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NYE Inbound
Dec. 31st, 2023 02:44 pmWriting this from the flight back. San Diego trip was pretty great, despite some chaos. Really enjoyed visits to museums and the zoo and the aquarium down at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute and some beautiful scenic spots. Generally lovely weather. The San Diego Zoo is pretty amazing, though that trip was with most of the kids (less baby) and at least five of six had some sort of emotional crisis at some point.
Sean and family got back into town mid-week for a late gift exchange. Unfortunately they fell ill with COVID the following evening, limiting the time visiting the people we'd come to San Diego specifically to visit. So it goes. They didn't get too sick and are recovering all right.
Anyways, I really enjoyed spending time with all of the nieces and nephews and meeting the new baby cousin, Nico. Owen and Mila have grown up so much, and the twins (who just turned four on this trip) have grown a lot and become so much more engaged and opinionated. They have a shared interest in "Paw Patol" and their playing and singing with their new toys was pretty cute.
I did get in a bit of reading and relaxing. Read "How Infrastructure Works", a new book by one of my Olin profs. And watched the anime adaptation of "Pluto" on Netflix, which was really good.
Sean and family got back into town mid-week for a late gift exchange. Unfortunately they fell ill with COVID the following evening, limiting the time visiting the people we'd come to San Diego specifically to visit. So it goes. They didn't get too sick and are recovering all right.
Anyways, I really enjoyed spending time with all of the nieces and nephews and meeting the new baby cousin, Nico. Owen and Mila have grown up so much, and the twins (who just turned four on this trip) have grown a lot and become so much more engaged and opinionated. They have a shared interest in "Paw Patol" and their playing and singing with their new toys was pretty cute.
I did get in a bit of reading and relaxing. Read "How Infrastructure Works", a new book by one of my Olin profs. And watched the anime adaptation of "Pluto" on Netflix, which was really good.
