Day 179: Barbie World

Day 179: Barbie World

Friday was fairly uneventful, as we found ourselves cruising into the first weekend we’ve had a little while without major plans or travel on the agenda. Amelia had school, I had a few calls and meetings, yadda, yadda. But the big excitement came later in the...
Day 178: Face to Face

Day 178: Face to Face

Thursday felt like a day where echoes of the days before COVID tried to settle themselves into the present day. For one thing, I had my first in-person presentation for work since before the world shut down. I’ve done a zillion of these on Zoom in the months...
Day 177: Errand Afternoon

Day 177: Errand Afternoon

Wednesday was our first full day back home, and all of us were pretty tired and struggling to adjust back to regular life. I was certainly fighting through some rust and mental cobwebs getting through emails and other work bric-a-brac that had piled up while we were...
Day 176: Snow Down

Day 176: Snow Down

We got up early on Tuesday morning to get on the road for the final leg of our trip home. The weather forecast was foreboding. It had been 100 degrees in Colorado only a day before, and we saw the temperature would drop and the front range would be hit by snow and...
Day 175: The Voyage Home

Day 175: The Voyage Home

Monday morning, we got our stuff packed up and made ready to leave Milwaukee and start the 2-day trek back to Colorado. We were a little tired. It was a jam-packed couple of days, and while we enjoyed our stay at the downtown Aloft hotel, it turns out that we happened...