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🗓️ // May 31, 2026 - Jun 6, 2026 I'm trying to think of any particularly noteworthy events in my week right now and mostly coming up empty. It was overall pretty boring personally I would say. ⚽️ The three younger girls finished their spring soccer seasons last weekend and we're already trying to sort out which teams they'll be playing on next year. L's team is set and already moving to a higher…
🗓️ // May 24, 2026 - May 30, 2026 We got our first real thunderstorm of the summer this week and the day before temperatures around 90° F for the first time this year. Doesn't help that air conditioning is still being worked on at work, although our basement location is generally cooler. Fortunately in Operations, where my cubicle is located, we have the option of opening up the data center and…
🗓️ // May 17, 2026 - May 23, 2026 Relatively uneventful week personally, but a very bad week soccer-wise. ⚽️ Just days after winning their final game of the season 4-1 over Brooklyn FC and missing out on the USL Super League playoff by 1 measly point, USL Spokane announced that they were folding the Spokane Zephyr women's team after two seasons. I'm particularly bummed out in that I know I'm part…
🗓 // May 10, 2026 - May 16, 2026 First week of summer mode on campus and I enjoyed the general emptiness and abundant parking. Not that it mattered, I always get to campus early enough to get free street parking. Summer projects are ramping up of course, but so far things are generally pretty chill for me. ⚽️ Spurs 1-1 Leeds - Couldn't watch this one live unfortunately because Xfinity on Campus…
🗓️ // May 3, 2026 - May 9, 2026 Pretty slow week at work personally as students went through Finals, most of the faculty started working from home and campus started its transition to summer. Of course we'll be ramping up almost immediately with all the major IT projects that are too disruptive to embark on during the regular school year. Bike to work week is next week and I'm tempted to get one…
🗓 // Apr 26, 2026 - Mary 2, 2026 Fairly uneventful week, but last weekend was the 25th anniversary of my dad's passing so he was on my mind on Sunday. That started me down the rabbit hole of doing some online newspaper archive research on my dad's early coaching career. Claude was really helpful in directing me towards some resources, and also gathering up my recollections about his coaching…
🗓️ // Apr 19, 2026 - Apr 25, 2026 This ended up being a quick week for me. I ended up taking Friday off for a doctor appointment and then to haul my daughter's dresser out to her apartment. I spent the afternoon fiddling around with Hermes-Agent. 🎌 Mt. Spokane High School Winter Guard had their end of season Showcase/Awards Night on Tuesday and it was a really fun event. Both the A and B teams…
🗓️ // Apr 12, 2026 - Apr 18, 2026 Finished up taxes just in time this week. We were kind of shocked by how much smaller our return was compared to past years once I plugged Mary's income in; we're still figuring out how to set up Mary's W4's now that she's got a couple of part time hourly roles. The other issue is that she has a couple of gigs that fall under 1099 income as well with no…
🗓️ // Apr 5, 2026 - Apr 11, 2026 Big week for space travel as NASA successfully sent the crew of Artemis II around the moon and returned them to Earth safely yesterday. The descent through the atmosphere was quite smooth and they landed perfectly on target out in the Pacific Ocean somewhere in the general vicinity of San Diego. It was actually kind of funny how much longer it took 40 sailors to…
🗓️ // Mar 29, 2026 - Apr 4, 2026 Busy Holy Week in the run-up to Easter. Mary has a decade and a half long tradition of doing a couple of different themed meals on Palm Sunday, Holy (Maundy) Thursday, and Good Friday. My mom and Mary's parents made it out for Sunday's meal, and then yesterday we had them out as well as our niece and her boyfriend. So a lot of good family meal time this week, and…