Vacation is going well
Kids are having fun on the vacation
Finished reading: I enjoyed the evil, killer Hogwarts of A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 📚
Highlight of the vacation is having access to a lake and the time for longer swims 🏊♂️
This will do
Found a WWI monument on today’s run. Despite their age, these are still important reminders of sacrifice
Finished reading: I really enjoyed The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier. I think this is the first story I’ve read that really explores the implications of the simulation hypothesis 📚
Finished reading: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan continues the imaginative and entertaining series 📚
We screeched into the start of this vacation as a smoking pile of rubble after several intense months of work. Time to refresh and recuperate
Impressive harvest from kid #2’s first attempt at a home garden
Relaxing
Found a good spot
Fascinating to spend some time with the K-9 unit today. The dogs are so focused and enthused about the tasks.
Huntsville 70.3 Ironman notes 🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️
After a few weeks of recovery, here are a few notes on the Huntsville 70.3 Ironman. The short version (given there’s lots of details below) is that the course was fantastic, though very hilly, and I managed to shave 15 minutes from my last 70.3. Pre-race No surprises here. There were scheduled times for registration and all we needed was the receipt from our online payment. With that, they handed over a wristband, timing chip, stickers for my bike and helmet, a hot-pink swim cap for my age group, t-shirt, and a morning gear bag for transferring clothing from the swim start to the run finish.
The End of Media by Paul Wells is an important and surprisingly entertaining series on the decline of media and corresponding rise of issues management in Canada
Finished reading: Dust by Hugh Howey is a good ending to the trilogy with a nice note of hope. I hadn’t enjoyed the second book in the series as much as the first, but Dust put it in perspective and I appreciate it better now 📚
Knob Creek On the Rocks Old Fashioned is tasty
Finished reading: Although very strange, I enjoyed The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss. There’s no need to read the book to understand the rest of the series and it wouldn’t make much sense as a standalone. Nonetheless, learning more about Auri and great writing make it worthwhile 📚
Peppers are ripening
Finished reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson is a satisfying end to an entertaining trilogy. I enjoyed the creative world building and interesting characters across the three books📚