Today I

• Ended up with a solo training session my first day back with JJ.  Seems the rest of the team hadn't gotten the memo.  I felt a little awkward, because I wasn't prepared to pay for a solo session, and had figured things were already settled.  But I went with it, and it was hard, but good.  If anything, it let JJ calibrate the set for next week.  I felt bad that I didn't have cash to pay him, and went to the ATM, thinking I'd pay later, but then decided that he deserved his full fee, and went back and gave it to him.  It'll probably mean a lot more to him than it did to me, so it was the right thing.
• Had some confusion with cars and timings this morning. The leaf wasn't charged enough. I tookJohann to daycare, and he got fussy when I went to leave.  In hindsight, Sirlei texted me a picture soon after of him being happy in his chair for breakfast. I didn't get it until tonight.  It's hard for me to leave him in the morning.  I know he wants to be with me.
• Work was work.  I love my team.  The senior management is full of assholes. I'm pretty done with tolerating the second class citizen shit. 
• Johann seems to remember what turkeys say, and is increasingly responsive to questions about the locations of flowers and cats.  He's also getting better with his signs.  He remains curious about the cat door outside.  He loves to smell the roses.  Makes me think of Grandpa Herber. He's always been fond of plants.  Not sure if that's because he's around them, but I hope it sticks with him.  Maybe he's a future botanist. Or ecologist.
• I trimmed the daylights out of the tree that overgrows by my hops, and also trimmed back the smaller hop vine shoots from the early ones.  They're growing fast.

Today I

• Stroked the 4-, with Stralka in bow, Breard in 3 and Sarson in 2.  I coached David on placement during some of the drills because i could see his blade when I turned around to watch.  He definitely got it.  On the pieces, we kept up with the 8 no trouble, and crucified the other 4- on the final piece in. The guys permitted me a long, patient rhythm with a strong acceleration.  It was effective.  Then did 30 min on the treadmill for 3.8 miles.  7.5 until 12 min to go, then 7.6, then up .1 every min for final 6 min.
• Work wise I did some analysis on the arrival rate of new EF tickets, and some suggestions for solving the problem.  Should be a possible KPI/ dashboard for CS.  I also sent off SQL tests to candidates, so I hope that all goes well.
• Took bug to the park after daycare.  He loved the swing, crawled around in the grass, and we met a lady named Kelly with 2 aussie shepherds, one was blind and found the ball by sound and smell. Johann signed for "more" on the swing, but I think it was because it was the second option between "up" and "more".  So he's got the gesture, and now needs to learn its meaning.
• Shared a Omegang Abbey with Jon next door, and then ended up hanging with him and ROmi with Kel and munchie.  Kel told Romi our news.
• Jon told us Midori woke them in the middle of the night last night crawling on the trellis trying to get some baby birds.  Bad cat.

Today I

• Up a bit earlier than usual to row the 4-.  I steered, with John Y in stroke, Joel, and Bjorn in 2. We split the 4 boats into 2 pairs, and ours was slowest.  Bjorn made some good changes 2/3 through, letting the boat come to him on the recovery, and it made a big difference.
• Home I turned on the infusion project again to re-heat and re-simmer.  I then strained it into a tupperware, returned the vegetable matter to the pan, added water for another light boil, then re-strained.  Let it cool on the counter, and then finished in the fridge.  The oil layer popped off as a firm solid, and the water was discarded.  I think it will be a success.
• Usual monday meeting, chatted with the recruiter.  Spent the day doing the SQL test, and found I'm actually decent at it.  Took me a while, but I got it right.
• Got Johann from Daycare.  Sireli says he learned to tickle others: one little wiggly index finger.
• Took Johann to the park.  Spun him slowly on the "sailboat".  He laughed and had a great time while Kel pushed him in the swing.  Kel got a call from her doctor then, so they had that chat.  Johann climbed on the toddler town.  There were wild turkeys, so we all walked towards them, and they retreated, but I think Johann saw them.  I made a turkey sound, Johann thought it was silly, but then, to our surprise, he tried to imitate the sound!  So Johann's first animal sound is: turkey.  He also got a kick out of me being a big crawler in the grass with him and crawling over him.
• He didn't want to eat, and didn't want to go down to sleep tonight.  It's 9:15 and he's in there calling out "mum!'  "amamamam!"  Meanwhile Kel and I are both ready to drop.
• I'm thinking of entering my pale ale and my barleywine in the marin county fair.  We'll see how that goes.

