End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2023 album.

• Events
  • Sara came for an overnight visit on S 12/2. Soup night (barley and mushroom) with Sara, Car, and Jordan.
  
  
  • Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on H 12/7.
  
  
  • Maia went to the grandparents' for the weekend on F 12/8.
  
  
  • Went to a holiday open house at John & Kate's house on S 12/9. Family dinner minus Maia at Best Buns in One Loudoun.
  
  
  • Stayed home while Rebecca and Ian went to church and then Harpers Ferry on S 12/10. Dinner with the grandparents (salmon) in the evening.
  
  
  • Family dinner at Local Provisions on W 12/13.
  
  
  • Lilly and Monica came to visit on F 12/15.
  
  
  • Maia had her final dance recital on T 12/19.
  
  
  • Rebecca took the kids to Claude Moore rec center on H 12/21.
  
  
  • Rebecca took the kids to Char's for a belated birthday party on F 12/22. Ian w as sick for less than a day.
  
  
  • Made Manhattan clam chowder for dinner on S 12/23.
  
  
  • Went to Riverside for church service on S 12/24.
  
  
  • Christmas Day at home on M 12/25.
  
  
  • Trip to the Shannondale mountain cabin with the Uri grandparents, T 12/26 - H 12/28. Maia got sick on Tuesday, so she and I came up a day late on W 12/27.
  
  
  • Visited the Smiths for lunch and games on F 12/29.
  
  
  • Ian switched to a "free range" crib with 1 wall removed on S 12/30. Family dinner at Red Robin followed by a quick mall trip for kid shoes.
  
  
  • Rebecca and Maia went ice skating on S 12/31.


• Projects
  • Continued learning Spanish (with a bit of Korean and French) on DuoLingo.
  
  
  • Did Advent of Code at midnight for the 6th straight year.
  
  
  • Gave my annual presentation to the Tech Leadership Development Program at work on H 12/14.


• Consumerism
  • Enjoyed watching Cobra Kai and House of the Dragon.
  
  
  • Enjoyed listening to Katzenjammer this month.
  
  
  • Not playing any games or reading any books at the moment.

December's Final Grade: B, Happy New Year!