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Family / Travel — 2 Comments
24
Jun 08

on the road

On my way to Tokyo for a few Firefox 3 launch festivities — I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there, as usual. But as much as I like traveling, as SPL gets older (almost 3!) and he, Kathy & I develop more as a family, it’s getting harder and harder to say goodbye each time. Not particularly for SPL, I don’t think, as he was happy to roll my suitcase out to the car, give me a quick hug, and get on with his playtime, but for me and for Kathy. So much seems to change day to day now with all of our development, and it’s a marvel — gets to where you just don’t want to miss a single day. Traveling does make me appreciate being at home, truly.

So now to Tokyo — gotta figure out what some very interesting bloggers in Japan will be interested in hearing about from Mozilla. :-)

Family / Personal stuff — 10 Comments
11
Apr 08

friends

I’ve mentioned Adam before — he & I were in 7th grade together, a million years ago in Las Vegas. We were great friends at particularly itinerant parts of our lives, and the time we spent together in school and outside (playing Enchanter & such) was really meaningful to me.

Anyway, in what is maybe an unsurprising twist of fate, we’re both nerds now, working in technology — and so he was in San Francisco this weekend for some training and was kind enough to come over for dinner.

We had a great time — it’s amazing to us how much in common we have, even after 25 years, and how comfortable it was to sit and visit together again. Really awesome, and I feel very fortunate to be able to connect. Wonderful weekend.

[ps -- decided I was interested in revisiting Enchanter et. al. -- any ideas for the z-files?]

Family / funny — 2 Comments
15
Nov 07

my favorite

my favorite, favorite new video. [kid cuteness alert: video is of our son and is probably not all that relevant to anyone but us.] i could watch this all day long. seems so happy.

[warning: doesn't seem to load right on firefox 3 nightlies at present]

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9
Jul 07

time

I’ll tell you that time is a tough thing for me to figure out these days. The 90 minutes we spent with SPL trying to get him to take his afternoon nap seemed like they took forever. But this Friday will be his 2nd birthday, and it seems like those two years have passed in the blink of an eye. And I’m pretty sure that before we know it, we’ll be celebrating his 8th, or his 13th, or his 21st birthday.

I’m finding it both harder to really understand how I feel about time lately, and easier to just enjoy its passing. Yesterday was a rocky day, with the aforementioned naplessness — and SPL subsequently falling asleep in my arms when we walked around the block later. But after a short nap & dinner, the two of us just kicked around the backyard, throwing the frisbee & kicking the soccer ball — and time could have stood still, for all I noticed. It was just a sweet, carefree bit of experience we shared — the type of time that I’m learning to appreciate more & more.

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6
Jul 07

kid time

I’m taking a few days off to spend with my family, as SPL is getting ready for his 2nd birthday next week — this morning we’ve gone for a walk to Starbucks (our normal routine), taken apart SPL’s baby crib, and put together (most of) his new bed from Ikea. Need to take a trip back to Ikea to get the parts that we forgot yesterday, but should be in place by naptime, I think. He’s really excited for his “big boy bed” — he has a new set of tools from his cousins (hammer, drill, pliers, etc) that he used to work on the bed with me this morning. Fun. Kathy got a fair number of pictures & movies, so I’m sure she’ll post shortly.

Anyway, because of Independence day, this is my third day off, with a couple of weekend days to look forward to — I’ve found that adjusting to “kid time” takes a couple of days — getting used to not being too worried about getting anything done on a timeline — but that once you’re there it’s a great thing.

2 is a tough age — lots of new capabilities, growing language & understanding of the world, and lots of random emotions that are tough for a kid (and his parents) to sort out.

But he’s such a generous, happy, funny kid that I know we’ll miss this random time — such a good ime of exploration and coming into his own.

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