Here's the beginning of the stairs.
Foreman standing at the entrance to our bedroom. Laundry room, then my office to the left of him. Below, our view.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Holy Moley.
Digest 3
My apologies for the choppy nature of this blog theme. I haven't posted in 9 days! But it has been a busy 9 days, so I am sure you understand.
Last week was the kids' last week of school. It was also the end of the Little League season for my older son. Between playoff games, end-of-the-year events and a Scotch tasting, who has time to read?
To wind down, I took the kids camping this week. We went north to Humboldt County. I will get back to that in a second. From a reading perspective, I forced myself to restart The Flamethrowers, which you may recall, I stopped reading due to some stressful foreshadowing. I am glad I did it because the book is still good. How did I force myself? It was the only book I brought with me. On the drive back, we listened to the audiobook of Chomp by Carl Hiassen. It was read by James van der Beek, of Dawson's Creek fame, and he was better than I might have expected, if I had paused to think about it at all. Liam really like Chomp. I thought it was entertaining, and definitely right in the wheelhouse of a 10 year old boy. The final scenes in the Everglades drag a bit. Overall, 3 stars and I am sure I will be able to get Liam to read more Hiassen now.
Okay, back to camping. We drove up on Tuesday, and our first stop (after picking up our traveling companions in Berkeley) was Real Goods in Hopland. Real Goods showcases Solar and Green living and was very cool. Beautiful and parklike with lots of ponds and gardens. There are trees growing through old cars (not as weird as it sounds) and stationary bikes to generate power. The kids liked it a lot. Then back in the car.
It turns out, it is hard to find lunch on 101 north of Hopland. Yelp has reviews of restaurants that are no longer open. Bars that serve food won't serve kids (not generally a bad policy except when you and your kids are starving). We eventually found the Woodrose Cafe in Garberville. My burger was overcooked but overall it was fine. Also, my Honda Pilot is too large for the Drive Thru Trees. Oh well. Next stop, Avenue of the Giants. Redwood trees are wicked large. Duh. We camped at Baxter Environmental Camp. It was a nice big site with a well-maintained chemical toilet.
Why am I telling you this? So that if you are considering a camping trip north, and you don't know where to stay, you will remember to email me so I can talk to you more at length about this.
Second day, Trinidad Beach, The Trinidad Eatery, the Humboldt State Marine Lab, Patrick's Point SP (where we camped again) and the tide pools at Palmers Point. The kids loved it (and so did I). Third day, Agate Beach and the drive home to Chomp.
A word about Agate Beach. We witnessed firsthand a massive sea star die-off that we had heard about at the Marine Lab. It was bloodless but gruesome to see hundreds of dead sea stars lying on the beach. Apparently a "wasting disease" of uncertain origin in clobbering sea star populations all along the Pacific Coast. You can read about it HERE. The seagulls don't seem to eat them, so they were just everywhere.
Another things I am thinking about: The Oakland mayor's race. Two things happened this week. Mayor Quan had a minor accident, and some witnesses claim she was looking at her cell phone. She denies it, but this seems reasonably easy to figure out. I read today that her office is still considering whether to release her phone records. She had an earlier fender bender this year, and she's been caught on tape/photo using her cell while driving in the past. While this is not completely related to her governance, it demonstrates poor judgment. The other news is that Rebecca Kaplan has entered the mayoral race. I have supported Rebecca in the past but I am not enthusiastic about this. I will try to do more research on the mayoral candidates so you don't have to.
Last week was the kids' last week of school. It was also the end of the Little League season for my older son. Between playoff games, end-of-the-year events and a Scotch tasting, who has time to read?
To wind down, I took the kids camping this week. We went north to Humboldt County. I will get back to that in a second. From a reading perspective, I forced myself to restart The Flamethrowers, which you may recall, I stopped reading due to some stressful foreshadowing. I am glad I did it because the book is still good. How did I force myself? It was the only book I brought with me. On the drive back, we listened to the audiobook of Chomp by Carl Hiassen. It was read by James van der Beek, of Dawson's Creek fame, and he was better than I might have expected, if I had paused to think about it at all. Liam really like Chomp. I thought it was entertaining, and definitely right in the wheelhouse of a 10 year old boy. The final scenes in the Everglades drag a bit. Overall, 3 stars and I am sure I will be able to get Liam to read more Hiassen now.
