Haha, Ollie the hang 10 surfer. He won't be traveling in the van with me (nooo litter boxes in my van), but when we're feeling the need for a getaway again, he's coming along!
I loved the pic of you and Chelsea at the beach. Good to see you two looking healthy and happy. What happened to your back? I must have missed a post.
Regarding enthusiastic consent, I agree, the only thing I'd add is that sometimes in life we have to make not-so-fun choices, like you HAVE to eat a shit sandwich, but you get to choose whether you want ketchup or mustard on it. If you're in that situation, then I think once you make your choice (mustard on my shit, please), you need to embrace it enthusiastically or else you'll just be miserable and resentful and start looking to blame others. Which is why we decided to move to Santiago for 2 years instead of Bend :)
Santiago is the shit (with mustard)!!! Woohooo! :)
Nothing like the beach to get Chelsea grinning. She loves the ocean so much. Summer is van trips and some backpacking and river swims and maybe some bikepacking!
I hurt my dang back by a) not stretching enough after some hard bike rides and then b) moving a stove and PING, there she goes. Sciatica for 2 months with disc pain and nerve blocker meds to sleep. Yeeesh. I've done it before in my 20s and 30s, but not this bad. Hopefully the last time :)
I like the nuance for enthusiastic mustard consent! Agree that it's "this is our best option out of the remaining, so let's agree to go all out with it." Reminds me of Obama saying that by the time a decision landed on his desk, all the easy calls had been made and there were only tough decisions and upsetting SOMEone remaining. But we still gotta own whichever route we choose!
Love the cat drawing! It's cool that Oliver got to travel with you two! Glad to hear your back is better. :)
Haha, Ollie the hang 10 surfer. He won't be traveling in the van with me (nooo litter boxes in my van), but when we're feeling the need for a getaway again, he's coming along!
I loved the pic of you and Chelsea at the beach. Good to see you two looking healthy and happy. What happened to your back? I must have missed a post.
Regarding enthusiastic consent, I agree, the only thing I'd add is that sometimes in life we have to make not-so-fun choices, like you HAVE to eat a shit sandwich, but you get to choose whether you want ketchup or mustard on it. If you're in that situation, then I think once you make your choice (mustard on my shit, please), you need to embrace it enthusiastically or else you'll just be miserable and resentful and start looking to blame others. Which is why we decided to move to Santiago for 2 years instead of Bend :)
Santiago is the shit (with mustard)!!! Woohooo! :)
What are your summer plans?
Nothing like the beach to get Chelsea grinning. She loves the ocean so much. Summer is van trips and some backpacking and river swims and maybe some bikepacking!
I hurt my dang back by a) not stretching enough after some hard bike rides and then b) moving a stove and PING, there she goes. Sciatica for 2 months with disc pain and nerve blocker meds to sleep. Yeeesh. I've done it before in my 20s and 30s, but not this bad. Hopefully the last time :)
I like the nuance for enthusiastic mustard consent! Agree that it's "this is our best option out of the remaining, so let's agree to go all out with it." Reminds me of Obama saying that by the time a decision landed on his desk, all the easy calls had been made and there were only tough decisions and upsetting SOMEone remaining. But we still gotta own whichever route we choose!