End-of-the-Month Highlights Day

New photos have been added to the Life, 2024 album.

• Events
  • Belated Easter dinner with Char on T 4/2.
  
  
  • Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on W 4/3.
  
  
  • Visited my mom for an early birthday celebration on F 4/5.
  
  
  • Went to Riverbend Park to see the bluebells, saw a kestral and owls at the Nature Center, and had brunch at IHOP on S 4/6.
  
  
  • Dinner at Fire Works Pizza on S 4/7.
  
  
  • Went to the optometrist on Eclipse Day, M 4/8. Discovered that my current glasses were actually 1 prescription behind in history which is why my eyesight was so poor. Saw the eclipse from home in the afternoon.
  
  
  • 20th work anniversary on F 4/12.
  
  
  • Family trip to Meadowlark Gardens on S 4/13.
  
  
  • Sick day for me on W 4/17 that led to 2 weeks of sinus congestion.
  
  
  • Family dinner at Bungalow Lakehouse on H 4/18. Maia lost her 5th baby tooth (top incisor).
  
  
  • Went to the Loudoun Earth Day event with Laura and George on S 4/20. Dinner (steak frites) with Tammy and Patrick on our back porch.
  
  
  • Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on W 4/24.
  
  
  • Rebecca chaperoned Maia's National Zoo field trip on H 4/25 while Ian and I hung out for his birthday.
  
  
  • Went to Ian's preschool art show on F 4/26.
  
  
  • Hosted Ian's 2nd birthday party on S 4/27.
  
  
  • New recipe for dinner (grilled salmon with mango-mint salsa) on S 4/28.


• Projects
  • Gently remodeled and shuffled bathroom assignments in the house on S 4/13. I now have the basement bathroom, Rebecca has taken over my single bathroom, and the hall bathroom has become the domain of just the kids.
  
  
  • Family project to map all the breakers in the house on M 4/15.
  
  
  • Started learning the state of web development in 2024 to overhaul the URI! Zone.
  
  
  • Still doing daily Spanish lessons in Duolingo (386 day streak).


• Consumerism
  • Really enjoyed watching Fallout this month.
  
  
  • No amazing new music, books, or games this month.
  
  
  • Not playing any games at the moment.

April's Final Grade: B, Great, other than getting sick.