
Sunday, March 19, 2023
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Friday, March 17, 2023
Thursday, March 16, 2023
A very cool idea. Empty plastic water bottles and a fill station.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Haven't been to the T4 Hilton in some time but I always like this hotel. Good to be back for a day.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Monday, March 13, 2023
Busy at DIA today. Clear was much quicker than pre today, but I managed to A)forget my pocket knife was in my pocket. Have it to the agent and she slightly flipped out. B) walked back through the detector and my belt set it off. Took my knife back, reversed and threw it away because she was upset. C) third time through kicked off a "random" check for me D) had put two bottles of contact solution in my bag and it got pulled for a check. Glad I wasn't late to the airport. Sad about my knife :(

Great save by our libero to help us at our fourth Power tournament. Very proud of how this team had learned to come together and play hard. Came back from multiple homes to win our second pin

Sunday, March 12, 2023
Saturday, March 11, 2023
More drilling and tapping. I think this was the 5th one I've had to replace this winter

Ranch Life
I don't do a lot on the ranch anymore. With Tia's success, she has a few people she's hired, and the boys are pitching in since they live with us. That's great, and it reduces my stress. The boys have replaced trailer tires and the UTV throttle cable this year, which were a big help for me.
However, there are some things I still do. And some things that the boys don't know how to do. Today was a mixed chore day for me. Early morning yoga, then coming back and helping. An employee is out of town, so I had hay yesterday and today. A good hour of work there, and I noticed a few things, so that motivated me to fix a couple things today.
First was replacing a few of the threaded rods in the arena. These hold the fabric down by bracing a metal pole neat the bottom. Sometimes they get loose and the wind will wiggle them and snap one off. Learning to do this was an interesting chore, as I had to drill out the part of the screw that's in the base and then tap out new threads. Youtube to the rescue, and now I know to grab the drill, some oil, and the tapper.
I've replaced 5 this winter, 2 today. One was just loose and I could screw it back down. The other was quite a ways in there when it snapped, and I had to work to drill it out. Managed to make a nice blister on my palm, even with gloves.
Then it was off to replace a couple of the fence posts that were broken. We've started to fill them with wood rather than dig out and replace vinyl where possible. Two to fix today, dropping in wood and using some duct tape to brace the broken vinyl.
The last thing was resetting up my driveway markers. The ground is relatively soft now, but I do expect more snow before summer, so I picked up a few fallen ones and pushed the others deeper into the ground.
Not a huge day, but semi productive and I'm tired. Ranch work wears me out as I rarely do it and I'm not used to all the walking, bending, etc.
Friday, March 10, 2023
Monday, March 6, 2023
Finished tied-5th at Crossroads today. Proud of the work and effort of these girls to win a match today and fight hard against the team that won the tournament.

Sunday, March 5, 2023
Great second day. Lost a close one and then 2-1 to go to the gold bracket tomorrow

Saturday, March 4, 2023
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Customer visit today. Great DevOps discussion and training. One of the more enjoyable parts of my job.

Monday, February 27, 2023
Made it to the middle of the country. Haven't been here in a long time.

Usually I have to be careful with my phone around players. Apparently parents are no better

Thursday, February 16, 2023
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Friday, February 10, 2023
Dinner in Dallas. Hard Eight was excellent. Best brisket I've had

Thursday, February 9, 2023
Wow. Didn't think I'd get here. Started with 日本語 during the pandemic and then added français. Do both most days, at least one almost every day.

Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Monday, February 6, 2023
Thursday, February 2, 2023
First time this year I wasn't rowing for the challenge. Pretty good pace. Around 2:09 for the 4k.

Monday, January 30, 2023
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Love these young ladies. Looking forward to the season at @303vba

Saturday, January 28, 2023
Not a great start to our ski weekend. I guess everyone else has the same idea this weekend.

Friday, January 27, 2023
Last day of rowing for the month. Went a little long. Was trying to get to 75km. Will finish with 75,430m.

Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Completed the Rowing Challenge
I joined the American Cancer Society January 62,000m Rowing Challenge this month, and today I completed the challenge. I logged my effort, and created a Power BI report to track my efforts. You can see it here: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiODZmNTEyYjYtMTZlNy00ZDVlLTg2MWQtNTA3N2YzYzgwZDNkIiwidCI6IjIzN2RhMDYxLTRmNzctNDc4Mi04ZjU1LTk0MGYxOGI5NjJmNCIsImMiOjF9&pageName=ReportSection
Not the prettiest report, but it kept me motivated, by having me track against a goal.
The dark blue was the goal of 2k per day of rowing, which is about 8:30minutes for me. The light blue line was the actual distance for me by day. With some travel days, there some horizontal sections where I didn't row.
I tried to aim for 10 minutes where I could, and despite a slow start, I kept above the goal, and as of today, I'm quite a ways ahead.
We're out of town from Sun to the end of the month, so I have 4 more days to add to the total, hopefully getting to 70K.
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Coaching all morning at a scrimmage and then updating stats, but got back on the machine tonight. Long row of the year, 24:04, 5579m

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
After slacking off yesterday, back to it. Blizzard here so no gym. Instead going for the long row of the month. 2:09 for 13 minutes, then allowing to about 2:13 for the rest. 44k for the month. Still raising money to fuck cancer. Cc Conor Cunningham https://ift.tt/LHtuf5m
