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Had a fantastic day snowboarding at Copper and even took a new Facebook profile photo!
Had a delightful catchup call with David and then a good, low-key day of getting work done.
Had a really nice date night with Chase at 2 Dads Eatery and Taproom.
Brit and I signed our egg donor agreement!
Had a good chat with my matching coordinator at Circle Surrogacy about next steps!
Had a great day snowboarding at Copper!
Had a nice time at 3FROG with Chase and got to have some fun debates about determinism and volition.
In what was a very busy, jam-packed day of appointments and commitments, I managed to get things done without feeling too frantic or rushed.
Had a good catchup call with Brit and we got some important work done!
Chase and I had a fine drive back home from Austin and didn't get back too late.
Even though the total solar eclipse was lackluster on account of cloud cover, we had a nice BBQ with Andrew, Sheila, Aleksey, Jacob, Michelle, and Adam.
Had a nice day with Andrew and Sheila, and then we went to Stephanie's and David's Airbnb for David's 37th birthday party, which was really nice because I got to see a bunch of folks I hadn't seen in a long while.
Had a good drive with Chase down to Austin and settled in with Andrew and Sheila!
Had a nice family dinner with the Cades, and we sorted out some finances.
Started my new mesocycle.
Had another productive day at home, and while I skipped snowboarding, I felt almost 100% after COVID, and I even nipped out to Home Depot.
Had a relatively productive day at home, finally feeling better from COVID, and then joined 1FROG via Zoom.
Had a good annual review with Daniel.
Despite still feeling quite suck from COVID, I felt very energized by work and was very productive.
Finished up around 90% of a PRD that I'd been struggling to find the time to work on for many months.
Had a great time snowboarding at Winter Park with LGBT and Friends Ski group.
Got to meet Ann for lunch and then have a lovely steak dinner with Chase and Scott.
Chase found Hale Anela on VRBO for my 40th birthday Po'ipu, Kaua'i, Hawai'i trip!
Had a really nice time with Chase at Ginger Rogers Beach (Will Rogers State Beach), then drove by Pali and had lunch at Chipotle in Pacific Palisades.
Took a nice walk around Lake Balboa with Chase.
Chase and I had a lovely picnic with Lena, Karthik, and Lev, as well as Sara and Charlotte, at William R Mason Regional Park in Orange County, then we went to Century Day & Night Spa, and then an amazing family dinner involving a huge steak!
Had brunch with Akash, got to do alumni rowing, and went to the UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet with Chase (and saw Beeckler and Kanya)!
Elizabeth got matched with USC's orthopedic surgery residency program, and we had a nice celebration that evening!
Straightened out a bunch of Google Workspace stuff, had dinner and went on a walk with Jeff Britting, then had In-n-Out with Rachael and Brett Rosenthal while they were passing through town!
Managed to escape Denver before the snowstorm hit and arrived in Los Angeles.
Had a wonderful catchup call with Brit.
Had a good family meeting with the Cades.
Had a great time snowboarding the mogul run under Resolution Chair (Double Zero) for 5 hours at Copper and then Kelsey's and Kyle's house party!
Had a wonderful time helping Sarah with Asher in the morning and early afternoon.
Had a fun time playing Settler of Catan with Andrew, Alex, Volpe, and Easterday.
Even though I missed snowboarding on account of how I was feeling and also anticipating bad weather and road conditions, I had a pretty productive day.
Had a nice time at Sophie's 11th birthday party after a relatively productive morning.
Vacuum-sealed 25 bags of chicken that I had bought at Costco for later sous viding, which took longer than I had anticipated, but I was pretty happy about having done!
Had a nice chat with Nick about corporate tech life.
Ended my minicut with a 6000-calorie day that included a delicious steak dinner with Chase at the table (instead of the TV), then finished watching "Who Watches the Watchers" with him (my favorite TNG episode)!
Got an official offer from RP!
Moved Chase's furniture to the Wolfden from his (soon to be former) place in Golden; had a nice lunch with the Cades, Vekslers, and Chase's dad, and we had a relatively relaxing rest of our Sunday.
Even though it was a difficult day in terms of energy and motivation, my skill and performance was surprisingly good at Keystone, and then I had a fun evening at 1FROG with Chase.
Had a fun chat with Nick about RP stuff, as well as my current minicut.
Had the most fantastic time snowboarding at Keystone, flying down moguls with more confidence and skill than I ever have before by a substantial margin. I even had to post on Facebook{:target="_blank"} about it!
Had a wonderful time seeing Elizabeth and Dan for breakfast with me and Chase (at Conifer Cafe) and then going to the dog park with Max, Stella, and Tuborg!
Good progress/results from my periodontal maintenance.
Had a great time snowboarding at Breckenridge!
Got my 2023 taxes done!
Got to work from Chase's office!
Got a haircut!
Finally put up Chase's plice!
Had a great time snowboarding at Vail!
Managed to get my change of payment method sorted out with Apple, after quite a bit of consternation and logistics.
Had a great time snowboarding at Keystone!
Had a good first therapy appointment with Dana Torres and then opened up a bank account for Zey Enterprises (and got to take advantage of a few awesome deals/incentives)!
Had a great time snowboarding at Breck (first snowboarding this season)!
Had a nice time at Lake Steam Baths with Chase and Blake, then a fun 3FROG.
Had a nice steak dinner with Chase over an episode of TNG.
