Spring Sunsets

March 17, 2025 by Adam in Family

The rain has stopped for a time and the light from the sunset is streaming through the cracks in the living room blinds.  We've had bad flooding in parts of town, but I think it's finally letting up.

Work's been busy again.  I'm on call and muddling through various problems that pop up.  Not sure I'll hit the deadlines I want to, but I'm making progress.

As for the weekend, Saturday was a pleasant and lazy day, with a trip to the library and hanging out with Emma all afternoon.  Sunday was D&D with friends, this time with the players rooting out the evil in a health spa run by three hags.

Poor Jo seems to have come down with whatever I had, just as I started feeling better.  I'm back to my usual self, which is great, while Jo hangs out on the couch and plays video games in between brief bursts of energy to accomplish something useful.

Spring break is right around the corner.  Duncan and Emma have finals this week.  Emma's heading to the beach with her mom later this week.  Jo and I are doing a short beach getaway the week after.  Hopefully we get some nice weather by then - the incessant rain was starting to get to me.

Mocha Friday

March 14, 2025 by Adam in Family

I was pretty sick this week, a combination of sinus headaches, sore throat, and general fatigue.  The COVID and flu tests were negative, so I think it was just a plain old cold.  I was constantly taking Advil every four hours for part of it, but I think I'm finally starting to feel better. 

I kept working and doing all the things, though I skipped tea with mom this week, mostly to avoid getting her sick.  Dad stopped by for dinner last night as apparently Seraph and Robbie are sick and I was the backup plan.  He's been roped into being a dentist again temporarily, filling in at his old practice.

I printed and painted some minis for the upcoming D&D session.  Jo and I started playing a new game - Split Fiction - which is a cool co-op game.  I bought a day bed for my office to turn it into an impromptu guest bedroom.  It's halfway assembled next to me, though I'm still waiting on a mattress.  Just learned that our new team abbreviation is COVEN, which greatly amuses me.

Fortunately the weekend is right around the corner.  I've got D&D with friends this Sunday.  Tomorrow I'll likely hang out with Emma, do our usual library run, and play some video games.

Nyquil Weekend

March 10, 2025 by Adam in Family

I ended up getting the sniffles Saturday afternoon when I was taking Emma and Yvonne to the library.  Pretty soon I was sniffling away and ended up taking Nyquil.  I always forget just how spacy it makes me and I was zoning out for the rest of the evening and into the next morning.  Fortunately I slept really well, which I suppose was the point.

Emma headed out Sunday afternoon to meet up with mom and Francis to talk over a trip to visit Sadie this summer.  I headed to my office for some spring cleaning and furniture rearranging.  I took out shelves, plants, and a chair to make room for a daybed I ordered that should be arriving soon.  We don't really have a guest bedroom anywhere and hopefully this will do the trick.  Plus everything is squeaky clean now, which is a good way to get rid of the winter doldrums.

Now I'm back to work, trying to get my Nyquil-addled brain into high gear to figure out some tricky problems.  Hopefully I can sort through the last of these weird bugs.

Still Alive

March 07, 2025 by Adam in Family

It's been a somewhat more stressful week than usual, between the critical feature I'm working on and the organizational changes going on to our team.  Hopefully we find out more this afternoon.  I made way too many mochas for myself all week - I'll return to my usual coffee on Monday.

In the meantime, I'm getting things done and working more than I probably should.  I did sneak away for a tea break with mom and Emma, and Jo and I had a quick date night at Cafe Yumm.  I managed to get some video game time playing Avowed for some fun fantasy adventure.  This weekend doesn't have anything going on, so hopefully I can get a bit of downtime.

Our wayward son is coming to Eugene earlier than expected, leaving Albuquerque at the end of the month.  I think the plan is that he'll stay with Dez and spend some time figuring out next steps.  We've got a long list of projects for him, so at least he won't be bored.

Duncan and Emma are wrapping up the term - one more week of classes and then finals week.  Wild that Emma's graduating in just a few months.  And Yvonne turns 18 next month.  Everything keeps moving ahead.

Rainy Monday

March 03, 2025 by Adam in Family

It's a drizzly Monday, with a little more work excitement than I'd like.  My manager and longtime friend was laid off Friday afternoon.  It's happened to me before, strangely also with Jonathan back in my Health Catalyst days.  It'll probably be several months of uncertainty as we muddle through, though I've got plenty of critical work to keep me busy and likely employed.  I slept poorly over the weekend, worked a little here and there, and am back into things this morning.

As for the rest of the weekend, it was generally a good time.  There was plenty of D&D.  Saturday was a great time with the family group improvising a play that involved murdering a wind-up goblin doll with a giant mousetrap, along with a spray of blood into the audience.  It was well received by the evil hag, as such things are.  Sunday was the friend group, with fantasy space monsters and dead gods.

Emma and I made a productive library run Saturday afternoon, along with helping Jo a little on some tree pruning and straightening.  Spring is right around the corner and it's exciting to see all the crocuses bloom.  Can't wait to start wearing shorts again.

Giant Mini Time

March 02, 2025 by Adam in Adam's Games

It was back-to-back D&D this weekend and I broke out the biggest mini I've ever printed and painted - the Astra Dreadnaught.  It was accompanied by a couple Star Anglers with LEDs for the lures.  The battle itself went relatively well, with the paladin scoring a couple natural 20s and turning the tide.  A couple of their crew members were eaten, unfortunately, though they rescued some stranded sailors from another ship and want to recruit one along with a dog.  At least I made the players say a few words for their fallen comrades.