Don’t judge me, but there may be Christmas music already playing in the house. 😬
Emma, 4, heard the phrase “Ooh la la” on one of her shows. She has been going around saying it all day. It is hilarious. I tried to say it and she then told me that it’s only for kids to say, not grown-ups. 😂
It has been nine years doing life, side by side, with this remarkable woman. I’m not sure how I got so lucky. Especially with all the corny jokes and comments that she has to put up with. I can’t wait to see what the next nine, and beyond, have in store.
I’ve never gone to a pumpkin patch before to pick pumpkins for Halloween. At least, I don’t remember it if I have. We took Emma today and it was so much fun. She enjoyed walking through the rows of pumpkins and picking one out. 🥰
This is such good advice. I have always felt like it’s not ok to ask in an interview. That if I needed to ask, then I didn’t know anything and wasn’t good enough for the position. Time to get rid of that thinking.
Just watched as my three-year-old daughter worked up the courage to let go of me in the pool and float on her own. Then started paddling to try to swim between us. Despite being scared, she just went for it. She is so remarkable and inspiring. I have no excuse to not be just as brave as she is.
I am not sure who needs to hear this. At 42, I still deal with imposter syndrome. Asking for help can, sometimes, be such a challenge. There is no silver bullet to get rid of this. Just keep rocking you and know that you are not an imposter, and you deserve to be doing what you are doing. 😊
I still haven’t watched the SOTU yet, but I’m excited for what I’ve seen teased during the keynote. I’m really excited to play around with Xcode 13 and Swift Playgrounds. This looks like it’s gonna be a fun WWDC week.
These last few hours before the WWDC keynote always feel like that time on Christmas morning waiting to get up and see what presents you get. Ready to see what new toys/features that we get to play with. 😃
Only getting to see it from the airport, but the weather in Lisbon, today, is gorgeous. 😃
First stop Lisbon, then on to the U.S.
Checked in and ready for the first leg of our flight. Obviously, a bit nervous traveling at the moment, but so looking forward to it. It’s been two years since we’ve been back to the States to visit family.
One of the perks of being a girl dad. Some excess polish washed off already, but she did a decent job for a three-year-old. 🥰 The glitter effect doesn’t show up as well in the photo, unfortunately. In case you are wondering, yes, I do have toes to match. 😂
I was doing good with my journaling, with a little over 100 days consistently writing something. I realized, this afternoon, that I missed writing something yesterday. This made me a little sad that I broke my streak and I even considered back dating an entry. Then I decided not to. As much as I would love to have that streak back, I don’t want to be writing something just to have a streak. I want to journal to track memories. Having a long streak is really nice, but it shouldn’t be the reason for journaling.
Pretty sure that we left Emma’s backpack on the train Friday, while on our way home from Kita. First time that we’ve forgotten anything on public transportation. Hoping that we can get it back.
I’ve been having some soreness in my ear this week, and it got bad yesterday along with a sinus headache. Shannon thinks I may have ruptured my eardrum. It’s more of an annoying pressure feeling now than pain, but making it hard to get comfortable. Not looking forward to calling the doctor, but I’m ready to get this sorted out.
I had to turn the M1 MBP test device back in at work today. The performance is really nice and the Xcode build times compared to my current 2017 MBP was amazing and spoiled me. However, the two things that I missed immediately were the instant on, when opening and unlocking the device, and the keyboard. Can’t wait until we actually have these available for upgrade and get to switch to it full time.
The weather today is making me so drowsy. 😴
