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Every year I make some resolutions, and sometimes they stick and sometimes they don’t. (2014: 20% success rate, 2015: 0% success rate. 2016: at best, 33%, 2017: 50% 2018: 37.5%) In line with what I[…]
It was La Serpiente’s sixth birthday, so this morning we unwrapped presents before I went to work. I had a reasonably productive day, where people listened to my advice, and then at 1 my family[…]
For some ineffable reason I woke up today at 5, misread my watch and thought it was 6, and by the time I realised my mistake I was awake, so I played a game of[…]
This morning we had to go look at garden sheds, and also the girls demanded to go climbing. I figured we could fulfil both of these needs by going to the Home Depot south of[…]
We took the kids to REI this morning to buy La Serpiente trousers for her birthday, and the girls played and played in the tree house there until we dragged them out. When we got[…]
For a few weeks I’ve been keen on playing Gaslands, a game of post-apocalyptic vehicular combat. But played with toy cars (much like Games Workshop’s Dark Future, another beloved game from the end of the[…]
As part of a team building exercise, we hiked up Poo Poo Point today, a 500m vertical ascent up the side of a mountain. As I’ve had hardly any exercise since I got to Seattle,[…]
My wife took the girls to the doctor today – Destroyer was running a fever again – and got her diagnosed with strep. At least that means she has antibiotics now, so hopefully she’ll be[…]
My wife’s fever has abated but she’s got a sore elbow and an sore back, so being a gentleman I fled to the office this morning. Well, I had to sort out the rest of[…]
The kids were sick last night and spent most of it coughing. I had to cuddle La Serpiente to get her to sleep and I didn’t get to rest myself until 1 am. La Serpiente[…]
Another sunny day today, and La Serpiente woke up at five am. I played Hamster Clan with her and then fell asleep in Destroyer’s bed, waking up at nine to be presented with coffee. As[…]