Today I

• Got Johann out of bed this morning.  Tried to get him to say "up" but still no dice.  I did think he signed "eat" though when I had him on the changing table, so I got him puffies right away and told Kel.
• Fed him bananas and oatmeal.  He had some, but then after some playing outside, he decided he was hungry for real, and so polished off the oatmeal plus some chouch of various orange veggies.
• About the time he wanted a snack, I took him outside on the back porch in his chair, under an umbrella with his crackers and strawberries on his tray with a drink, so he could see me re-pot the growing long term potted garden plants.
• Kel came home, and we tried to get her and little man down for a nap, but no dice, really.
• I transferred my dry hopped saison to secondary.  The transfer volume is a little low. I don't know if it's the bucket, which is poorly labeled, or if I left behind a larger volume than usual because the yeast hadn't fully settled.  Dunno.  Will need to take a gravity reading.  It smelled good.  I went with the 23 g citra, swithced to 14 g Sorachi Ace,
• Kel dropped and broke one of the clear lids to the pots.  It shattered mostly in the sink, but on the counters and floor as well. It woke Johann, so I offered to clean up if she just took care of him.  I used a dust pan and brush on the floor and in the sink, and eventually the vacuum to get it out of the disposal.  I think it worked well.  Was mostly worried about tiny bits where Johann crawls.
• Kel made another amazing curry.
• At dinner, Johann finally signed "more". He wanted more.  Kel said more to him, I told her to sign it as she left.  When she came back, I told her to sign it again, and this time, Johann bumped his two little fists together.  We were both cheering.  he did it over and over.  I hope he understands the idea and uses it again.  it feels like a breakthrough. Time for more signs.
• I began my first attempt at infusing butter for baking tonight.  We may or may not be able to have a result for a while, but I figure worth while to practice.

Yesterday I

• Saturday practice 2 x 2k + 2 x 1500m, ratest 26-34.  I rowed 2, after showing up late.  It was a gift to be boated.
• Kel met me at the BH with Johann.  She went over to Bon Air and order breakfast for us.  Mine was the mushroom omelet w/ sour dough.  Sent back my grape jelly for strawberry.  She had pancakes and bacon and eggs over easy.  She shared with Johann.  I had showered at the BH because I was heading up to BG with Mike for the shooting thing.
• Rode up with Mike and Paul.  Fun times going up, chatted about everything from electric energy future, going carless, etc.

• I did mediocre at trap.  Shot 13/25 both times, so 50%.  I think part of it is being away from my video games, but part of it was not having my concentration set.  I did best when I'd lead the bird, figure where it was going to be, and get my sites lined up there.  Dunno if that's best.
• Was home by 6.  Kel had take Johann to the EV rally that day, and he sat in John Y's Tesla and got lots of pictures.  it was fun and cool to evangelize.  We'd totally do it again.
• We went to BJs for dinner.  I was stuffed, so basically had beer for dinner there, "sofie" by Goose Island.  Super dry, tart, like a super Wit made with Saison yeast blend.  Johann sat between us.  Once home, i had a carrot, and a banana.  Johann thought my eating the carrot was interesting.  I sat on the kitchen floor with him, and he'd see me bit off a bit, and want to try to do the same himself.  So I let him try.  Baby wants vegetables, going to say yes.
• Kel and I talked in bed a lot, about what we recalled form topics discussed on her chemically enhanced birthday/ wedding night.  Apparently, I told her she's not clumsy, just lacks a lower gear for fine movement.  She told me I don't have to be naughty to have fun, but I told her for me that if I'm having fun, I'm being naughty.  Then we had a pretty hot night.