Okay, back to camping. We drove up on Tuesday, and our first stop (after picking up our traveling companions in Berkeley) was Real Goods in Hopland. Real Goods showcases Solar and Green living and was very cool. Beautiful and parklike with lots of ponds and gardens. There are trees growing through old cars (not as weird as it sounds) and stationary bikes to generate power. The kids liked it a lot. Then back in the car.
It turns out, it is hard to find lunch on 101 north of Hopland. Yelp has reviews of restaurants that are no longer open. Bars that serve food won't serve kids (not generally a bad policy except when you and your kids are starving). We eventually found the Woodrose Cafe in Garberville. My burger was overcooked but overall it was fine. Also, my Honda Pilot is too large for the Drive Thru Trees. Oh well. Next stop, Avenue of the Giants. Redwood trees are wicked large. Duh. We camped at Baxter Environmental Camp. It was a nice big site with a well-maintained chemical toilet.
Why am I telling you this? So that if you are considering a camping trip north, and you don't know where to stay, you will remember to email me so I can talk to you more at length about this.
Second day, Trinidad Beach, The Trinidad Eatery, the Humboldt State Marine Lab, Patrick's Point SP (where we camped again) and the tide pools at Palmers Point. The kids loved it (and so did I). Third day, Agate Beach and the drive home to Chomp.
A word about Agate Beach. We witnessed firsthand a massive sea star die-off that we had heard about at the Marine Lab. It was bloodless but gruesome to see hundreds of dead sea stars lying on the beach. Apparently a "wasting disease" of uncertain origin in clobbering sea star populations all along the Pacific Coast. You can read about it HERE. The seagulls don't seem to eat them, so they were just everywhere.
Another things I am thinking about: The Oakland mayor's race. Two things happened this week. Mayor Quan had a minor accident, and some witnesses claim she was looking at her cell phone. She denies it, but this seems reasonably easy to figure out. I read today that her office is still considering whether to release her phone records. She had an earlier fender bender this year, and she's been caught on tape/photo using her cell while driving in the past. While this is not completely related to her governance, it demonstrates poor judgment. The other news is that Rebecca Kaplan has entered the mayoral race. I have supported Rebecca in the past but I am not enthusiastic about this. I will try to do more research on the mayoral candidates so you don't have to.
We've Turned a Corner
After demolishing about 75% of our home, the contractor started actually building this week. Here's a shot of the new kitchen exterior walls. That big opening will have a trifold door in it eventually. This was taken Tuesday or Wednesday (not by me) so I will go over today to see how far they've gotten since then. Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
The Digest 2
I haven't read that much in the past few days, but I did go out and have an actual cultural experience, so I thought I would share that with you. But first, you are familiar with Night Heron-gate, I hope? This is the situation: over at the main Post Office, birds were pooping on mail trucks, so the PO hired a tree trimmer to cut back on the trees overhanging their parking lots. To everyone's inexplicable surprise, baby birds fell out of the trees. Baby Night Herons, to be specific. Which are protected by federal law. The poor tree trimmer is paying for their care and to PO is promising not to do it again.
The strange part about the NYT article on the topic is the number of homeless advocates they quote. While I agree that it's annoying that more people get outraged over injustice against baby birds than homeless adults, the birds in Oakland are a stand-alone story. There's a night heron scandal brewing on nearly every shore of Lake Merritt.
For example, at any given time, there are between 2 and 10 night herons eating KFC trash at the end of our street. I wrote about it earlier HERE. All the baby bird fetishists seem uninterested in the fact that there's nothing for the night herons around the lake to eat other than KFC and Kwik Way trash. Even the homeless aren't over here looking to eat that crap.
In other bird news, I spotted five white pelicans balletically eating in the lake this morning.
After my bird-filled walk and volunteering to do pizza day (it's like a penance of some sort to do this), I ran over to the Oakland Museum of California to see the Vinyl exhibit and the SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot exhibit. The SuperAwesome exhibit was, in fact, super-awesome. It was curated by the founder of Giant Robot zine, Eric Nakamura, and the art is just great. It's Asian-American artists and I found it to be some of the coolest stuff I've seen in a long time. I was a big zine and comic person once, but wasn't familiar with all of this stuff. It came with a wierd "trigger warning":
I would be fine with my kids seeing this stuff. The only part of the exhibit that I might have a hard time explaining is the Adrian Tomine comics, but the text is so small that I doubt they would bother to read it.
