The Gearreald's Journal

I woke up around 730 this morning, delighted to be unwoken by either dogs or baby over the course of the night. However, an hour later, I was starving, and no breakfast was in sight. I waited until 900am to call the desk, only for no one to pick up. I kept calling until I

One of the first things I noticed about myself in the Los Angeles airport is that I have COVID-19 precaution fatigue. I was less obsessive about using hand sanitizer and paid less attention to what I touched. Part of that is because I spent last week being deliberate about everything I touched, all

I got up, ate, showered. I had a meeting, did some editing, ate lunch. I did more editing, chilled, ate dinner. I once more took up the mantle of John Watson, DIDN’T get eaten by a fez, and then prepared for my flight

I got up around 7:30AM EST this morning. Less than an hour later, I was on hold trying to book at hotel for my return to Canada. While I waited, I cooked with Sara, worked on some editing for a meeting later, and cared for Becca. Three hours later, the call dropped without me ever

After my usual wake-up routine, I decided to check my email to see if I could glean any details about the testing that I might have missed. Turns out, I was right. I had glanced over something rather critical: the testing center had moved my appointment from 2/22 to 2/16. (I think I was somewhere

The morning started off unremarkably: I woke up, ate breakfast, made myself coffee, and joined Sunday school. Once that was over I helped watch Becca, create a shopping list, and unpack a few items. Sara’s parents arrived during the middle of that process, which is when the fun started.

Sara decided that yesterday was the day to replace all the lights, move and assemble all the furniture, and install upgrades to the smoke detectors and thermostats. Since Mike’s best friend from college helped him move and is still here, the guys got to work on all that. Quite correctly, in

We had a lazy start leaving Lake Havasu. Because of that, Sara started off driving and made it half way to our destination. We stopped at a gas station in California to switch, and, for the first time, everyone was wearing masks inside. (The price of gas was also ridiculous: over $4 a gallon!) When

Today was lovely; I slept in until 9AM EST and got to wake up to a meal and hot tea for the first day in over a week. (I know, #firstworldproblems.) The only issue overnight was that the rooms were really cold. (To clarify, Sara’s Aunt has a lovely house with an attached suite with

Sara and I agreed that we weren’t going to set an alarm to start the day, because it took Becca nearly 2 hours of intermittent crying to fall asleep. It meant we had a later start, but since we only had an eight hour drive to Sara’s Aunt’s house in Lake Havasu and no deadline