YaYa's senior year of high school is quickly wrapping up. I can hardly believe that it's already this part of the school year. There's no time for the typical Spring Fever. Everything matters at this point. It's time to buckle down and get … [Continue reading]
I have two loves: Family and Coffee
This past weekend, I got a taste of both. Getting the extending family all together in one place can take an epic force of nature (read: coordination and flexibility). On Easter Day, Big Sis was to be traveling through my neck of the woods, … [Continue reading]
In the Tank
The San Jose Sharks, who have been playing in SJ since the year my that BoBo was born (1991), have been the source of a lot of Bay Area excitement. However, I've never gotten to see what all of the enthusiasm was about. Until tonight! Being Game … [Continue reading]
The Giving Tree
I think happy thoughts EVERY time I pass by this tree stump at the local open space (aka "the ranch"). I did the majority of my marathon training here when we lived a few cities over from where we now live. The trails are well groomed, the … [Continue reading]
When life hands you lemons
They say when life hands you lemons that you should make lemonade. Sometimes, I just don't want to make lemonade. It's not that I don't like it, or that I just don't want to deal with the mess (although...); it's simply that I lack the motivation to … [Continue reading]