Headed into a busy weekend… high school tennis tonight for K15, prom tomorrow night for A18. I volunteered to be a post-prom party door monitor from 11:15pm to 2:00am… I suspect I will not be making it to church on Sunday.

May your garden always thrive: A beautiful little essay from Wil Wheaton.

After a tense last 19 minutes:

Way to go Dallas!

#DallasStars #NHL #StanleyCup

2024 Reads: The Light Within Darkness by David Jeffrey 📚

Blew through this one in a day to finish up the trilogy. Really enjoyed this one.

2024 Reads: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar 📚

A stunning little novella. Spare, keen, and gripping.

This Cubs/Brewers game this afternoon has all the hallmarks of a postseason clash. Two terrific starting pitching performances, good defense, aggressive baserunning. Both teams have had scoring chances but neither have cashed in with a clutch hit. Still 0-0 in the 6th!

#MLB #Cubs #Brewers #baseball

Just took a close look at my calendar and realized that between work travel, personal travel, and holidays, I will only be in the office for 25 of the next 40 weekdays… only two weeks in May/June that I’ll be in the office all week. Yikes.

Got travel booked last night for a family trip in June… National History Day nationals for K15 in DC, followed by a weekend in NYC. First real family vacation in probably 5 years!

With all the crap going on in the world it seems trivial to still be cheered by sports, but dang it, the Cubs won 1-0 last night, and the Stars have come back from a 0-2 deficit to Vegas to win 3 in a row. That cheers me up this morning, at least for a bit.

#MLB #NHL #Cubs #Stars

A better late than never update: Katie took 2nd place in her division at National History Day state competition, which qualifies her to go to the national competition in June! Super proud of her.