That’s a lotta water.

OYB!

Español!

Fun chat with Anthony. He was really cracking me up today.

Laundry!

.60 mile walk with Jessi.

Biked 9.03 miles. Hard ride. Felt out of shape. Was still glad that I stayed off the bike to let my arm heal up.

Listened to Don Cheto while I rode.

Push.

I see this lagging behind of kids with their school work literally every day.

I’ve really enjoyed playing Horizon Forbidden West again. Such a gorgeous game.

During the night, I try and record what I remember of my dreams. Always a fun adventure.

Kathy has been helping me write Thank You notes.

OYB!

Español!

Had a fun lunch with my buddy, Jon Paul today. He’s always a blessing.

I got the letter that Everly wrote to Kyndal in the mail.

I had a conversation with my new friend Spencer Jones today. If all goes well, he’ll be bringing about 100 people to Atlanta next Summer.

Still super rich.

Nice today.

Picked the girls up at the bus and got them something to eat. We then went to Azalea to help the kids with their homework.

The kids are still decorating envelopes for me.

Don Cheto on the way home. Checking on vocabulary I hear.

Keep going.

It’s great to get in touch with my friends from the old days. Joe Dickey and I have known each other since I was in sixth grade in Nairobi! I’m looking forward to seeing him and his wife when I’m in Georgetown, Texas to visit family and go to Baylor.

OYB!

Español!

Ordered groceries.

Been working on the Thank You note project.

Walked 1.74 miles this morning with J.

Picked up the girls at the bus. Took them to McD’s and then to Taco Veloz.

Heard from supporters who bought some gloves for the kids for the cold weather. That project was super popular last winter.

Worked with the kids at the mission. I like their art.

J and I had a good talk with my Mom on the way home.

Picked up and put up the groceries.

Don’t stop. Won’t stop.

This sort of thing has got to be making the Russians super upset with Putin. Especially since the recruits are barely trained and they just send them into the Ukrainian “meat grinder.”

Looks like it’s going to be cloudy this evening. I’ll probably go check it out sometime this evening.

Everly’s packages have started to come in.

Everly got picked up this morning by Ashley. I think she’s just sick of school, not really sick.

OYB!

Español!

I got in touch with my buddy, Joe Dickey today who lives in Austin. I’m hoping to connect with him while I’m in Georgetown, Texas.

Drizzly this morning.

Had a good chat with my buddy, Anthony.

Don Cheto, although he wasn’t on his show today. He had the other three people doing the show which isn’t nearly as good.

I met Ashley at Azalea to pick up Penelope. She already had Everly. I took them all to Cici’s which was Penelope’s choice.

Helped the kids at the Mission.

I sure get tired of this drive every day.

Checked the mail at my office.

Good talk with my Mom.

Checked the oil in my car. Right on the money. I had added some the last time I filled up, but where I was parked was on a slant. I wasn’t sure if it was an accurate reading.

Just keep going.

Because of J’s doctor appointment, I missed my usual hour of work one day last week. I still came in the Top 10.

OYB!

I had the plumber come over to check on my sink. I thought there was a crack in the stainless steel. He said it was from where his saw cut the sink when he was getting the old faucet out. I’m looking into how to buff the scratch out.

I got a couple of small chips in my windshield. I used this Rain X product before. It did a good job.

J and I walked 1.79 miles this morning. I thought this flower was beautiful.

I had a good chat with my Mom this morning. We are trying to work out when I can see the rest of the family and supporters while I’m in Texas. My brother Jim will pick me up and hopefully we can arrange a time to see his grandgirls while we’re in Austin.

Everly was excited to see a note from her friend Kyndal in Tennessee.

I sent a picture of Everly reading it to her. Everly started working on a new letter while she was at the mission.

Not too much homework today, but the place was still packed with kids.

New week. Keep pushing. I’ll definitely come in the top three this week.

OYB!

Español!

Because of my arm injury, I haven’t been riding my bike. I’ve been walking with Jessi instead. Walked 1.76 miles.

Everly got a letter from her friend Kyndal.