The Vinyl exhibit did not really grab me. It was an attempt to recreate the experience of shopping for and playing vinyl records. There are bins of records and turntables you can use, and there's an opportunity to choose a favorite record and tell a story about it. I think this is a worthwhile experience if this is not something you have done before. I felt a little like a secret part of my past was being put on display and I didn't like this. Records bring out the snobbiness in people, and it made me feel snobby. I've done this before, like 100 times. I guess I should be glad that other people are getting that experience now too.
The strange part about the NYT article on the topic is the number of homeless advocates they quote. While I agree that it's annoying that more people get outraged over injustice against baby birds than homeless adults, the birds in Oakland are a stand-alone story. There's a night heron scandal brewing on nearly every shore of Lake Merritt.
For example, at any given time, there are between 2 and 10 night herons eating KFC trash at the end of our street. I wrote about it earlier HERE. All the baby bird fetishists seem uninterested in the fact that there's nothing for the night herons around the lake to eat other than KFC and Kwik Way trash. Even the homeless aren't over here looking to eat that crap.
In other bird news, I spotted five white pelicans balletically eating in the lake this morning.
After my bird-filled walk and volunteering to do pizza day (it's like a penance of some sort to do this), I ran over to the Oakland Museum of California to see the Vinyl exhibit and the SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot exhibit. The SuperAwesome exhibit was, in fact, super-awesome. It was curated by the founder of Giant Robot zine, Eric Nakamura, and the art is just great. It's Asian-American artists and I found it to be some of the coolest stuff I've seen in a long time. I was a big zine and comic person once, but wasn't familiar with all of this stuff. It came with a wierd "trigger warning":
I would be fine with my kids seeing this stuff. The only part of the exhibit that I might have a hard time explaining is the Adrian Tomine comics, but the text is so small that I doubt they would bother to read it.
The Vinyl exhibit did not really grab me. It was an attempt to recreate the experience of shopping for and playing vinyl records. There are bins of records and turntables you can use, and there's an opportunity to choose a favorite record and tell a story about it. I think this is a worthwhile experience if this is not something you have done before. I felt a little like a secret part of my past was being put on display and I didn't like this. Records bring out the snobbiness in people, and it made me feel snobby. I've done this before, like 100 times. I guess I should be glad that other people are getting that experience now too.
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
We are rockin'
Monday, June 02, 2014
The Digest Service
Due to my work circumstances at the moment, I've decided to offer a service to my friends and family who do not have as much free time as I have to read newspapers and magazines and think about things like politics, homelessness, climate change, gender issues and so on. My service will be to read and think about stuff and then report to you, the reader, what I've read and thought about it (or not - I can't promise I will think about everything). Then you can develop opinions and feel well-read without having to, you know, read.
I feel like this was the original purpose of blogs, so maybe it's just retro and throwback to do this. In any case, if you want it emailed to you so you don't even have to check this blog, let me know. Here's my first digest:
Articles:
The whole discussion started because I wanted to tell everyone about the The Push to End Chronic Homelessness is Working. Very interesting article about a new model for social services/housing services delivery. I think that it should be applied to education, as well. And the Occupy protesters who have colonized Oakland's intersections.
CA whooping cough cases so far this year have surpassed total number in 2013. Sonoma County is the worst with 410 cases. Alameda County has 87 cases. San Benito County has 1. My opinion: This is bad. Vaccinate, people.
These new EPA rules sound good. They allow for a lot of flexibility in how states choose to implement them. Here's the NYT article I read about it. And here's an article about CA's cap and trade program. There is a lot of leeway on how the carbon offsets can be used. This is a good thing because it means that CA is essentially influencing how clean energy technology is being deployed throughout the rest of the country. One thing that I wonder: can private individuals buy carbon permits to get them out of the market?