Today I

• Slept late.  Kel was up and showered before I got up.  Johann called to her/ us from his room "mum!"  "mum!" and Kel went in to get him.  He was in a good mood.  I carried him to the car for daycare.
• Interviewed a good candidate for my BI role via skype.  He's got a more analytical bent than I'd have sought, but it could be good.
• Got Johann from daycare.  Sirlei was teaching him animals with the small stuffed animals from the farm, with a swan playing the part of a duck. Told Sirlei about Kel's test result being in "normal" parameters of having doubled in 2 days.  It's hard to know what to hope for, here, but that's good news, on some levels.
• Had Kel's swim friend Mary Alice over for dinner.  She's expecting her first, so we answered as many questions as we could, including about circumcision.  She's cool, and we'd like to see more of her.
• I noticed Johann is doing a lot better putting the pegs in the holes in his peg launcher. I also think he's trying to say "milk".  Hard to distinguish from "mom!", but I think he's trying.  He was pretty consistent in pointing to the cats.  I let him walk with me into the back yard where he splashed with his hands in the puddle atop the temporary compost bucket's lid. He had a good laugh playing in the water, and is getting more confident and competent walking.  He stepped up the steps into the house form the back yard.
• Drank a whole bottle of Hennepin Saison myself.  Someone has to do it.     

Yesterday I

• Rowed in a 4- with Alan, Zorn, Rhinehart, I stroked.  It was mediocre.  Had minor issues with Alex being pissy when his crew rowed out from behind his launch to cross in front of the bridges.  it would have been fine had he not implied it was our fault by asking if we saw his launch.  Tool.
• Stephen and Rebecca came by on their way to the airport.  Steve gave me a big sincerely expressive hug, so I know he was sorry about the f-up on Sunday for the petrified forest.  Seems I'm a good farmer, as Rebecca and he agree I create interesting stuff.
• Dropped them at airporter in larkspur, and was again reminded that the electric doesn't do well when loaded.  Go through bars fast when weight is up.
• We put Johann into my 18 month old photo outfit, and took pictures of him, trying to get close to the picture of me, and then did a skype with mom and Grandma. It went well, though it dropped when i tried to show mom the Bretted saison, and we had a hard time re-establishing the connection.  Eveyone in Ft. Wayne wants to know if we're going back for the June get together.

Today I

• Up to row the 4-.  Raoul, David S, Brian K and me steering. We were respectable.
• Did my first post row work out of the head season.  30 min treadmill 3.77 miles. Challenging, but mostly mentally so.
• Home for some time with mini man, then straight into brewing the re-do of the Saison I liked so well.  The yeast starter was quiet for 24 hours, then nuts when we got home last night.  Smelled a bit of that industrial/ phenolic aroma, but I *think* I smelled that last time and all was well.  I sure hope so.  
• William the handy man was by to look at the roof, adn eh ended up cleanign gutters and trimming back trees.
• Kel took her test this morning, and it was positive, as I had expected.  Taking that one day at a time.
• Took Johann into SF for his appointment with the developmental specialist.  We didn't learn much, other than he's most likely not autistic in any way, but is delayed in a few ways, and that more tests are on order.  I held him for his blood draw for the genetic tests they want to do.  Right now, I think he's going to come back biologically nromal, which I think I'd prefer.  Id' rather he be normal and unexplained, because then it seems like he'll catch up. I don't want bad news.  It's so hard to see him cry with needles.
• I fear we lost Oliver when I got out of the car in the lot to get Burritos. Kel ordered 2 new ones.  Not the same, but hopefully no one will notice.  I feel bad.  I hope he shows up.
• I cleaned up my brewing, and took Johann out front for some play time in the grass.  He loved it, chased the cats, picked cover.  He still loves his flowers.
• Tonight, he pointed to objects on the shelf in the living room, and I tried to figure out what he wanted, and pulled them down for him.  He was fascinated by the paint brushes.  He was super happy.  He laughed when he tried to put the cats' ball in my mouth, and I made a sour face and shook my head "no" and pulled away.  He kept trying.  And laughing.  I think he understands teasing.  It was really cute.  He then wanted to pass the ball by mouth to each other.  Kind of hilarious. He laughed. 

