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So not a lot went on this week.  Friday would have been moms 87th birthday. This is the 2nd one without her here. 

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This week I had an on-site at the office.  It was nice to see people and be around the team.  

We got horrible news at the start of the week, Roger took a turn for the worse when they transferred him to a long term facility.  He was on Ativan and morphine since Tuesday afternoon and passed peacefully on Sat Oct 24th. 

Roger was such a caring and loving human. He loved his family deeply especially mom. I will always remember how kind he was and how he always made me feel at home.  He had an amazing Donald Duck voice.  

Hannah made it to the doubles tournament and she won her first game then lost and was eliminated on day 2.  

We bought Tyler the wood for his grandfather clock. So hes ready to rock and roll and build it soon.  

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Work has been a shit show for a  couple months now.  This week was no different. Ive leaned that I need to be very mindful of scope creep. 

Tyler has a good week.  Hes been working hard on his grandfather clock. We finally signed him up for his AP US History test and his behind the wheel.  If all goes right he will have his DL on Dec 21st. 

Hannah had her last league game this week against El Cap. Paul, Rhonda, Jessica, Harper and Erica came out to support her.   She qualified for JV Doubles tournament next week. 

Tyler and i went to a card show in Oceanside. We got quite a bit of cards we needed. It was pretty fun to card shop w Tyler. We are master setting Chaos Rising. 

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It was such a hot start to the week that ended in a very wet weekend. I got my thumb looked at on Wednesday to find out that I have early signs of Arthritis, not good cause its my dominant hand too. 

Tyler did some night driving on Friday for the first time. He did decent. He needs more practice for sure.  He also got a much needed haircut so he was pretty stoked this weekend to get that done. We also went to Ninja Exchange in Carlsbad to hunt for the last 2 cards to complete my Perfect Order master set.  I have all the cards in the set, worth $502 today.  Hopefully it will age nicely.  
Got to watch Hannah play at Monte Vista on Thursday. She's gotten a lot better since she firsy joined in August. 

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It was homecoming week for the kids.  They both went and enjoyed themselves.  

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Work has been super busy, no surprises there.  Its been a bit difficult because ive been feeling ill.

I took Tyler driving this weekend, we probably got about 3 hours in.  He drove us to run errands, drove us home from the mall and drove me to and from the cemetery. 

Hannah won her matches this week which was nice. She has an away and home game this coming week. Hopefully she wins against Mt Miguel on Tuesday. 

We also saw Ralph this weekend.  He picked up more of his stuff from storage.  He has a desk and planter left to go.  At some point we will move the bird cage back to moms house and put it in the garage. 

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Another busy week at work.  So much to do with no time. 

Tyler got more driving in this week.  He had his 2nd behind the wheel training. Dan had him drive from Santee to Oceanside then back home again.  Hes gaining confidence each time he drives. 

Hannah did good this week with Tennis.  She did really well with her matches. Shes getting better and better each day. Her singles game is getting better too.  

This weekend I cleaned both cars, worked on my office space and took Hannah Homecoming dress shopping.  I also took her to a revolving sushi restaurant.  She enjoyed. 

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This was a short but very long week. Got to see a couple of coworkers from LA.  Work wise it was a super long week.  Im covering for my senior director while shes on pto.  Its intimidating because she has very large shoes to fill. 

Tyler got to see his friends football game in Ramona on Friday.  

Hannah won a game and also won a match.  Shes gaining confidence and its showing in her game. 

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This was another busy week for work albeit a short week since I took Friday off.  I got a lot done too.

Tyler is plugging away at school. He had his first behind the wheel session with Carla from AAA.  

Hannah won her first tennis game against El Capitan HS.  

I think the time we spend practicing driving around town and playing tennis has been helping the kids advance.  

We spent the long weekend in Oceanside.  I got 6 door handles installed. I ordered one more for the laundry room door.  We got approval to get the back stairs to be built so we will work on that next.  The next time we are up here I want to paint the kids bathroom.  So I am going to try and prep it soon. 

We witnessed Harpers baptism.on Saturday. We spent Sunday at the beach and having some good eats. 

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This was a really tough week at work.  I knew it would be, but I underestimated how hard. I worked until 330a on Tuesday then until 5am on Wednesday.  I needed to put those hours in because of a deadline.  I was already 1 day behind since I didn't get my data until 4p on Monday. Having to make up the hours took a toll on the quality of my work unfortunately.  On Friday I also learned that the data may be wrong too, which means I might need to reprocess the data. 

Tyler had a good week at school. He accomplished a lot as being a TA.  We got about an hour of driving in while Hannah practiced tennis.  

I watched Hannah play doubles at Grossmont HS.  She lost all 3 games but she did a lot better with her serves. She wasn't chosen for the First Serve Tournament which was disappointing. Hopefully she rallies this week and starts to show her coach that shes improving.  

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This was the first full week of school for the kids.  They're both adjusting to the new routine. 

Hannah had her 1st two matches this week. She played 3 matches and lost all three 0-6 but she was close to her opponent for each match.  Shes getting better each week. 

Tyler became TA for design and manufacturing and couldn't be happier. Im excited to see how he does in this leadership and mentorship role. 

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The kids started school on Wednesday.  Its Tyler's junior year and Hannah's freshman year. They're both on the 1 to 6 period schedule which is really nice.  Hannah's been juggling school and playing tennis this year. 

32 of 52 of 2027

This was a pretty busy week at work.  Hannah had practice all week and we found out she made the JV tennis team.  Im super proud of her and can't wait to see her play. 

Both kids found out their class schedules and theyre somewhat happy with them. 

We ended the week in Oceanside to rest and recover. 

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This week we made our way back home from Colorado. It was a 16 hour drive back.  

We got some back to school shopping in.  

Work on Thursday was a shit show. 

We attended Jaclyn bridal shower on Saturday then we did a lot of chilling on Sunday. I took Tyler driving for 30 min at the Westhills parking lot.  We also got him set up for 2 behind the wheel sessions.  

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We spent the week in Buena Vista, Colorado with family. The kids spent a lot of time with cousins.  Dan and I got some quality time in exploring Leadville.