Wonderful Weekend

May 12, 2025 by Adam in Family

It was beautiful last weekend.  Saturday morning I drove Emma over to the pickup point where she went on a field trip for her geomorphology class, going to Mary's Peak, Alsea Falls, and Pidgeon Hill.  She returned for dinner tired but happy to have seen the sights.  While she was doing that, my oldest son and I headed up Ridgeline Trail through the forest to hike and chat.  Afterwards I returned home to do some yardwork and fix the door of our little free library somewhat, though it'll need to be replaced.

Sunday was Mother's Day, so after Emma and I headed to the library I prepared some gifts that were mostly made from Jo, and went on a tour around town.  Ana's a little too far to just pop in, but I sent a text, visited my mom, and dropped some things off for Yayoe who was feeling under the weather.

As for me, I'm doing fine.  Work is moving along.  My God of War game is wrapping up.  I'm excited to play Delta Green this weekend and keep prepping for more potential modules.  All is well.

I sent this video to the players of my upcom...

May 09, 2025 by Adam in Adam's Games

I sent this video to the players of my upcoming Delta Green roleplaying game.  It's a mix of X-Files and Call of Cthulu and I'm really excited for them to make a murderboard, go insane, and hopefully have a good time.

Sunny Mocha Friday

May 09, 2025 by Adam in Family

The weather has been amazing lately - sunny days with a pleasant temperature and flowers blooming all around.  I wish I had more days to putter around outside, though I suppose I do have a nice window looking out on to the garden.

I sometimes feel like work is pranking me with one of my assignments - it's not completely impossible, but I don't think it's possible within reasonable parameters.  Hopefully my coworkers aren't asking for status updates and then secretly giggling with the camera off when I express my latest frustrations.

No big weekend plans.  Emma's got an all day field trip and Jo's got work.  I'm hoping to go for a hike with my oldest kid and maybe see if Jason's up for some board game time.  We'll see how it goes.

Babushcat

May 05, 2025 by Adam in Family

Emma arrived late Friday after spending a day with her big brother out at the farm setting the piles of logs on fire.  There's a ton to do and it sounds like exhausting work, but I appreciate everyone's efforts to manage the farm more than it has been.  She returned smelling of smoke and scraped up, but generally cheerful.

Jo had back-to-back work events that were a little exhausting.  Saturday was the family D&D, which was a good time.  It's wild to think that it's finally wrapping up.  I'm still prepping for a Delta Green game, and hopefully we can do more one-shots on occasion.

Sunday was generally chill - video games, library trips, and putting funny hats on the cat.  I'm loving this weather.

Mocha Friday

May 02, 2025 by Adam in Family

I've got a nearly full mug of delicious mocha, the sun is shining down into our backyard garden, the work weeks' crises are held at bay for at least the moment, and the weekend is a few hours away.

It's been quite the week with early morning incidents, post-mortems, and lots of "not writing code" aspects to software development.  It's all been interesting and educational, though I look forward to going back to writing code again.

As for the rest of the week, it's mostly been okay.  I've been fussing over mom and some of her recent health challenges.  Otherwise she's been enjoying fussing over my oldest kid as he works away at her house.  The fence he and Emma put up looks good and the front stairs are slightly less terrifying, which is a plus.  Emma and Duncan are slogging away at school.  I helped Yvonne with a Frankenstein-related assignment yesterday, doing my part to get that last kid out of high school.

Somewhere in between the dishes, laundry, and cooking of everyday life I managed to play some video games, prep for this weekend's D&D session with the family, and go out for date night with Jo for dinner and a walkabout near Friendly Street Market.  I keep thinking that Emma's birthday is right around the corner, followed by the start of summer and all the graduations and transitions that implies.  Time keeps on slipping into the future.