Yesterday I

• Kelly got up before me to take care of little man. I slept a little late, but got up to take over as Kel left for her swim.
• After some chats with Stephen, we opted to head for the Petrified Forest so Johann could nap in the car on the way up.  As we approached, I called Steve to discover they hadn't even left yet,so we drove all the way over to Calistoga to let Johann sleep longer and to have lunch.  After lunch I called again, and they were stopped in San Rafael, so we just went to the petrified forest anyway.
• The fossilized wood was really interesting. The wood has essentially been slowly replaced by mineral deposits, so the structure of the wood is preserved at a very fine level of detail such that rings are apparent.  The trees are huge.  Just really interesting.  Got Johann a fossil book and  trilobite fossil, because they're just great.
• Stopped at Russian River brewing on the way back.  I got the Belgian sampler, and was impressed with the sours.  I'm acquiring the taste.  Johann had a tough time, I think it was because he was tired, but maybe hungry.  I had to hold him for much of the outing, so Kel and I didn't get much time together.
• Once home, Kel took care of him and gave him a bath and put him down.

Today I

• Awoke in Calistoga.  Tried to feed tiny man a good breakfast, but he wanted just a little milk, some yogurt with honey and that was it.  He did wave to the lady who runs the place, and visited her in the office.
• Uneventful drive home, discussed with Kel how I should hande future situations in which Im asked somethign I can't logically answer, such as "Is everything in the bag".  What's most likely is that I'm some kind of mild Aspberger's case, and just can't handle humans.
• Got home, set the car to charging and unloaded.  Drove down to SFO in the electric to get Steve & Rebecca, waited for them in the cell phone lot.  There's a 110 outlet in the lot one could use for trickle charge.  Upon leaving the airport, it became clear that the extra weight meant I was burning bars fast.  Stopped to use the evGO charger for a fast charge. Had a good chat with the guys servicing it. Impressive how fast it can pump energy into the car.
• Got burritos on the way home. Home.  Hung out. ABout the time we needed to go out for dinner, it was clear we needed to feed tiny man.  He had mostly milk and goldfish crackers.  We're a bot worried that he's a bit unwell.  Lower GI.  Maybe picked it up at Harbin.
• Ordered sushi, it was amazing.  Had Stone Drink by 4 20 14 and it was great.  Steve liked it a lot.  He needs double IPAs.
• So hard to get tiny man to settle in, took all of us going into his room.  Eventually i just lt him out of his crib. He crawled around his room a bit, played with his new barn from Grandma, and then lay down onthe floor.  I rubbed his back while he settled in.  Once it was clear he was really trying to settle in (after he spooned for a second or two, so sweet), I put him in his crib, and he was fine.  Now of to bed for me to row tomorrow. 

Today I

Got up with little man at our Calistoga hotel and had continental breakfast on their porch like dining area. Tried to get Johann to eat cut up hard boiled egg. No dice. Saw a headline about the Korean ferry accident. 

I hustled us out of the room so we could do a hike Kel found. It was from one state park to another. Passed an old (by CA standards) cemetery. Too many young women and children. There was a monument to the "first" church in the area. It felt like a very Euro centric thing to memorialize. "Nothing of interest happened here until 1850, when some white Christians built a building for their religion."

I had mini man in the pack with all the supplies for the hike. It was through woods and over a mild hill. He did well. Kel had the camera. He actually fell asleep in the pack. That was pretty special. He'd pet and stroke my shoulders, like we might do to a horse we were riding. 

The end of the trail was an old grist mill. Closed to public but amazing to see. I live the technology of prior eras. Good to know for the apocalypse. 

Stopped there for snacks. Little man liked the return trip less. He cried and fussed, so Kel gave me the green light to hustle back to the car. Once there Johann was happy.  On the way back, I almost jumped out of my pants when the massively loud hissing snare of a rattle snake erupted right next to the trail.  My first ever encounter with a rattle snake in the wild.  Scared me silly.

