The Week #242

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  • 🥳 Boyo turned 7 years old. It amazes me how quick he's growing up. It feels like just yesterday we were in the US celebrating his 5th birthday and here he is closing in on the end of his first year of primary school.

    Looking back on this past year for Leo and he's really starting to mature. He's getting better about eating various things, he's having fewer meltdowns, he's trying his best in all of his endeavors, his thinking is becoming sharper. It's exciting.

    He was adamant about not having a cake and instead had a scoop of his favorite flavor of ice-cream with whip and sprinkles. Yumi picked us up a slice of cake each. For dinner we had hamburg, fries, and steamed veg.
  • 🥘 For the first time (I think?) we went out for dinner with a neighbor/friend/Leo's friend. As the emoji suggests, we got Indian. I can't remember the last time I spent 2 hours in any restaurant, but it was a lot of fun. I hope we can do it again.

    Even better, we all rode bikes to the restaurant. I always enjoy a night ride and I should do them more.
  • 🐓 On Sunday we took advantage of the warm-ish weather and barbequed in the front of the house. After having the grill for a long time, this was the first time we've used it at our house (I've always been a bit cautious because I don't want to make my neighbors laundry smell like smoke). Food turned out good and I think I will start using it on a more regular basis. It is quite nice to just sit outside, cook, and eat. Or at least use it one more time before the weather turns 30 degrees from 6am hot.
  • 📒 8 months ago I started writing down all of my work in a notebook (Leuchtturm 1917, dot grid, blue) that I'd had for years and never got into the habit of writing in. I ordered a replacement a couple of months ago (same, but yellow), unsure if I'd start it in January and stop my blue notebook at 2024. I continued to use my blue notebook (continuity work for the week is easier), and while it's nearing full, my yellow notebook remained unused, until this week.

    After watching this video, I decided to give a go at building a daily tracker. I backfilled best I could from memory from the start of Feb. I'm still undecided if this will remain a purely personal notebook, in which I journal, or if it will be an everything notebook where I journal and also track my notes for work. I reckon it will remain separate until I finished my blue notebook, at which point my work notes will start becoming interspersed.
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