Joy is snuuuuuggled up into my lap right now. Hardcore. She’s happy I’m home I think. I finished The Parallax View today, just the last fifteen minutes of it…and those last fifteen minutes ended up making me way more of a fan of that movie than I expected. And not...

I’m home. It was a stunning sunset as we flew in, pink puffs everywhere. Joy has cleaned my face, and Cooper too. Snacks meowed his orange head off. Liz made me some bean salad for dinner (or…served it, I guess—she’d made it earlier). It’s good to be home.

Went on an enormous (for me) hike today. 1500ish feet of elevation. Seven-ish miles? i was huffin and puffin. But I handled it 🙂 Not even sore! There were streams and waterfalls the whole way, so I was even able to stay cool, which was nice. Had my sun shirt on to...