Books:
Tell The Wolves I'm Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt. I read this actual book about a month ago, and I wasn't that thrilled with it. I've heard it is a Young Adult novel but I'm not sure. In any case, the protagonist is a slightly goth/Ren Faire type loner, whose only friend is her recently deceased gay uncle. He died of AIDS; the story takes place in 1986. For some unknown reason, she's allowed to be close to her uncle but is not allowed to meet his lover. After his death, she is befriended by his lover, and keeps their friendship a secret. Meanwhile, her older sister who seems to be more typically well-adjusted sort of falls apart, as does their relationship. Here are my problems with this book: it really underplays the amount of hatred and ostracism that gay men felt from their families and others in the early 80s. There are also several anachronisms in the book, which jarred me out of my willing suspension of disbelief. And there's no explanation for why the older sister would have been so left out of her sister's friendship with their uncle. Anyway, unsatisfactory book.
The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner. Halfway through this, very well written. I've taken a break from it because there is foreshadowing of a bad event. I basically hate foreshadowing because I hate bad stuff. I never want anything bad to happen to people, even fictional people. This is the same reason that I stopped reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I will try to finish Flamethrowers for a future digest, though. I really do want you guys to feel well-read!
I feel like this was the original purpose of blogs, so maybe it's just retro and throwback to do this. In any case, if you want it emailed to you so you don't even have to check this blog, let me know. Here's my first digest:
Articles:
The whole discussion started because I wanted to tell everyone about the The Push to End Chronic Homelessness is Working. Very interesting article about a new model for social services/housing services delivery. I think that it should be applied to education, as well. And the Occupy protesters who have colonized Oakland's intersections.
CA whooping cough cases so far this year have surpassed total number in 2013. Sonoma County is the worst with 410 cases. Alameda County has 87 cases. San Benito County has 1. My opinion: This is bad. Vaccinate, people.
These new EPA rules sound good. They allow for a lot of flexibility in how states choose to implement them. Here's the NYT article I read about it. And here's an article about CA's cap and trade program. There is a lot of leeway on how the carbon offsets can be used. This is a good thing because it means that CA is essentially influencing how clean energy technology is being deployed throughout the rest of the country. One thing that I wonder: can private individuals buy carbon permits to get them out of the market?
Books:
Tell The Wolves I'm Home, by Carol Rifka Brunt. I read this actual book about a month ago, and I wasn't that thrilled with it. I've heard it is a Young Adult novel but I'm not sure. In any case, the protagonist is a slightly goth/Ren Faire type loner, whose only friend is her recently deceased gay uncle. He died of AIDS; the story takes place in 1986. For some unknown reason, she's allowed to be close to her uncle but is not allowed to meet his lover. After his death, she is befriended by his lover, and keeps their friendship a secret. Meanwhile, her older sister who seems to be more typically well-adjusted sort of falls apart, as does their relationship. Here are my problems with this book: it really underplays the amount of hatred and ostracism that gay men felt from their families and others in the early 80s. There are also several anachronisms in the book, which jarred me out of my willing suspension of disbelief. And there's no explanation for why the older sister would have been so left out of her sister's friendship with their uncle. Anyway, unsatisfactory book.
The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner. Halfway through this, very well written. I've taken a break from it because there is foreshadowing of a bad event. I basically hate foreshadowing because I hate bad stuff. I never want anything bad to happen to people, even fictional people. This is the same reason that I stopped reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I will try to finish Flamethrowers for a future digest, though. I really do want you guys to feel well-read!
Sunday, June 01, 2014
The Restaurant Challenge
Our new neighborhood, which is called Grand Lake (due to its anchor streets, Grand and Lakeshore) has a slightly more urban feel to it than our usual neighborhood, Rockridge. Grand Lake is higher density, with more restaurants and shops. Mr. Scobie has proposed that we try to eat at every restaurant, and then rank them like tennis players. That way new restaurants can challenge ones we like and the ranking can change constantly. Here's the current ranking, based on my opinion only. I will update as we try new ones, and Mr. Scobie disagrees with my assessment.
1. Penrose - this restaurant is owned by the same folks who own Boot and Shoe across the street, and Pizzaioli in Temescal. This is the best of the three, because the food is so good, so interesting and the portions are perfect.
2. Boot and Shoe Service - Really great food but the menu is more limited and I have a problem with the portions. Give me a little more food, please.
3. Neecha Thai - Really yummy fresh Thai with a huge vegetarian menu
4. Mijori - Standard issue sushi spot but good prices and fresh fish
5. Arizmendi - This is a pizza/bakery collective that makes delicious but precious pizzas. The bread is good too, but I haven't even bothered getting the pizza for the kids there.
