It was Octavia’s first birthday. Where has the time gone! I’m tired and ready for bed, but all I can say is that it was a magical day. More tomorrow!

This afternoon, the family went down to the local hot springs for a little dip. I am not the first person to say “let’s go to the Hot Springs!”, but every time I come back, I feel relaxed and rejuvenated, albeit a little dehydrated. Little swock enjoyed it as well, although we couldn’t put her…

It’s Occi’s birthday weekend, and we have decided to go to a super cute mountain town called Steamboat Springs. It is gorgeous. The three of us have had the best time, and it has absolutely been worth the 4 hour drive and the inevitable turbo turd on the highway.

We have a big client on the books, and it’s a little make or break for us to do a good job for them. With such a tight deadline, my colleague and I worked all of today, Saturday. What I thought we could knock off in a few hours took us about 9 hours, but…

I asked my boss today if it was ok if I could renew my visa, thus adding two more years to the clock. He said yes. Feels good.

The past two days have been “Prime Day” aka Amazon’s biggest sale of the year. 24.1 billion (with a b) dollars were spent in the past 48 hours as people rushed to get their hands on whatever. I was temped to look, but not enough to pull the trigger. After No Spend Septemb, I don’t…