Brit and I had our first fertility clinic appointments at San Diego Fertility Center!
Had a great time at Disneyland with Brit and Honor!
Had an absolutely delightful dinner with Brit and Honor at my parents'!
Had a nice breakfast/brunch with Elizabeth, Jacqueline, and Daniel before we headed over to visit with дедушка.
Had a wonderful time with Lena, Karthik, Lev, and Johannes over for breakfast with the family.
Had a good time catching up with Ryan Dosa at LA Fitness in Tarzana.
Had a nice family dinner in LA.
Reunited with Chase after his climbing trip in Montana, and we had a nice steak dinner.
Managed to get my eye exam in under the wire in 2023.
Drove home from Casper with Cassidy, sorted out all my errands, and got settled back in at home.
Had a nice Christmas brunch with the Popps.
Had a lovely day with the Popps.
Had a fun time at Lifetime Fitness with the Popps, learned to play pickleball, had a nice pre-Christmas dinner, and did our Secret Santa gift exchange.
Had a nice dinner at Racca's Pizza with Chase, his parents, his brother Max, and his brother's fiancée, Monse.
Had a delightful catchup call with Brit.
Chase, James, and I had a great time at 1FROG at Anders's and Maria's.
Chase, James, and I went over to the Cades' for a steak dinner that I prepared for Martin's birthday.
Went on a fun hike at Elk Meadow with Chase and James, where we had another fun conversation about epistemology, but this time about statements like "Cardio makes you fat.", and then later that evening, Chase and I went to his company holiday party.
Had a nice time at the Denver Ookla holiday party with Chase and James.
Went on a fun hike at Staunton with Max, Chase, and James, and we had a fun conversation about epistemology, specifically about concept formation, generalizations, and proof.
James Ellias came to stay with me for a week, and we had a really nice dinner.
Started watching Ted Lasso, which I found really enjoyable.
Had a nice time at Martin's and Robert's birthday dinner.
Had a good time at 3FROG with Chase.
Had a fun time at the shooting range.
Had a delicious lamb dinner with Dad, Masha, and Chase.
Had a nice catchup call with Chuck, then picked up Dad and Masha and had a fun afternoon of errands/shopping before coming home and having a delicious steak dinner with Chase.
Chase brought me flowers because I'd been so stressed out recently.
Had a really nice time hosting Adam Harvey for dinner and catching up with him.
Had a nice catchup coffee with Jay.
Went with Chase to Planet Honda to buy and pick up his new CR-V!
Had a lovely video catchup call with Brit.
Had a pleasant breakfast with Jacqueline, which I take as a good sign on the road to healing our relationship.
Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family in LA.
Had a great time seeing family in LA with Chase.
Had a great time playing Pandemic with Richard and Robert.
Had a nice time at Melissa's birthday lunch, followed by 1FROG at Doug's and Hannah's.
Had a good catchup call with Lena and got to meet Karthik.
Started Chase on Star Trek: The Next Generation!
Finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with Chase!
Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase.
Had a fun movie night with Chase and the Cades, where we finally watched Thor: Love and Thunder.
Had a nice family dinner with Chase and the Cades.
Officially finished my 12-week cut in the RP Diet app with 100%, exceeding the projected fat-loss rate.
Had a great time climbing The Pooka at Staunton State Park with Chase, Richard, and Robert.
Had a fun time with Chase at 3FROG and then going to Scheels for the first time.
Had a nice call with Jessica Bartlett and then later a nice call with Linda from PLN.
Had a fairly relaxing day with Chase at home.
Got to join Chase at Bergen Valley Elementary School for their Field Day and had a really great time helping out and being around hordes of kids.
Got my labwork results back, and everything looked basically normal, particularly the high testosterone levels and normal thyroid and iron/ferritin levels.
The Cades and I hosted 1FROG, and it was really nice to have everybody there.
Had an enjoyable day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for homeschooling day with the Cades.
Had an enjoyable hike up to Chasm Lake with Chase and then got to see a bunch of FRO people at Vicki's going-away dinner.
Had a nice time catching up with Alden over breakfast while he was in town, then had a relaxing evening camping with Chase at Goblins Forest in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Had a nice catch-up call with Ann.
Had a nice time with Chase and his parents at the park, and then Chase and I ran a bunch of errands.
Had a nice time seeing Chase's parents (including meeting his mom for the first time) for a walk, then dinner, then the Carbonaro: Lies on Stage magic show.
Continued to have a great morning with Travis, including breakfast and a walk around the neighborhood.
Had a really fantastic time with Travis on his visit, where we talked for something like 10 hours nonstop.
Installed the backyard ramp gate!
Finished the last accumulation week of my cut mesocycle.
Had a nice day with Cassidy's visit; she and Max got along really well. Martin supervised my installing a post for the backyard ramp gate.
Started my waking-up-at-04:00-to-get-shit-done experiment, which felt pretty good over the course of the day, despite slightly insufficient sleep.
Had a nice time with Chase at 1FROG at Howard's and Susan's.
Seeing Mom's branch of the family tree for Grandma Lilia's funeral was relatively low-drama.
Enjoyed seeing Dad, Masha, Andrew, and Elizabeth in LA.
I enjoyed nerding out with Google Sheets for tracking Daric projects.
Chase and I had a really nice lunch with Rachael and Eric Daniels.