6. Lanesplitter - This is the closest thing we have to East Coast pizza, and it's definitely what we get delivered for the kids. Nice to have a place we can walk to to grab a pie.
7. Gelato Firenze - This wierd little gelato place has to be my kids' favorite place so far. Good gelato selection (salted caramel is all I've tried and I can't move on to another flavor because I love it so much. We let the kids walk there alone once.
8. Lakeshore Cafe - We just had brunch there this morning. It tasted great because I was ravenously hungry, but I am not sure it was really that amazing. I will go back when I am not having a low blood sugar freak out.
9. Connie's Cantina - This is the worst so far because I went in (it was empty) and the woman behind the counter ignored me for 5 minutes and then when I finally made eye contact and asked for a burrito, she said, "I can't help you for at least 15 minutes." The place was empty at lunch. Assume it is a front.
Any recommendations for restaurants on Lakeshore or Grand between MacArthur and Mandana will be happily used and incorporated into the rankings.
Thought It Couldn't Get Any Worse
The last time I was at the house, I thought we have reached the bottom, and that everything that was going to be ripped out had been. I was wrong. Chimney's gone. Our bedroom walls. The floor. The roof. Crazy. Here's the view from outside the front door, looking in.
This is our old bedroom.
The curtains in the bathroom are a nice touch.
The kitchen.
This is our old bedroom.
The curtains in the bathroom are a nice touch.
The kitchen.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Convertible House
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
The Roof Is Gone
Looking at this, it's not clear why we saved any part of this house, but I am sure the logic is there somewhere. This is looking at the house from the back.
Here's the house from the front/street. Note that the roof is missing over the left side of the house.
Honestly, I am not even sure what part of the house this is. The kitchen, maybe?
This is looking from the kitchen, towards what used to be our bedroom, with a view of the neighbor's house.
Ummm. Maybe looking from the front door upwards?
This might be looking from the kids' room down the hall towards the dining room. But does it even matter?
Here's the house from the front/street. Note that the roof is missing over the left side of the house.
Honestly, I am not even sure what part of the house this is. The kitchen, maybe?
This is looking from the kitchen, towards what used to be our bedroom, with a view of the neighbor's house.
Ummm. Maybe looking from the front door upwards?
This might be looking from the kids' room down the hall towards the dining room. But does it even matter?
Friday, May 23, 2014
The Levitating House
Week 3: Digging Out the Basement
Most of demolition is done, so the contractors have turned their destructive weapons to the basement, where they need to dig out and built a bigger foundation to support the second story. These photos are not very good but they give you a sense of how overarching this project is. I threw one in of the kids just for good measure.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Checking in on the Team
So how is our angry little cat and her stress monster boyfriends L and Q? Let's just say, they are adjusting in their own, punk ways.
Week 2: Construction Gets Real
This poor house is being dissected! Week 2 was really just Day 3 et seq. The window started coming out, more plaster was pulled off. Our house was built in 1922 and the wood inside is still in great condition. Gotta hand it to those old growth trees; they have staying power.
I have no idea what was going on this basement but you could see into it, and there were dudes crawling around on their hands and knees, so it seemed like I needed to take a picture.
This is not a post-Katrina house. It just looks like one.
Our builders are super-neat. Look at this jenga pile of insulation!
Umm, where are the basement stairs?
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Finally, Construction!
After planning to do this for more than a year, it was quite a surprise that this happened in the first two days. Here's what it looked like from the kids' bedroom window, looking in.
Here's the view from the front door. That guy is standing in what used to be our TV room.
Oh, and here's the kitchen.
Let's just tear the outer wall off the dining room while we're at it, shall we?
Probably nothing will happen on this project as fast as demolition.
More on the Move
So we moved out on April 16, and it was one of the most stressful days of my life. It was also probably the most stressful day of the boys' lives. Partially because it was the biggest change they can remember going through, and partially because they have such awesome, coddled, privileged lives that very little bad enters into. But this is them at breakfast at Mama's Royal Cafe that morning.
Those were two stressed little Rudys, but the hot chocolate helped get us through the morning.
