End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2018 album. Google Photos sucks.

• Events
  • Introduced Maia to her new backyard kiddie pool on S 7/1 and had a solo Dad Date at Miller's for dinner.
  
  
  • Saw KT Tunstall, Better than Ezra, Barenaked Ladies, and Larry and Janice at Wolf Trap on M 7/2.
  
  
  • Rebecca started a new work schedule with 4 day weekends on T 7/3.
  
  
  • Went to Taylorstown for the traditional 4th, complete with thunderstorm, on W 7/4.
  
  
  • Celebrated Maia's first birthday with grandparents on F 7/6, then went out for a beer flight at Ocelot Brewing followed by frozen custard.
  
  
  • Tried hiking with Maia in Algonkian and got destroyed by mosquitos on S 7/7. Had the Jacksons over for dinner and VR in the evening.
  
  
  • Had burgers on the back porch on S 7/8.
  
  
  • Took Maia to visit the Uri grandparents on H 7/12.
  
  
  • Rebecca went to Kathy's yoga studio on F 7/13 and lost her favourite water bottle. Had Mellow Mushroom for dinner.
  
  
  • Visited with Ben, Andrea, and Amelia at the Farmer's Market on S 7/14. Had Aaron, Vanessa, and Jax over for a kiddie pool party in the evening.
  
  
  • Rebecca had an unexpected day off on W 7/18. Maia visited her at her yoga studio, then we had dinner at O'Faolain's after the sad discovery that Cheng's had gone out of business.
  
  
  • Visited the Uri grandparents with Maia on H 7/19 and walked around Holmes Run.
  
  
  • Had another yoga visit - dinner date with the family on F 7/20 (Miller's).
  
  
  • Went to Anya and Matt's baby shower in Purcelville on S 7/21.
  
  
  • Had Tammy over for dinner (chicken in sour cream) on S 7/22.
  
  
  • Yet another Uri grandparents visit with Maia on H 7/26.
  
  
  • Had Car and Ben over for dinner on F 7/27 (weird pasta in a heavy cream sauce).
  
  
  • Had a backyard pool party with Maia on S 7/28. Followed it up with Siam Spice for dinner.
  
  
  • Went to Cascades Overlook for dinner at Poke Sushi Bowl on S 7/29.
  
  
  • Visiting a visiting Mark and family at Chris and Kathy's house on T 7/31.


• Projects
  • Got the last of my AWS certs for the next two or three years on S 7/8.
  
  
  • Transferred from the Mission Solutions - Entity Analytics division to the Corporate Business Development division on T 7/10. I'm officially a corporate stooge now.
  
  
  • Reorganized the kitchen cabinets for maximum efficiency on S 7/15.
  
  
  • Updated my resume to be database-driven instead of a flat file so I don't have to redeploy the URI! Zone every time I earn another AWS cert.


• Consumerism
  • Upgraded the VR rig to a GTX 1080 after a brief period of weak graphics cards following the lightning storm debacle. Played a mix of Beat Saber, Moss, Diablo 3, and Rise of the Tomb Raider this month.
  
  
  • No new music or TV shows of note this month.

July's Final Grade: B, slow and steady wins the race