta OSs, but this latest iPadOS 26.4 beta apparently broke the App Store. Can’t download or update apps. Stunning incompetence.

Well, my Now Page was overdue for an update. Blew the dust off and freshened it up a bit.

Taking some training at my new job that is very similar to courses I used to teach at my old job. Gotta pay attention, though, because the nuances between how the companies do the work will trip me up if I’m not careful.

2026 Reads: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers 📚

I unabashedly love Becky Chambers’ stuff. This one is no exception. Can’t believe I let it sit unread on the shelf for so long.