End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2021 album.

• Events
  • Had the Winters over for Maia's first 4th birthday party on S 7/3.
  
  
  • Maia and I went to 4th in Taylorstown on S 7/4. We did backyard fireworks in the evening.
  
  
  • Maia took her first Metro ride, from Wiehle to Ballston, on M 7/5.
  
  
  • Maia's second 4th birthday party on T 7/6.
  
  
  • Maia's third 4th birthday party on W 7/7.
  
  
  • The Edwardses came to visit on S 7/10.
  
  
  • Maia started her 3rd camp of the summer, at Claude Moore, on M 7/12. Emily came to visit as well.
  
  
  • Nolan and Sena came to visit on W 7/14.
  
  
  • Maia and Rebecca went to Nolan's 4th birthday party on S 7/17.
  
  
  • Maia and Rebecca met the neighbor's new dog, Ozzie, on S 7/18.
  
  
  • Went to the dentist for the first time since COVID on M 7/19. Maia had Ashley and Nolan over for a playdate.
  
  
  • Maia had a weekend with the grandparents on F 7/23 - S 7/25. The rest of us went to Lake Anne for dinner at Calypso on S 7/24. Ian went to his first farmers market on S 7/25.
  
  
  • Rebecca and the kids visited Emily and her kids in Arlington on M 7/26.
  
  
  • Got a summer camp bug from Maia on W 7/28 - H 7/29. Rebecca caught it on F 7/30.
  
  
  • Went to Lake Newport with the kids on S 7/31.


• Projects
  • Created a new website to support Don Maitz' original art sales.
  
  
  • Started studying for my next cloud cert.


• Consumerism
  • Enjoyed rewatching seven seasons of The Shield while rocking Ian to bed this month -- it really holds up well over a decade later.
  
  
  • Nothing new on the music front, since Pandora seems to be looping all of the same tunes on every station now.
  
  
  • Quit the vapid enjoyment of Minecraft. Only playing Ori and the Will of the Wisps right now.

July's Final Grade: B, Work is light and time is plenty.