As expected, I came in third. As I’ve mentioned before, Duolingo only counts how many times you’ve been in the top three. There’s not much motivation to push myself that hard.

This is one of my goals for my Guatemala trip. Climbing this will be quite an adventure. If the weather isn’t good, I doubt I’ll even try.

I bought my tickets today! Woot. September 29 – October 12. About five months to prepare. It will be very physical. Backpack trip.

OYB!

Español!

This is weird to me.

Walked 1.44 miles.

A little chilly this morning.

Does this hold any sway any more?

Good chat with my Mom. Always a blessing.

Checked the mail at my office.

Had a fun lunch with my buddy Rob Martin. We’ve worked together for years.

Deposited checks. Amen. One of the checks had a problem, the ATM couldn’t read her handwriting. I tried the other ATM. It gave me the option to put the amount of the check and then it was fine.

I have a bag of clothes in my car. I call it the Summer Store. I went through everything with the girls to make sure it’d still fit. Hot weather’s a coming.

Penelope was hungry for Vietnamese food.

As I was driving with Rob after lunch, I spotted this gigantic gorilla in the back yard of a shop. I was stunned. The owner told me it’d been there over three years. He rents props for movies.

Mr. Biggar let us take a quick look through his place.

I recorded an episode of Verbal Surgery yesterday called, “Pocket Change.” So good. I downloaded it onto my Mac this evening.

Stay close. It’s actually the lady in 4th place that will probably win. She’s the high scorer from last week. We usually make about the same amount of points every week. Rarely way more.