Got a haircut, took a walk with Hadley and Max around the park, and got to meet baby Asher for the first time!
Seems like we "finally" got our RO water treatment system issues sorted out.
Got to provide feedback about Fi collar to their product managers in a Zoom interview.
Had a really nice time leisurely walking through Home Depot, and the lady at the window desk even ordered me two complimentary replacement window cranks and arms for my windows!
Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase at the Miners', especially because of their dogs!
Finished my maintenance mesocycle!
Had a nice dinner with Ann at The Ethiopian Restaurant in Denver.
Replaced broken deck screen doors with Ann.
Picked up Ann from the airport for her visit with me!
Had a really nice dinner with Jared and Lorraine (and doggos Bismarck, Bear, and Nala), and of course Chase and Max.
Moved Chase out of his apartment in Colorado Springs.
Had a fun time axe throwing for my birthday with Chase, Vicki, Nikki, Melissa, Martin, Richard, and Robert.
Had a good catchup call with Andrew.
Had a fine 39th birthday, and the steak dinner with the Cades and Chase was delicious.
Had a nice time at Quin's birthday party.
Climbed Mt Yale (14,200 feet) with Chase and Max!
Helped Martin finish building the greenhouse!
Had an amazing time at Fan Expo with Chase (as my early birthday present), where I got to meet and get photographs with and autographs from Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, and Christopher Lloyd.
Had a nice time with Chase at 1FROG.
Got to sit with Craig, Sarah, Jen, and Guy at the LevelUp closing banquet, and we had great conversation!
Got to have dinner with Laura (and Chad, Christopher, Joe, Kayla, and, of course, Chase)!
Had a great first day of LevelUp (TOS-Con) 2023 with Chase!
Got to go the pool with Honor!
Got to meet Joshua for the first time in person down in Tucson!
Got to meet Brit in person for the first time!
Installed entryway hooks (for Max's leashes etc) and wall-mounted shoe rack.
Chase and I had a nice lunch with Ben and Indi, followed by 3FROG.
Had a great day with Richard, digging a ditch to address rainwater runoff, collecting trash that Mountain View Waste distributed across the property, and planting some herbs and vegetables!
Got Murrby chipped, symbolizing that he's officially "my" cat.
Had a fun chat with Andrew and Volpe about some UI design for the RP Hypertrophy app.
Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase.
Max and Murrby had their first day of being off-leash together, and they did great!
Had a great day of shirtless snowboarding at A-Basin.
Went on a really nice hike with Chase, his dad (Scott), and Max at Maxwell Falls.
Had a nice time at Asher Veksler's baby shower
Got to meet Chase's dad at dinner at Fogo de Chão.
Had a great time seeing Ann again after several years!
The PLN Open Meeting about forgiveness was very interesting and engaging.
Made great progress on riding switch at A-Basin on a beautiful, sunny, warm day with great snow.
Max and Faux Murray booped noses without any drama, and there was really great progress on Max's part in terms of getting used to Faux Murray and being calm around him.
Attended a virtual PLN retreat reunion, and it was nice to see everybody.
Max had a really great puppy playdate with Ellie, neighbor Heidie's doggo.
Had a great, full day of snowboarding at A-Basin and getting pretty good at riding switch, including some good progress on moguls. It was also a lovely sunny day, despite rain and snow in the forecast.
Officially decided to move forward with creating embryos with Brit! Later, had a nice time at the FROLIC dinner seeing Kirk for the first time in a while.
Enjoyed playing around with D2 to create a diagram that tries to be a taxonomy of feelings and thought language and how they're causally related.
Sent out my first customer-facing email at Ookla, got my local developer environment set up, and got added to Ookla's developer team in GitHub.
Had a really pleasant chat with Brit and scheduled a time to have a video chat.
Had a really great time rock climbing outdoors for the first time in my life, with Chase, Richard, Robert, David, and Sophie.
Had a good day snowboarding at Copper, where I significant improved riding switch.
Got to meet my neighbor Heidie and her doggo Ellie, who had a playdate with Max, and they got along really well.
It was a busy, but really productive work day, which felt really good.
Finally finished some hateful busy work of converting issues in a spreadsheet to JIRA issues.
Got to meet Susan Campbell on one of her group coaching sessions.
Had a good time taking Max to the dog park with Chase.
Made really good progress getting better at riding switch at Copper.
Had a really wonderful call catching up with Tori for the first time after several years.
Had a nice chat with Chuck on the phone.
Woke up feeling like I finally had higher-quality sleep than I'd had in a really long time.
Had a fairly relaxing, lazy morning in bed with Chase.
Had a great time snowboarding Breckenridge: conditions were great with lots of powder, I got a lot better at riding switch (including unstrapping goofy and even doing some soft, shallow moguls), I got to see Nikki for her birthday, and I had a lovely chat with the shuttle driver on the way back to the lot where I parked.
Got to bed much earlier than I had been able to in quite a few weeks.
Watched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which was delightfully nostalgic (and corny)!
Had a really congenial conversation with Lundy about Ayn Rand and capitalism, without going too deep into politics and instead finding a lot of common ground in ethics.
Had a really good full-day of PLN retreat activities, including a nice hike along waterfalls and the local watershed.
Got to meet Leah, Betsy, Sherri, and Patty in person for the first time!
Really good annual review at work.
Got a haircut.
Max behaved really well around deer on our walk.