We ate lunch in town, and then back to the room for naps for him and Kel

Post nap was pool time. Kel instructed me on my swim kicks. I got better. 

Walked to town for dinner. Photo is from the walk in. Bug ate well, but once done, wanted out of the seat. I spent most of the meal outside with him. He liked the flowers. He waved at people. Had pork shoulder that was amazing. 

Walked around town a bit after dinner. Maybe it was the dessert we gave him, but bug was thrilled with the shops, and thought a lot of things were funny. 

When we got to our neighborhood, he laughed as we walked in the dark. 

Let him play in the room. Full of beans. He wanted to go out, so Kel took him for a walk. I joined and she reminded me some day I'll pine for the time when he just wanted me to carry him. I showed him the roses. Put him to bed in the pack n play and he made races. Pointed to the pack and made his spotty sound for "I want that". 9:30 at night and he wants to go in the pack. He's asleep now and so is Kel. 

Today I

Slept in with Kel. She got up with Johann and we prepped for our trip to Calistoga. 

I planted my garden. Figured outside is now the best place for my plants. Midori helped. The plan is to have the squash grow over the side with the cherry tomato plants in front for Johann to be able to pick them. 

I did some work correspondence this morning. Told Dina she's right to be stern. 

Stopped in Napa for lunch at brew pub. Johann was a sweetie. Didn't eat much. 

I checked work email when leaving and made it known I could take a call but would be out of signal range soon. 

Harbin was fine, but Johann puked while in the pool. I got him out and got most of the payload on myself. I took him to the showers to rinse us both. It was hard to convince him to go in for a second time, but Kel managed it and he really had fun. 

He's happy on his back, and trusts his own buoyancy a bit. 

While prepping to leave Kel stepped on a bee and was stung. After I mocked the sign saying "bee's watch your feet". We got ready to leave fast because I didn't k ow what shed need. 

At the end of the windy downhill out of Harbin, johann puked in the back seat. Kel was also pretty queasy. So I pulled over and changed the boy. Fortunately, most was on him, so the car seat won't smell too bad. 

We tried to feed him while at dinner, but he wast much for it. Amazing white pizza with mushrooms and truffle oil. Kel had beef I had  chicken on polenta. I carried Johann for most of the evening. He didn't want to sit and eat. He liked the flowers and liked crawling on one of the picnic table tops and sticking his arm through the umbrella hole. 

Now at our room. Took a bath with him and put him down. He's lights out. 

Today I

• Got up with Kel, and got little man up and changed.  Kel put on water for my oatmeal, and I made it for myself.  Fed little man a few bites of his breakfast.
• had standing skype with my team, then 2 skype interviews with good candidates.
• Finally had the chat with head of sales, and got answers to permit me to try to model.
• Gave tiny man his bath in the tub.  He peed.  He didn't care.
• Watched little guy walk super fast with his plastic walker cart on the cobblestones in the back yard.  On his return trip, he got off balance and fell and surprised himself and bonked his head a bit on the bricks.  We consoled him, and once he settled down, had him take a few more steps on the walker.
• Think we may have taught little man to nod "yes!" for things he wants. Tried to teach him with Oliver, and other things he indicated he wanted. He was inconsistent, but started to understand that "yes" nods meant he got what we were offering/ pointing to, etc.