The moving guys from Delancey Street Movers were AMAZING. Incredibly professional, nice and polite. To eachother! They go above and beyond for the people they are moving. Seriously, I wanted to keep hanging out with these guys, they were so pleasant and nice. The guy loading the truck:
One of the guys insisted on laying the carpet squares out in the same pattern we'd had in the old place (which he remembered), and had other, very constructive tips about where the furniture looked best.
Here's a wierd component of our new neighborhood. There is a siege of herons at the KFC on the corner. Here's one on the street sign. It really bums me out that these beautiful animals are scavenging KFC, and it can be creepy when there are seven of them loitering on the one sad picnic table outside, but this one is nice.
I promise, the next post will have actual construction pictures.
Those were two stressed little Rudys, but the hot chocolate helped get us through the morning.
The moving guys from Delancey Street Movers were AMAZING. Incredibly professional, nice and polite. To eachother! They go above and beyond for the people they are moving. Seriously, I wanted to keep hanging out with these guys, they were so pleasant and nice. The guy loading the truck:
One of the guys insisted on laying the carpet squares out in the same pattern we'd had in the old place (which he remembered), and had other, very constructive tips about where the furniture looked best.
Here's a wierd component of our new neighborhood. There is a siege of herons at the KFC on the corner. Here's one on the street sign. It really bums me out that these beautiful animals are scavenging KFC, and it can be creepy when there are seven of them loitering on the one sad picnic table outside, but this one is nice.
I promise, the next post will have actual construction pictures.
Monday, May 19, 2014
The Construction Project
Some people (okay, my mom) have asked about photos of the house as we do construction, so I thought I would put them here. These are from the move out.
This one shows them staging all our stuff in the living room.
We moved a lot of the stuff into the garage.
This is our angry little cat.
This is the living room, emptied of all the possessions stacked up earlier.
New Year's Resolution Mid-Year Review
I am planning to start blogging again, on the admittedly low interest topic of our construction project and our temporary neighborhood, but I thought I would do a quick check of my resolutions, since that was my last post.
Looking at the resolutions, it may be that I set the bar too low. I did turn 40 (Res. 1), and it was pretty painless. We spent my actual birthday at Whistler (where, I am told, due to the Canadian exchange rate, I only turned 36) and I did very little skiing and a lot of editing of the novel I started in November (Res. 4). I left my job effective March 28 (Res. 3) and we started construction on the house May 1 (Res. 2). Marriage seems happily intact (Res. 2), in small part due to the awesome birthday party Mr. Scob gave me on May 3 (Res. 1).
What else? I did team penning on April 24 (Res. 5). It was fun. I have read at least one book (Tell the Wolves I'm Home) which I did not really like (Res. 6), but it did inspire my to get back to my own book. I made my first draft changes and my sister and cousin were my beta-readers (Res. 4). They did not hate it and they gave me lots of good feedback. I will keep plugging away at it. I can't remember if I have bought any new music, so I guess that means I did not (Res. 7). I've run 201 miles so far this year, so I don't think the last 103 miles are going to be too tough (Res. 8). I even finished the Oakland half-marathon on Mar. 23. It was hella fun.
It looks like I should have made flossing a goal so that I had something hard to work on this year.
Looking at the resolutions, it may be that I set the bar too low. I did turn 40 (Res. 1), and it was pretty painless. We spent my actual birthday at Whistler (where, I am told, due to the Canadian exchange rate, I only turned 36) and I did very little skiing and a lot of editing of the novel I started in November (Res. 4). I left my job effective March 28 (Res. 3) and we started construction on the house May 1 (Res. 2). Marriage seems happily intact (Res. 2), in small part due to the awesome birthday party Mr. Scob gave me on May 3 (Res. 1).
What else? I did team penning on April 24 (Res. 5). It was fun. I have read at least one book (Tell the Wolves I'm Home) which I did not really like (Res. 6), but it did inspire my to get back to my own book. I made my first draft changes and my sister and cousin were my beta-readers (Res. 4). They did not hate it and they gave me lots of good feedback. I will keep plugging away at it. I can't remember if I have bought any new music, so I guess that means I did not (Res. 7). I've run 201 miles so far this year, so I don't think the last 103 miles are going to be too tough (Res. 8). I even finished the Oakland half-marathon on Mar. 23. It was hella fun.
It looks like I should have made flossing a goal so that I had something hard to work on this year.
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