Had a good R&A Yoga class with Chase.
Had a really lovely video chat with Brit.
Finished my first RP Diet app muscle-gain phase with 100% adherence!
Even though my snowboard got even more broken over the course of the day, I had a pretty good time at Copper and improved my ability to ride switch.
Installed the Toto C5 bidet that I finally got around to ordering!
The Circle Surrogacy Single IP Parents Support Group was really enjoyable.
Got to bed at a decent hour, after many days of bad sleep habits.
Took a nice long walk with Sarah Veksler and Max.
Enjoyed going to the Hatch Surrogacy presentation in Denver with Chase, then Howard's 75th birthday, followed by 1FROG and Stacy's house-cooling party.
Finally got to bed at a reasonable hour after a long time of bad bedtime habits.
First nutrition/diet coaching session with Helen.
Made my first payment to Circle Surrogacy!
Successfully completed the RP Certified Nutrition Coach, Level 1 exam!
Had a nice dinner with Chase, the Cades, and their new friends, Josh and Shannon.
Had a really interesting chat with Andrew about ChatGPT and the future of AI.
Enjoyed seeing Travis, Jessica, Emmi, Alekhya, Shivani, Doug, Kathy, and Dave at the Denver Ookla office and then for dinner afterward.
Had a fun time with Chase at an R&A event.
Had a great time with Elizabeth taking Max to Beaver Ranch Bark Park and then lots of interesting conversations late into the night.
Had a really fun day snowboarding with Elizabeth at Keystone.
Elizabeth, Chase, and I got to see Stacy, Daniel, and Lane for a walk around Sloans Lake.
Had a nice evening with Chase, and then we picked up Elizabeth from the airport.
Had a nice family dinner with the Cades.
Did a good job finishing up the food I bought in LA and was timely about car rental return and catching my flight, including getting to the gym in the morning.
Got to row in a boat at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, and then I got to meet Lev and Helen and visit with Sara, Jeremy, and Charlotte!
Had a great time at the annual UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet with Christopher and Jackie.
Had a really nice time getting tea with Kim and catching up.
Met Ryan Dosa from Team Full ROM at the LA Fitness in Tarzana totally by accident, and then had a really nice dinner with Dad, Masha, Elizabeth, and Grandma Bella.
Arrived at parents' house and had a good chat with Dad about stress and anxiety.
Had an enjoyable call with Jared Volpe and Andrew about some of the UX in the Lose It! app.
Had a nice time at Indian Hot Springs with Blake.
Despite feeling completely tired and exhausted, I ended up having a decent day snowboarding, with decent performance, not too cold, and without aggravating any of my injuries/sensitivities.
Had a productive day, not feeling very stressed out, which finished with Chase joining me for an enjoyable 1FROG.
Got to know my long-time mere acquaintance Brit a lot better, much to my extreme delight.
Got to start alpha testing the RP Training app on my new muscle-gain mesocycle.
Managed to get a few items replaced from the storage unit burglary.
Despite what seemed like systemic inflammation and some tooth/gum sensitivity in recent weeks, I had a good report of my periodontal health at my dental appointment.
Got to shovel lots of snow for a good long while.
Had a good meeting with Jen from Circle Surrogacy and Melissa.
Had breakfast with Andrew, Sheila, Stacy, and Vicki at Sassafras.
Went on a hike at Staunton State Park with Andrew, Sheila, Chase, and Max.
Had a really fun call with Andrew about RP training app.
Andrew and Sheila arrived for their weekend visit!
Went snowboarding at Keystone with Chase.
Got to help Vicki move house.
Got to sleep in and had a relatively relaxed, but still productive, day.
Had a nice time with 1FROG folks at our annual holiday potluck and meeting.
Got my car serviced.
Got to catch up with Mařenka on the phone.
Registered Zey Enterprises, LLC!
Got a haircut and got to spend some time with Nikki.
Had a fun time snowboarding Winter Park.
Had a good call with Greg about Daric.
Enjoyed the PLN Advanced Cocounseling Dropin class.
Watched Matilda: The Musical with Melissa for a movie night, just the two of us.
Had the first PLN Level 2 Cocounseling class.
Went on a hike to Staunton State Park with Chase and Max.
Cleaned up the garbage in the neighborhood that the garbage "collector" people carelessly distributed. Discovered that Murray is alive, after all.
Had a really great chat with Andrew and Jared Volpe about RP.
Got to see some Ookla coworkers at the Denver office holiday party after spending some time with Nikki.
Successful start of a new mesocycle within Bulk 10, this time using the RP Diet app!
Had a really great chat with Andrew about how I can get involved with RP.
Had a great time at Breckenridge, my first day snowboarding this season!
Got Max caught up on his shots, finished another module of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course, made visitation plans with Andrew, and had cocounseling and established the accountabilibuddy routine with Ann!
Had another relaxing day, during which I finished another two modules of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.
Finished two modules of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.
Got to see Nikki and then go to Stacy's holiday party.
Got to shovel snow for 2.5 hours with Chase!
Took Max to the dog park.
Tested negative for COVID-19, after a week of being sick.
Found out that I actually have three years (not two years) to submit my burglary claim to State Farm, along with receipts for replacement purchases, in order to get full replacement value reimbursement.
Got to bed early.
Really enjoyed hanging out with Andrew and Jacob in the American Express Centurion Lounge before our flights back to our respective homes.