Today I

• Up with Kel 7 ish.  She got Johann up, and brought him to me.  Put in new contacts.  Made Johann a scrambled egg in the small cast iron skillet.  He didn't seem super hungry for breakfast.  Tried to show him his new tupperware container with the hole for blocks, but still not interested in playing the game.
• I took him to meet Kel after her practice. Got there when practice was well over, but Kel was still in the pool.  Johann and I saw Jim and Deb, and Kel was happy and surprised to see us. I held Johann down to the surface of the pool so he could touch the water, which he liked.  His little blue sweatpants got wet from crawling on the pool deck.
• Kel made a nice breakfast of eggs with mushrooms and truffle salt and cheddar cheese and fig jam on wheat english muffins and bacon in the microwave. We both tried to share with little man.  He liked the eggs.
• Tried to have little man learn some more walking.  Took his pusher outside for him to play with inthe side yard.
• Puthim down for a nap, which he fought a bit, but then fell asleep
• helped Kel think about how to structure the terms of her contract with her potential longer term gig.  The flat salary with built in flex days and then going to consulting rate for overage will work.
• Put tiny man in the pack to go to the park.  I cut up strawberries. We've decided to begin the practice of making outside time mean he has his sun hat on.  I popped strawberries into his mouth while he was on the swing with his sun hat on. I took him on the slide, and stayed with him while he crawled in the grass.  On the walk over, he had pulled on my hat from behind.  He was his usual happy self to get in the pack for the way home.
• Had mushroom basil chicken pesto pasta again.  I fed Johann his, and he took down almost all of it.  Served my hefeweissen fromt hsi summer, and it was dry and very highly carbonated.  Also opened a west coast IPA from 2011, which was superb.  I should re-make that recipe.
• I tried to push little man on his car, but he didn't like it much.  He though it was funny when I got on it to show him how it worked.
• Apparently GOT is on tomorrow night, not tonight.
• We'll maybe see Amy and Billy on Tuesday night, not tonight.

Today I

• Up to row in 6 seat in some even 8+'s.  Bad side wakes in the bay so into the creek for 20 on 10 off work, trying for max power.  Adrian coached.
• Kel and bug were on the dock.  I took mini man to breakfast, fed him his pouch by spoon and his blueberries.  Listened to one of the masters women who had good counsel about his delays, as her daughter was born with CP.
• Was about to leave and try t meet kel at her pool, she called me so we met at half Day Cafe and had breakfast there with mini man.  I had the eggs with chorizo, and fed some to Johann.  Peach smoothie, too.
• On the way home, bug fell asleep in the car, so i drove around the neighborhood a bit to let him sleep some more.
• Kel arrived home with groceries, and we decided little man didn't want to nap.  
• I made lemon rosemary chicken marinade, then had lunch with Kel (salad with feta and chicken and cherries) and then went o Marin humane society to try to get a feral cat trap. They were out.
• I called Drew on my way home and had a long chat with him.
• Tried to give little man a snack of pouch and other things.
• Kel made lovely basil mushroom pesto chicken pasta for dinner.  I had the Cristofel Bier from the Belgian beer lift. It was lovely. Lighter body, raisin, fruity.  I need to rethink my approach to Belgian styles and go lower mash temp and lighter malts, trust the yeast.
• Little man did some good walking on his push cart.
• Watched Dispicable Me with Kel on the couch.

Today I

• Had a tough night with having to write a late night work email
• Up to row the 4- with Raoul, Alan and Mike S.  Vs an 8+, did well.  Very foggy, glad I didn't have to steer.
• Picked up red roses for Kelly on the way home.  She kept them with her all day.
• Chatted briefly with Dina.  She's bummed out by dumb people.
• Picked up my pants from the tailor, and Julie was already here.
• Suited up with Kel, and got Johann from daycare.
• Kel surprised me and changed her name.  Olga the clerk was kind and didn't charge for the new license.
• Our ceremony was short and cute, and the setting was pretty architecturally awesome. So great to have Johann with us.
• Lunch with Julie at Guyamas.  Johann had a hard time waiting in the car while we did a pit stop at home, poor bug.  I got him a cheese stick,but he didn't seem to want it.
• Kel and I had dinner at Beer works.  Tried to think through my dream regatta.
• Talked to Steve on the way home.
• Now finally having E together

Today I

• Slept late with Kel and had a lovely morning with her.
• Johann woke up after my shower.  He was playful and shy in his green striped Dr. Seuss jammies.
• Had yet another work day that makes me want to quit.
• Tried to get my suit pants taken in in time for tomorrow's ceremonies. Cleaning girls came by today.
• Picked up Johann from daycare, he was outside in the back yard with Sofia.  He waved when he saw me, and smiled.
• Took him to toddler town for some mini tube slide, some swings.  He lit up with Joy when he saw Kelly arrive. She called to him and he waved to her from behind the jeep cut out.  He was happy to see her.
• We almost forgot dinner with Jon and Romi.  They had us over.  Jon made slow cooked beef ribs on the grill.  I brought over the 2013 Hopocalypse.
• Watched first episode of season 4 Game of Thrones with Kelly.

