Up Before Five

February 02, 2026 by Adam in Family

I woke up at 4:45 this morning - Yvonne was already up and had started making coffee.  It ended up being really strong, so apparently I'm raising her right.  She had her first EMT ride along this morning, so we drove down to the Whit and got her into the locked facility with the ambulances.  Hopefully her day goes well.

I go off call in a couple more hours.  I've got some lingering things I need to deal with, but hopefully I can start transitioning back into normal work.  Last week I was assigned one of those "Gee, I'm glad someone else is doing this" projects.  I think it'll be okay, but it'll take a good chunk of my time over the next few months.

It was a generally good weekend.  Emma and I met up with the oldest son out at a wetland preserve near Fern Ridge Reservoir.  We walked for over three miles in a long loop, looking at birds, chatting about things, and enjoying the relatively warm winter weather.  Emma and I returned home for lunch, library, and hanging out for the rest of the day.

Sunday morning Emma and I headed to thrift stores - I returned with some old books and nice leather writing folders for my Delta Green players.  Emma picked up some overalls and lost one of her glasses screws, fortunately grabbing her lens before it fell out.  She had a spare at home so we stole a screw from the old pair and all was well.

I've mostly been cranking out props and organizing players for the upcoming Delta Green campaign.  I've read the entire 300+ page campaign, listened to handler prep guides, made a bunch of images and props, picked out some music, and generally feel prepared.  The game has the concept of "bonds" - usually friends and family - and there's a mechanic where dealing with the unnatural stresses those relationships.  I've been making postcards, pictures, and the like to make the players feel like these people (and one dog) are important to them.  It's strangely a blast for me to put these things together.