Had a nice time with some RP folks driving around Red Rocks and then at Olympia 2022.
Had a fantastic time at RP Summit!
H ad a terrific time at the RP VIP dinner with Andrew, Mike, and others!
Got to see Andrew and hang out with the RP crew, including machine gun shooting, dinner, and playing Secret Hitler.
Had my first official consultation with Circle Surrogacy!
Went on a hike with Chase for Max's birthday and got to bed early.
Had a nice time at Sandy's Christmas dinner with Chase.
Got a preliminary approval and estimate on my burglary claim with State Farm, which was pretty satisfactory.
Finally submitted my burglary inventory to State Farm.
Finally got around to finishing at least the first pass of the burglary inventory for the insurance claim.
Managed to catch up with a bunch of messages I'd been procrastinating on.
Finally started the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.
Decent DEXA scan results, lunch with Anton and Eden, everything was on time with my flight, finally got home.
Had a really nice dinner with Emily and Austin.
Got to play with Sasha's wolfdogs, got my eyebrows did, and had a lovely dinner with Christopher and Morten at their "new" place in Richmond Point.
Relaxing day with family at Kira's and Alexei's.
Thanksgiving dinner at Kira's and Alexei's with family!
Thanksgiving dinner with Sasha and family!
Factory reset the Synology, got some basic things set up, and started copying files back to it.
Disenchanted movie night with Melissa, Richard, and Chase.
Got my tea box that's engraved with my crest!
Had a good Advanced Cocounseling Class, where I participated in the demonstration.
Got to go into the Denver Ookla office!
Finished migrating Plex to the Intel NUC (core47pi)!
Had a great time at R&A yoga.
Optometrist (Dr Terence Trinka) told me that my eyes are very healthy and that my prescription has changed only marginally (and my range of vision is quite excellent), so I don't even need to get new glasses.
Finished backing up TV shows to external drive.
Made chicken wings (drumsticks) for the first time!
Had a nice time with Chase Popp, including going to Stacy's birthday party in the evening.
Kevin Nuckolls gave me an awesome Docker overview/tutorial.
Had a really nice chat with Chuck Lasher, connecting over migrating my Plex server to an Intel NUC.
Started Bulk 10.
Had a nice time hanging out with Chase all day.
Had a really nice time hosting 1FROG.
Had a really nice day shopping and running errands with Melissa, Richard, and Robert.
Finished setting up my new IKEA bookshelves.
Max made really good progress on his reactivity with Murray: only one "outburst", which didn't even frighten Murray out of my arms (and we were right next to Max's crate), and Murray even reached out with his paw through the crate to let Max sniff him.
Had a nice time with the Cades and Vekslers at Sarah's birthday dinner at Benihana.
Mostly finished setting up my new Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch.
Had a relatively relaxing day to decompress after what felt like a dreadfully long week.
Enjoyed reconnecting with folks at the first PLN Advanced Cocounseling Dropin class in a while.
Found out from the dentist that my periodontal health is significantly improving, and we're reducing appointment frequency to once every four months from once every three months.
Climbed my first 14er (Mt Huron) with Chase Popp and had a great time!
Chase Popp came over, and we had a nice evening before our hiking adventure the next day.
Had a relaxing morning at the cabin with Jonathan and Tyler, saw some amazing views on the way to Pagosa Springs, then got to meet Dee, and we went back to cabin and had a delicious dinner over Hocus Pocus 2.
Had a really nice time with Jonathan and Tyler, driving around the broader South Fork area and seeing the changing colors and amazing views.
Drove to and arrived at Jonathan Wands's family cabin in South Fork with Jonathan and Tyler and got settled in.
Met with Levi and made some plans for home improvements.
Launched Phase 0 of the new Speedtest Custom pricing model.
Went to IKEA with Melissa and bought some new Billy shelves for my apartment.
Enjoyed the drive back home with Matt from Steamboat Springs.
Went on a really nice hike at Mad Creek with the Steamboat Springs gang.
Had a really nice, relaxing time with Matt at Strawberry Hot Springs.
Had a wonderful time at dinner with Ookla coworkers and then axe throwing.
My STC pricing update presentation at Sales Summit went really well.
Had a nice time at Smith Tower for happy hour with Ookla coworkers, and I got to know Rachael and Kenzie better.
Just an amazing day connecting with Ookla coworkers.
Had a nice time seeing Olivia perform at CroatiaFest and then dinner with her afterward.
Got a haircut!
Had a really nice video chat with Dad and Masha about Phase 2, having a kid, and life.
My new washing machine was delivered!
While a lot about it was emotionally difficult, going with Andrew Goldberg down to Huerfano County to look at 80 acres for Phase 2 and talking to him for 8ish hours led to a lot of good, serious reflection on future plans.
Went on a nice walk with Chase at the Red Rocks Open Space, followed by a fun 1FROG meeting where we discussed the TOS-Con talks.
Had a surprisingly good call with a representative from Nationwide Pet Insurance about the claim for Toothless's disappearance/death.
Really nice dinner with Dave, where we had a chance to talk and get on the same page about some stuff.
Nice, relaxed last day of parents' visit, and I managed to get some work done after dropping them off at the airport.
Had a nice day with dad and Masha, going to the dog park, making lamb, and watching BSG.
