It is the perfect Iowa spring day: 70F, light breeze, sunshine. Started this morning with a 10k+ run, then came home and mowed two large lawns. It is now time for the patio, a book, and some sports on TV.

It was way too late for this old guy to stay up for, but the highlights from the Cubs-Dodgers game last night are pretty amazing. Sparkling defense from the Cubs and then some big hits to seal their 10th win in a row!

Well, the Cubs made it harder than they needed to, but showed good resilience. Walked it off in the 10th on a Dansby Swanson single. That takes the win streak to 9 and gives the Cubs a share of the NL Central lead!

Stoked to wake up and see that the Dallas Stars took game three in 2OT, in a game that didn’t end until almost 1 AM local time. Not starting the game until almost 9PM local on a weeknight is brutal for fans who would like to watch.

2026 Reads: Breakneck by Dan Wang 📚

Years of church music ministry come in handy: got to the high school for NHS induction ceremony and jumped in to diagnose why the sound system wasn’t working. Success!

Today in health insurance fun: the insurance company’s website has a 10x price difference for one of my kid’s prescriptions depending on whether you type in the drug name in ALL CAPS or all lowercase. Let’s hope the pharmacy can straighten it out.

After hearing enough chatter about the band Goose, I turned one of their albums on today, and I think… I could become a jam band guy?

Though the cataloging and analysis guy in me is anxiously sitting here thinking “but that means I may only listen to a handful of tracks per day…”

The weather is just too nice… went out for my run over the lunch hour today. Ran my second mile in 7:43, which I’m pretty sure is my PR for a single mile. Fun to see my speed and stamina improving!

My MIL is coming from NC to visit us here in Iowa for a month or so. I’ll be out of town for work at least half the visit. (It’s not on purpose!) My wife knew her arrival timetable was a bit fluid but was surprised to find out she might be here by dinnertime tonight. Commence frantic activity.