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back from a really nice visit with Phi in Austin. Loved our little retro hotel right nearby the Domain and her place. We played Pickleball both days at an indoor Pickle Ranch. Ate well. Spent time downtown. Went to a great toy store Sophia likes and bought the kids a couple things. Early rounds of Wimbledon streaming in the background. Jules such a cool and composed kid even on the cusp of some major life changes. Steph and I happy as clams, cuddled at night in the small full bed. 🤎 💛 🧡 🧡

Man summer is flying by. It’s 1 am July 1st now. Im excited to see Sophia in Texas tmrw. Just in time to get home to celebrate the 4th. Things are going great to be honest. Im back at work, I’m picking up new hobbies, I’m exploring more. I also feel like I’m trying to drop bad habits which feels great. I need to get back in the gym, I feel smaller. I’ve rapidly dropped from 150 to 140ish without trying. The new pickleball club must’ve made that happen. Im playing great pickle and tennis lately, it just feels better and better. My one handed backhand is coming along, which I’ve always admired. Im picking up fishing, where I splurged $330 and bought everything I could need. Fancy rod and reel, and too many baits weren’t necessities. While on the bright side I caught my personal biggest on the first fish I caught with it! The second one I caught got gut hooked and unfortunately couldn’t save.

I went to my first NASCAR race the other night! It was a hour south in Hampton, Georgia. The race was electric, and following the race social media is saying this was the best in years! I dragged 4 buddies down and we had Mexican outside of the venue and my first tailgate in Mary Ruths Truck. Watching cars fly 190 MPH around the 1.5 Mile track was mesmerizing, and there’s nothing like the sound of these cars. I felt more excited every time they came around. The hometown hero of Georgia won, Chase Elliot. NASCAR is definitely something I will be keeping up with now and look forward to more races. When I’m older, it’ll be bucket list to own a NASCAR team.

back from a nice lake weekend with old friends from our Somerset days. I got up on one ski. Haven’t slalomed in forever but I guess it’s like riding a bike. Steph leaves for Austin early tmrw. Jules and I will head out on Tuesday. Excited to see Phi and have a little family time of our own this summer. She seems like she’s been in a better place of late. We also agreed that she would start budgeting and paying her own rent. I will then reimburse her (minus her portion). It’s a big step to put the onus on her to manage her money and life choices and residential responsibilities a bit more. I can’t deny it. It’s a weird reality. have to come to grips that our kids are now budding adults .

was recognized today for feedback Friday. We rotate the spotlight across our global team with gold stars and embedded quotes from key stakeholders. It’s a little cheesy but still nice to see my name in lights

got a bit of a distress call from Sophia’s coach. We have a family session scheduled for tmrw. who knows where her mind is at. Reality is she’s got to want it. frankly none of us can do this for her. I just hope she realizes this is the kind of thing you can end up losing your bed over. Homeless. Without plants. just one little cactus that you cling onto. Strung out. High on who knows what. really really lost. Like ET. I’m exaggerating but I’m deadly serious too.

fell hard on the Onewheel coming back from trivia tonight. game was over and it had just stopped raining and i was cruising home thru the cemetery trail. oddly circumstantial given Julian’s recent skid and all. thankfully all I totaled were my shorts.

Robin left for the airport this morning. But not before treating Steph and I to a fabulous meal last night at Little Alley. Made all the more special as it was Julian’s first night back as busser/food runner. He’ll be picking up shifts thru the summer to pad his bank account and make a couple generous purchases he’s confided to me. Anyway, even though the plan is no car for 1st year in college, he will be needing his own wheels to some degree. Enter Mamoo, who like so many times before, comes to the rescue with a perfect solution. Namely to borrow Mary Ruth’s truck. Not only that, and I don’t think I’ve written about this already, but she’s also giving Julian the old 86’ Chevy Silverado they’ve had stored in the barn for ages. Take a look at this beauty.

So, after all the beehive of family and activity this past week, now I find myself abruptly home alone. After dropping off Robin at MARTA, Steph and Jules headed up to Franklin. The plan is to get used to the newly restored Chevy ( 4 speed stick V8 – seemingly a beast to drive) , but then drive home in Mary Ruth’s more modern day truck and use that for the summer. Steph will stay up a bit longer to polish off the basement we’ve been redoing at Grandads.

Tent was taken down this morning. Boys chipped in to return all the tables and chairs I borrowed. And we miraculously got the “party pad” all cleaned up for our next guests, arriving today for a few week stay no less!

been crazy 🤪 making to say the least. So it’s weird to now just be sitting here, alone, basking in the glory of having pulled off an epic house party and then resetting things back to normal.

Mitch with the Chevy

What a week! First day back to work after a long Memorial Day weekend and man what a time to remember. It was truly a gift to have so much family and friends all together like that. By all measures and feedback, the party was a smashing success! Both the traditional afternoon part as well as the dreaded after-party. The amount of drunken revelry sure had many of us worried there for a bit, but the 200+ newly minted grads managed to dance their way thru the night, largely intact and without any legal implications!

Our tiny house and spacious grounds proved to be just the venue for the occasion. Evoked a real sense of pride for Steph and I, being what, almost 24 years since we last partied there for our wedding. Was a surreal experience for me for sure. Now being a dad of a college bound son and all.

there were so many highlights I can’t even begin to state. It really has been the time of my life.