After somewhat difficult and tense dinner conversation between dad and Cades/Vekslers, I was glad that things sort of calmed down, and we got back to normal, and then dad, Masha, and I watched the first episode of the BSG miniseries together.
Had dinner with Dad, Masha, and Stacy at Fogo de Chão and stuffed myself silly.
Picked up parents from their conference center in Denver, went to a dog park, had dinner with the Cades; just a really nice day overall.
Finally got exterior-to-interior cabling sorted and wifi access point set up in main house living room!
Had a really nice time with just Melissa on our afternoon shopping/errand trip into Denver.
Had a nice relaxing day to myself and got a few things tidied up an organized.
Jay and Kevin came over for brunch, and we had a good time.
Had a nice time hanging out with neighbor Jay and his friend Kevin at Aspen Peak Cellars.
Went on a great hike in the Mt Evans Wilderness with Max and Jason.
Concluded a fairly relaxing weekend of tidying up and organizing.
Finally got T-Mobile static IPv4 address configured correctly.
Had a good introductory office visit with Dr Diana Milling.
Had a nice catchup call with Helen.
Had a really nice time at the 1FROG BBQ.
Reorganized and cleaned out the garage.
Moved most of the bins from the garage to the storage space.
Cleaned out the under-garage-deck storage space and set up shelving.
Abandoned the Cut 9 mesocycle where I had chosen too aggressively high weights, and started over with more appropriate 10 RM estimates.
Got a bunch of stuff at home cleaned up and got ready for the week, which felt very good.
Had a fun time hanging out with Matt, then 1FROG at Anders's and Maria's.
Family dinner with the Cades, Leesie, and Rosie.
Took Robert to the Renaissance Festival!
Started cut 9!
Picked up my T-Mobile 5G Home Internet kit!
Finally finished season 2 of The Witcher with Melissa!
Catchup call with Kathleen!
Friendsnight dinner with the Cades, Vekslers, Jess, Maddy, Jenn, Maddy, and Rafi!
First negative COVID test result after being sick.
Met and had a nice long chat with neighbor Carole and her dog Sweet Pea.
My COVID rapid antigen test read nearly negative, and my energy levels felt noticeably better.
Most of the acute COVID symptoms have passed.
Attended Helen's baby shower.
Aside from the horrific headache, all my COVID symptoms were relatively mild.
Finally made it back home at the end of my month-and-a-half-long travels.
Went on a fun hike with a ton of other TOS-Con folks (including Craig), completing the Ouray Perimeter Trail, and having a really good chat about the connection between volition, ethics, and determinism with Jon and Angel.
Went on a very enjoyable hike of half the Ouray Perimeter Trail with a few TOS-Con folks, including Chris, Lizzy, Seamus, and Cynthia.
Really enjoyed Amala Ekpunobi's talk at TOS-Con.
Had a really nice time at the TOS-Con opening banquet and getting to see a bunch of folks I hadn't seen for a while, especially Eric and Sean.
Got to see Robby Nadler for lunch and a walk.
Made it back home with Max, after being gone for a month!
Max and I start on our roadtrip to go home to Colorado!
Got to see Zahra for lunch after about half a decade!
Enjoyed the Palm Springs heat in the pool.
First day of vacation in Palm Springs with Chris, Morten, and Donny.
Got to have dinner and drinks with Alisa, Stan, and Lola, which was absolutely lovely.
Got to see Sara, Charlotte, Kim, Matt Knebl, and Helen, all in one day!
Randomly got to see Indi in Culver City when she was there for work, and we had dinner.
Emily and Austin got married, and it was a wonderful ceremony and reception!
Emily's and Austin's Welcome Reception for their wedding was really nice, and Andrew, Elizabeth, and I had really great conversation.
Got to see Andrew and had a really fantastic dinner with him and Grandma Bella over really engaging and interesting conversation.
Got to watch The Orville season 3 premier on the IMAX big screen with Johannes and got a picture with Penny Johnson Jerald!
Had a really nice, lazy day hanging out with Tim, and we had lots of good conversation.
Martin and Richard joined us, and we all had a nice dinner with LA family.
Masha's surprise birthday party! Melissa and Robert met the rest of the family!
Finally made it to LA on our roadtrip!
Woke up early of my own accord to get work done. Got to see Sasha for microblading and dinner and puppers!
Felt significantly better on waking up, much more like myself.
Feeling a ton better over the course of the day after the previous day's fallout.
Kenneth took good care of me while I was feeling sick.
Kenneth's and Danny's wedding!
Took the Bainbridge Island ferry from Seattle with Melissa and Robert before continuing our drive down to Portland.
Got to see Olivia for the first time in over two years, and it was really nice to reconnect.
Woke up feeling a million times better after a decent night's sleep. Had dinner with Travis, Daniel, and Marc, then drinks including Luke (but without Daniel), and all of it was really terrific and enjoyable.
Feeling a lot better in terms of the sore throat and sinus congestion, and it's not COVID!
Started the Cade-Zey West Coast Adventure!
Had a really nice brunch at Stacy's with Dave.
Had a terrific last day of the snowboarding season at A-Basin, and I got really good at riding switch, I got to snowboard shirtless, and I even did a handful of mogul runs shirtless, which I hadn't previously had the skill and confidence to do.
Moved all the network equipment to the server rack.
Watched two episodes of The Witcher season 2 with Melissa.
Watched the first three episodes of The Witcher season 2 with Melissa.
