Nima and I had some really close games today, I think all of them were within 3 points. He won all of them, and I got really tired after the first two games. We played a total of 4 and I was ready to pass out at the end of that. I had tons of fun but this combined with the morning workout is more physical activity that anything I’ve done in a long while. I’m feeling really good about it, but sooo tired and sore.
This morning was my second workout with Michael and it was hard. I am going to be really feeling it tomorrow. It took an hour and a half, and we didn’t take many long breaks. I was having a good time, and we got to talk about a good bit of interesting stuff. I really enjoy having someone that I can talk to at a higher level and they enjoy it. Not many people like to philosophize openly and at the level Michael does, and I find it very interesting and refreshing when his arguments and points are based on reality and not prejudice or bias. I plan to make these morning workouts a common thing, and I’m feeling good even though I am tired and sore.
Archer has been doing really well with the leash training and is wanting to go outside now. It is really fun to take him around. He won’t come in the direction I want him to yet, but he will stop going in a bad direction when I pull the leash and will choose a different route. I’m having so much fun with walking him. He isn’t doing too well on the toilet training as he hasn’t figure out how to perch on the edge and poop in the middle, instead he just goes next to the toilet. This is annoying, but if I can be a little more vigilant about it I think I can get him to poop in the toilet more. I know he’ll use it at this stage, as I’ve seen him doing it, just not consistently enough.
Lana is doing great on the toilet training and has figured out the perch on the edge and poop in the middle part. She isn’t doing well with the leash training though. This is more due to her not wanting to explore or be outside and not the leash being annoying. I don’t think I can get her over the fear of being outside, and even if we can work through it, she will be harder to control in public spaces if things weren’t going great. Archer is to the point that I can take him to the park and walk him around for a bit, I just need to get my backpack in a state that it can handle him, and he can handle it.
Julian came over Sunday afternoon to hack some on the most recent project I’ve been working on. His assistance is immeasurably helpful. I am really looking forward to Tuesday hack days, when he’ll come over after work on his way home for an hour or two.
I biked over to the farmer’s market on California Ave this Sunday. HODO Soy wasn’t there again, and their spot was taken by a crepes stand. It makes me wonder if they will be coming back to the farmer’s market or if they called it quits. I decided to grab some bolani, got Steph some more of the yogurt she likes, and had a lamb curry wrap for brunch. The ride was very nice, even though it was a little cool out.
Last night Michael and I went over to Andrew’s place to join him and Adam in a small MTG draft. It was a good bit of fun, and I always enjoy learning the new mechanics. I had a really fun little deck based around the heroic ability. Some of the combos I was able to play got pretty out of hand like 2 Phalanx Leaders and a Dauntless Onslaught or Triton Tactics. The outcome of the draft was that I got a close second to Adam. First round was Me vs. Michael (2:0) and Adam vs Andrew (2:1). Second round was Adam vs. Me (2:1) and Andrew vs. Michael (2:?). We did a third round of Me vs. Andrew (2:1) and Michael vs. Adam (2:1). All in I think that means that Adam was the overall winner with me just behind, but it was nice to have a rock/paper/scissors kind of win base. Adam’s removal cards were what really did me in, and I should have had a few counters since I was playing blue/white.
We went to Oren’s for lunch and brought along a bottle of orange sauce. It was soooo tasty, and I ate way too much. We might make a habit of taking the orange sauce out to eat since it was so good.
We had lunch and then went to Hacker Dojo to meet with some of the people Steph knows about the game idea we have. They thought it was a great idea and gave us a good launching point, and hopefully they will be able to point us in the right direction on some stuff once we get our roadmap done.
I went up to the city on Friday to work with Bill and Steven at Steven’s place. They are doing well and Preet stopped by for a visit as well. I’ll probably go down to visit them from time to time.
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