13 of 52 of 2026

So work this week was another whirlwind. I only worked 3 days this week but it felt like a full 40 hours.  I also recieved great news. I got a 3.5% raise and a 20k bonus which im super happy about.  I need to figure out how I can level up to a VI and remain that until I retire in 20 years.  

Hannah went on her East Coast trip. She enjoyed it.  But I ruined something again.  I got her a big head to welcome her back but it was too embarrassing so im iced out again...we are day 2 of the 2 week ice out.  At this point im just going to stop trying to do cool things cause whatever I do is not cool.  

I also worked on Ralph's room. It almost app packed but now we need to move it all to storage.  I found some cool old photos that I was looking for, so im glad I found them.  

12 of 52 of 2026

This was a pretty busy week.  From a work perspective its been a cluster of fire drills each day.  On Thursday I learned about new scope to my work so I'll will spend next week figuring that out. 

From a home perspective I went thru most of the boxes from moms house that were from my room. I have 2 more to go thru from the stereo cabinet.  

Tyler attended a business and ethics conference in El Cajon and received an Osha certificate and was recognized by the state of CA and county of San Diego.  Hannah got a Principal's list award.  She's received one every semester since 7th grade. 

We dropped Hannah off at the airport for her 8th grade East Coast trip. She was super excited and is having a great time.  

Tyler and I went to moms to clean out Ralph's room. We are about a third of the way.  

Che's kids cleaned out a lot of the house and boxed things up already. Now we need to go thru it and figure out what we are going to keep and not keep.

11 of 52 of 2026

This was a really busy week again at work.  A few longs days this week and a dozen or so firedrills. 

Tyler asked Devin and Erika to go to pack day with him this year.  He really enjoyed their company.  

Hannah is gearing up for her trip.  We got to hang out on Saturday. We had AYCE sushi at Itacho in Kearny Mesa then we shopped for last minute stuff at Target before coming home. 

Dan and I went to the gym for thr 2nd week in a row.  Hopefully we can work our way up to going both days of thr weekend. We also cleaned out some of the man cave.  

10 of 52 of 2026

This was another busy week at work. Worked until 5pm on Friday.  I have a feeling this is going to be the norm until October.  

I did a solo trip to see mom and dad this weekend. It was kind of nice to go by myself.

9 of 52 of 2026

This week was uneventful I think.  Work was crazy as per usual. 

The kids didn't have anything crazy going on with school. 

Che's son, Michael, moved into moms house. 

8 of 52 of 2026

Another busy week at work. I presented a deck to some leaders which resulted in a request to present the deck to additional leaders at the beginning of next month.  I also facilitated a meeting on a coworkers behalf cause she was out again.  I suspect the next time she will be out yet again.  

We kicked off the weekend by going to the SD Tet Festival at Liberty Station.  We had dinner at Liberty Public Market then strolled over to the festival.  It wasn't in full swing as we hoped it would be. We called it a night around 7pm. 

On Saturday we went to moms and completed the 2nd bedroom. We were there from 8am until 5pm. Painted and put new flooring in.  It went pretty quick with everyone there.  Che also redid moms altar and found a load of cash.  We still need to complete Ralph's room and moms room. Then we need to think about redoing the bathrooms. But first we need to start going thru her belongings and figuring out what's what. 

On Sunday we took Tyler to PB Shore Club for lunch while Hannah went to a birthday party.  She and I got into another tiff because of her attitude. Itll be at least 2 weeks before she and I speak again.  We are having these tiff about once a month now. 

I felt like I didnt get to recharge my batteries before heading into another crazy work week. 

7 of 52 of 2026

This was another super busy week for me at work.  I got my Year End review and was rated Excellent.  I marked myself successfull because I didnt actually lead any bodies of work. Instead I used it as a learning year and leaned in to learn Shared Services and did some Optimization and Realization work as a stretch goal.  Leaning in and assisting others led to my Excellent rating.  Looking ahead for this year im hoping to get promoted to VI and look for a new department.  We will see how things shake out. 

Saturday was my dads 92nd birthday. Its wild that hes been gone for 7 years already. I miss him and mom so much.  I really hope theyre liking what we're doing to the house.  Spent a lot of the weekend cleaning out my room and on today we painted it and laid flooring. Next weekend I'll empty my room of furniture then paint and lay flooring down in it too. Once its done Rachelles kids will move in. Then we will work on Ralph's room and moms room then the rest of the house. At least there will be people staying there so its not empty anymore.