Had a nice, relaxing, mostly-TV-watching day with Dave at my place, taking it easy.
Fun day snowboarding at A-Basin in very warm conditions, even though my torso got pretty sun-burned!
Had a nice steak dinner with Garret Motelet, who came over, and we chatted for many hours.
Had a nice day with Dave Denison, which included having a full workday myself and then our gymming, then watching some TV over pizza.
Had a nice lazy day with Dave Denison, watching Dune, making and eating dinner, and watching Misfits.
Went to Winter Park (Mary Jane) for the first time this season with Steve Kahley, and we had a really good time in spring skiing conditions, and did lots of moguls and trees. I'm getting much better at both moguls and riding switch.
Really improved riding switch on closing day at Copper Mountain, where I also had a great time riding moguls all day.
Had a great time with Dave Denison at Copper Mountain.
Got to meet with Minh Ha Ngo, my favorite math teacher, from high school.
Had a great day snowboarding at Keystone, and I got a lot better at riding switch, as well as having some of my best mogul runs.
Terrific day snowboarding with Garrett Motelet at Keystone and started really learning how to ride switch.
Really fantastic snowboarding day at Keystone.
Really great snowboarding day at Keystone.
Finished my rewatch of Stargate SG-1, and I cried and cried and cried about how much I love that show.
Had a really nice video chat with Andrew where we talked about interesting things, including fitness and tech.
Had a great time at A-Basin, partially with Stacy.
Had a nice time with the Vekslers' visit and helping the kids to feed the deer.
Ran a good meeting at work to scope high-level engineering requirements/effort and got good feedback from my engineering VP.
Presented my product line's roadmap to executive leadership today, and that went really well.
Had a really nice day snowboarding at A-Basin, where I hadn't been in 5 years.
Returned to Facebook and updated my profile there and on LinkedIn. Finally.
Got to meet Charlotte Rose and hang out with Sara and Jeremy all day.
Had dinner with David May, six years after meeting online.
Attended the annual UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet and got to see my friend Christopher Beeckler and his new girlfriend Jackie, both of whose company I enjoyed tremendously.
Arrived at parents' place in Tarzana and got to meet their new dog Max, with whom I instantly fell in love.
Got Toothless to the vet.
Had a good and interesting conversation with Melissa about Attachment Theory and parenting.
I fixed my toilet all by myself by replacing all the internal components. Also got a lot of tidying up done. Had a nice dinner party with Melissa, Stacy, Lane, Vicki, Dan, Sam, and Brettan.
Had a really great day snowboarding moguls at Vail.
Thawed frozen drainage pipe in garage and got the RO system back into working order.
Celebrated Sophie's birthday at our house and then the park; then donated blood to address my hemochromatosis.
Got to spend 4+ hours shoveling snow and clearing out all the pavement of ice in advance of another snowstorm.
Got some errands/shopping done, tidied up my place, and caught up on my workouts.
Got to spend 1.5 hours shoveling snow in the sun.
Finished The Wheel of Time with Melissa.
Cleaned out and organized a lot of the garage and then had a very nice evening with the Vekslers.
Good "annual" performance review at new job, reflecting good work in my first 2.5 months.
Spent 3+ hours shoveling snow in the sun.
Went snowboarding at Breck with Tyler and had a nice time with him.
Got my mirrors hung and installed!
Went snowboarding at Breckenridge and managed to hit the moguls for over 4 hours, seemingly without worsening my back.
Got my desk monitor setup organized and cleaned up.
I conducted some really good meetings at work, where it seemed the participants appreciated how we were progressing.
Produced documentation updates to the Ookla Web SDK using Adobe InDesign, which I'd never used before.
Got good feedback on the first JIRA issues I filed for engineering.
Started up a bulk mesocycle after a long break from the gym!
My back healed enough to go snowboarding at Breckenridge, and I had a great time, even being able to do a few easy mogul runs!
Got to start The Wheel of Time with Melissa and really enjoying it.
Finished season 1 of Foundation with Melissa.
Had a nice morning/afternoon with Jonathan, including a late steak lunch with him and Melissa.
Had a really productive day of cleaning the house, shoveling the driveway, and preparing a chapter of America's Revolutionary Mind that I was presenting at 1FROG, which I also hosted. I was speedy, but not frantic.
Got the piano tuned and sticking key fixed.
Hyperthyroidism resolved!
Got to enjoy a really beautiful sunrise.
Went to Indian Hot Springs with Chris.
Woke up to a bunch of snow and went on a walk with Chris and Morten.
I had a very enjoyable New Year's Eve dinner with my friends Chris, Morten, Morten's mom (Marian), Melissa, Richard, and Robert.
I had a nice time at Stacy's post-post-Christmas party.
Had lunch with an acquaintance who was passing through Bailey, and we managed to discuss controversial topics (where we had different viewpoints) without its being an argument.
Went on an enjoyable date at a local pub.
Got to spend the afternoon with Richard and Robert while Martin and Melissa went on a date.
Got a tour of Boom Supersonic and had dinner with Blake Scholl.
Christmas morning with the Cades!
Christmas Eve steak dinner with the Cades!
Started contributing meaningfully and being productive at my new job.
Got the Christmas Tree lights up and installed my new CO license plate!
Seemingly got to the bottom of the water treatment system problem (burned out RO system pump).
Playdate with the Vekslers.