Listened to Don Cheto while I did yard work. Blew the driveway and deck.

Did my laundry.

Cleaned my toilet. The Japanese believe that when you do that, you get good financial luck. Huh.

Cut my hair and trimmed my nails.

Internet maintenance this evening.

This week and the next two weeks the Diamond Tournament on Duolingo will be taking place. Lot of motivated people.

Ordered inserts for J’s shoes last night. They came in today.

Español!

Yesterday, one of the jugs of water that I use to water plants started leaking. Eventually, the whole gallon drained out and was absorbed by one of my rugs. I started drying it out last night. Smelled pretty bad. This morning, I got more of the rug up in the air and put two fans on it as well as opening the door to get some fresh air in the room. I also used a wax melt to make it smell better. Turned out fine.

OYB!

J and I took the girls to the Reptile Expo today. We had fun, but every other table had stuff for the girls to buy. That made it a lot harder for me to enjoy. The last Reptile show J and I went to had nothing like that.

They liked the 3D printed toys.

I thought these were cool.

Fun day!

Great to see Ashley and Miles too!

Friday the 13th!

OYB!

Working on cancelling Disney Plus. Hardly ever use it.

Español!

Walked 1.09 miles with J.

Good talk with Anthony and Anton. J was with me too.

Went to Publix to pick up J’s meds and eat Mexican food.

Refilled my hummingbird feeders.

Watered my plants.

Heard back from Mike today. Sorry he won’t be able to come to Baylor to see us!

OYB!

Jessi tried to use my Mac Air for his Tele-Doc session. Didn’t work correctly. He finally got my iPhone to make the connection. I think Dr. Ravi had some solid ideas about what J should do to help his sleep get better. J had some resistance to what he said because she’s been so dependent on meds for going to sleep and waking up.

I did one of my lowest scores ever in Spanish today. Wasn’t able to use my iPhone when I needed to, and this evening I didn’t get the extra credit I’m used to. So it goes. Being available for Jessi was way more important to me.

WX!

Tried to call my Mom but we weren’t able to connect. She was at her eye doctor.

Don Cheto!

Picked up the grandgirls and took them to Waffle House and Taco Veloz.

We tried a Champurrado today. It was a cinnamon flavored hot chocolate concoction. Girls really liked it. Little too sweet for me.

I explained the word “roaming” to the girls today. In particular how cell phone towers work and how the signal strength is somewhat like using a flashlight. I mentioned how roaming with your phone could cost you a fortune when you try to use your phone overseas and how careful I had to be in Guatemala to focus on just using wi-fi.

I worked on the Thank You card project. The kids helped me decorate envelopes.

Cleaned the mission.

Went to my office to pick up checks and process them. Then to the bank to deposit them. Thank you, Father. I really appreciate it.

Didn’t get home till after 8PM.

Hard day at the mission. Sometimes I get so wound up when I feel some of the older guys are not respecting me when I ask for help. I do so much for them and they can just blow me off. I don’t handle that well. I asked the kids I was working with if I had been right to get mad at them. They thought I had been. That made me feel a bit better.

One of the kids was running in the kitchen and conked his head on a table. Got a little cut on his scalp. Hardly anything, but if you know anything about wounds like that they bleed a lot. I was completely calm and stopped the bleeding, got him cleaned up and told him to go home and wash his hair to get the little cut clean. Boys will be boys. That’s why one of my rules is “No running in the Mission.” They don’t always follow those guidelines.

Oh, well.

I thought Kamala did a great job against Trump last night.

I was glad that Taylor Swift is endorsing Harris. I was shocked at Elon’s tacky comment.

I was glad to see that my Mac Air can run Apple Intelligence, although I’m not exactly sure what I would use it for.

OYB!

Washed my bed linens.

Español!

Ordered groceries.

As I get closer to headed to Texas to see my family and go to Baylor for ComeHoming, I’ve been contacting NoZe Brother friends of mine. Today I got in touch with Bill, Mike and Don.

K came with me to be with the grandgirls. Always a blessing.

Helped the kids at the mission.

I liked this.

Just keep going.