One of my favorite games of all time is No Man’s Sky. I’ve been playing and enjoying it since its initial release, and have watched with excitement as it’s gotten better and better over the years. My son has been fascinated with it for years, too. It was only within the last few years that … Continue reading “The Voyagers”
Our son began his first year of middle school last week. I didn’t write a post about it because I was both too tired from my long journey home from DragonCon, and then I needed to write about the magic of that show before its wonder wore off. But now that I’ve had a week … Continue reading “Adjusting to Middle School”
DragonCon was magical, and I mean that literally. There’s always something special about that weekend, but this year it felt like there was some actual magic in the air. Beautiful things happened across all four days; some were comedic and many were touching, but all of them made for one of the most memorable DragonCons … Continue reading “There Was Magic At DragonCon”
This weekend I’ll be making my annual return to DragonCon in Atlanta! It’s a wild weekend full of amazing people and unforgettable experiences. It is also a week-long commitment for yours truly. My DragonCon week actually begins tomorrow night, where I hop on a plane to fly down to meet up with Garth. That next … Continue reading “It’s DragonCon Week!”
Last weekend I had my summer treat, which was to return to an old summer vacation spot with a number of my good friends and chill out for a couple of days. It felt all too brief, but it was a perfect end to my otherwise overbooked summer… not counting my return to DragonCon next … Continue reading “A Weekend with the Boys”
When my wife and son go away to her family’s annual vacation spot, my version of the vacation is the Me Time I get while they’re away. Historically this has been interrupted by things going wrong at home while I’m watching the place, from damaging leaks in the walls to this most recent invasion of … Continue reading “My Turn For A Summer Treat”
As has been the constant subject of my blog posts last week, my wife and son are away for two weeks at my wife’s family’s annual summer vacation spot. I have opted to stay home to both look after our house and our cats, the eldest of which needs medication twice a day. I can … Continue reading “Two Weeks Too Long”
In Tuesday’s blog I wrote about how my two-week staycation had begun with an invasion of large ants. On Tuesday night I made a grim and gross discovery regarding their entry, progress, and apparent ending. Monday had been a bad day. I was throwing ants out of my house all day while trying to reach … Continue reading “The Ants Go Marching Two By Two”
This past weekend my wife and son left for their annual trip to her family’s vacation spot, and once again I opted to stay home. Our cats not only need company but the older one needs hyperthyroidism medication applied twice per day. I’m also nervous to leave my house alone for lengthy periods of time, … Continue reading “Home Alone Again, Sort Of”
My wife likes to plan things far in advance, which is very smart. As this summer approached, she planned out all the trips she planned to take alongside the trips I needed to take for conventions. Far in advance, it all worked out well and fit nicely into the schedule. Now that we’re actually living … Continue reading “Too Much Traveling”