Caught up on What If...? and a few episodes of Lucifer with Melissa.
Taco night with the Cades.
Got my DRLOGIC Colorado license plates.
Made some interesting observations about when in my life my relationship to administrative overhead took a turn for the more unpleasant/stressful in the course of doing a cocounseling demonstration in my monthly Advanced Cocounseling Dropin class.
Reconnected with my long-time and good friend Helen over the phone and worked through a few points of discord between us.
Got a bunch of minutiae / administrative overhead done in the morning, during my Setting and Meeting Goals group.
Acted as a mediator in some friction that's arisen among members in a group I'm part of.
Brunch with Eric and Rachael Daniels
I pan-fried a bunch of lambchops for me and Melissa, and I ate 15 of them.
I got a Christmas tree!
I freakin' love Christmas and the smell of Christmas trees (particularly Douglas firs), and their existence in my proximity brings me joy.
Frankly, I'm not really sure...maybe that I can easily derive joy from things?
Got to write a really nice email response to a really nice email I had received.
It feels really good for someone to have expressed gratitude for the work I'd done and value I created, and I enjoyed being able to write a response that reciprocated that gratitude, and in particular, being able to articulate why, despite some differences in viewpoints, we managed to work through that and not let those difference stand in the way of our doing good work together.
I've been getting better and better with time connecting with people and practicing compassion and empathy, being willing to understand and hear their viewpoints without succumbing to the pressure I feel to offer my own judgments, and being able to work productively with them by not taking those differences out of context.
The plumber came and addressed two pressing issues we've been having for a few months.
It feels good to take care of my home and knock things off my to-do list.
I'm settling into my home. I'm a responsible adult.
I did four sets of 6 bodyweight chinups, despite lower-back pain.
I've been delaying getting back into a lifting routine, partially based on lots of (relatively reasonable) excuses, and the latest is that my back was really sore from overdoing it snowboarding on Saturday. I've been wanting to get back to lifting, but I've also been making the perfect the enemy of the good by not doing anything if I couldn't have a "proper" planned-out routine. So I'm pleased that I overcame that and started doing something, if only to shake myself out of this funk.
I'm getting better at being able to pursue values in an incremental way, rather than succumbing to "black-or-white" thinking. I'm being more consistent about pursuing my passion for physical fitness and bodybuilding.
I had a really enjoyable date, for which I cooked steak, and in total, we ended up talking about really engaging topics for about 7 hours.
I really enjoy spending time with and getting to know people who are also careful, critical thinkers, who are interested in similar ideas, and who are simultaneously excited to share and also to listen.
Meaningful connections are important to me. I'm getting progressively more comfortable with dating again.
I went snowboarding for the first time this season at Breckenridge and did mostly black-diamond moguls for about 5 hours.
I love snowboarding and being in the Colorado mountains. I love the smell of crisp air, and the feeling of sun on and wind in my face. I love the views.
I'm athletic and fit. I have maintained a fair amount of skill since the last season. I feel more and more like a true Coloradan.
I finished a bunch of required compliance training at my new job nearly a month before the deadline.
I'm getting better at not procrastinating. I'm learning to take care of "important" things that aren't urgent. I've knocked out a piece of hateful administrative overhead that would otherwise weigh on my mind until I finally did it.
I'm getting better at staying on top of things. I'm responsible.
My new manager and I spent a lot of very enjoyable extra time after our scheduled O3 talking about things.
I finally finished a years-long health care claim reconciliation project.
I learned a bunch about hyperthyroidism and identified next steps after getting my labwork back.
I started my new job at Ookla!
I was able to take a day to relax after getting back home from Thanksgiving and starting my job the next day, including a brief walk with Murray.
I watched About Time, which has turned into one of my favorite movies, and which triggered a good amount of crying.
Thanksgiving dinner with my family in Los Altos Hills.
I joined my friend Sasha for Thanksgiving dinner at her mom's house.
I completed most of my Amazon deboarding activities.
It felt good to clear my mind of so much that I had to do to wrap things up at Amazon, since a ton of thing had been nagging at my subconscious.
I have a strong sense of ownership and responsibility, particularly in that I wasn't willing to just drop things, but instead set my soon-to-be-former teammates up for success after my departure.
I got to pet Murray!
I knocked out a bunch of errands early, before my first meeting of the morning, including finishing the registration of my car in Colorado.
It felt really good to be so productive so early in the morning, particularly things that felt like hateful administrative overhead ("adulting").
I'm responsible and on top of things. Now that I have my car registered in Colorado, I'm that much closer to being a real Coloradan.
1FROG was very enjoyable. I got to play with a friend's kid. We had enjoyable discussion about America's Revolutionary Mind. The company was very pleasant.
I really enjoy stimulating intellectual discussion and having a baseline of shared philosophic values in a friend group, which can make even relatively superficial conversation all the more pleasant. Playing with my friend's kid and getting along well with him reflects my love of children.
I'm interested in philosophic ideas and am a nerd. I'm establishing a friend group in Colorado and putting down roots. I'm gonna be a good dad when I have my own kids.
I finishing auditing all my dental claims.
I'm finally done with a major health care claim auditing project that's been weighing on me for years, and I now have peace of mind that everything is (or will soon be) in order. It's important to me that claims are processed correctly and that I am getting reimbursed the correct amount by my health care plans.
I'm organized and fastidious. I care about justice. I'm on top of things.