Cold but clear PNW morning. Clear enough to grab this quick capture of Mt. Rainier. 📷🏔️ Picture of Mt. Rainier with a crescent moon in the background.

Tomorrow is the sentencing hearing for the two individuals who took my sister-in-law’s life in March 2020. Writing the victim impact statement and anticipating the hearing has stirred up a new wave of emotions. Although I know it won’t change much, I’m looking forward to getting past tomorrow.

Today is my first day back at work after taking time off during the holidays. I definitely enjoyed my time off but it is difficult to jump right back into things at work. There’s always a tax to pay after being away for a bit. I’m determined to take smaller, more frequent breaks from work this year.

Working from home for the past 3+ years has saved me around 2.5 hours per day in commuting time and I’m very happy about that. But my commute is when I would listen to my podcasts and/or audiobooks. I’ve never really figured out how best to incorporate that back into my daily schedule. Sure, I still make time to read but I realize I miss some of the podcasts to which I used to listen. I might need to start blocking time for that during my day.

Although I still have the remnants of a cough, today is the first day in over a month that I actually feel pretty decent and like I have enough energy to do what I need/want to do. I’m really hoping this is the start of a positive health trend.

When my iPhone 12 Pro died the other day, my kids thought it was obvious that I would just get a new iPhone 15 as a replacement. While I still might do that, in the meantime I decided to put my old iPhone 6s back in the rotation. It’s taken me a while to get used to the home button again.

I was not planning on upgrading my device but my iPhone 12 Pro (which I’ve had for 3 years now) decided to die for no reason. It was working fine and then I set it on my charger and I returned to the black screen of death. Tried the usual fixes and tried to run diagnostics but it’s dead dead.

I’ve been sick for 3-4 weeks now and just can’t shake it. My cough and other symptoms seem to have improved a bit today but I just feel absolutely exhausted. Really looking forward to feeling “normal” again.

📷 Day 8 - Yonder

📷 Day 7 - Panorama

Perhaps not a panoramic photo but certainly a nice panoramic view.

A view of snowy Alaskan mountains with water in the foreground.