Today I

• Up for my final practice with my SDCC 8.  2 x 1k.  First with start, second as second half.  First was a bit rough, as we'd not practiced a settle in the warm up and didn't settle well. There was a light mist falling.
• After practice, de-rigged.
• Had a very disappointing chat with the new HR woman. Once more, my logic fails to persuade anyone to take any action.  Her advice is that I have to make people think my idea is good for them.  I pointed out It's pretty hard to use soft power and influence from over here. It's left me feeling really unsupported.  I'd like to try to learn from this.  I'm realizing I'm failing at persuading up the organization and across.  I don't know how to be better, but I realize it'll hold me back in my career. I need to figure it out.  I think I need to ask for help, and I need to accept I don't have all the answers.
• Went to the marin county clerk today.  Never thought I'd do that again.
• Had conf call with various PFC folks about protocol and costs.  Looks like we target a May start.
• Johann's screener qualified him for a referral to a developmental specialist.  There's also some resource available here, they say.  I don't know what to think.  He seems to be doing most of the normal things, but he's just on track if he were half his literal age. We'll wait to see what is said.
• Took him to the park with Kelly.  Chime bars, down the slide with Kel holding his hands, big slide with daddy, some climbing on the toddlertown, some swings, and cheese stick.
• For dinner, the boy wanted mostly milk.  I tried to give him his paella, but he was uninterested.  He wanted biscuit and chicken chunks. And more milk.
• He did some more pushing of his walker cart, and played in the spare room, with his usual requests to see the framed pictures on the ground. He played with the box for his blinds.  He snuggled with Midori and Kelly briefly.  He also thought it funny to bite my nose. That hurt.
• Watched a documentary on hospice in a prison.  It was so touching, how the other inmates took care of the subject.  There was a lot of redemption and compassion.  Made me want to find a way to serve our prison population here.
• Kel and I are packing for San Diego.  We fly tomorrow.

Today I

• Dragged myself out of bed after a night with Johann to go to the boathouse and fill in in the club 8.
• We got hail dumped on us right as we hit the end of the playpen, before we were warm.  And, of course, I didn't have my hat.  The sound of thousands of tiny ice cubes hitting the metal riggers and water was very loud.  Adrian didn't know to stop us or to have us row through it, but we went through, because we were cold and needed to move. At one point I started to wonder at what point the hail would become dangerous.  Felt like it would cut my ears.
• Kel met me with Johann at the boathouse so she could meet a team mat to carpool for her pitch today.  She got me an apple fritter at the gas station, and then we drove to the ferry terminal, where I dropped her, and then took Johann home.  She and her blonde friend pulled alongside me as I was about to get on 101 north, waving to get my attention.  Sweet moment.
• I took Johann straight to daycare because it was 7:45.
• Had a chat with Serenella about the UI for the new index.  I hope I moved it in the right direction.
• Had shrimp super burritos for dinner.  MUnchkin had quiche.
• DId skype with mom and Grandma. Grandma looked really good.  She's going out to lunches.  Johann really interacts with mom, or at least knows she sees him.  I took a picture of them on skype together.
• I hung Johann's blinds, or at least fixed them.  He watched and was interested.  He wanted to play with the tools. I gave him a ratchet screwdriver without the tip in it to play with.
• He and I had a bath together.  He was a little unhappy at first, the water may have been a bit too hot, but then he was fine, splashing and playing, putting his lips on the water, playing with breathing.  He had a great time, and went to bed pretty willingly.  I always take that as a good sign that he got his fill of time with us.