Job app rejections started rolling in around this time and that was pretty dark. Everyone kept spreading covid. That was also dark. Morons tried to execute congress, or whatever. That was even more dark. This time was actually the least fun time of the entire pandemic. People were wishing each Read more…
At this point in time, Bae and I had decided that we wanted to move back East. She got a great new job opportunity that she took, and was already working remotely for an office in the D.C. area. I just had to get a job, as my fellowship was Read more…
These months were kind of a blur. We just sort of tried to stay in a routine while covid blew up around us. By October, it felt like we were the only people still worried about it. Every day was an exercise in gaslighting. The NFL came back, so that Read more…
At this point, I was REALLY smashing the biking. At the beginning of 2020, two friends and I, GMacAttack and TpineDaTroof, decided to have a “friendly” bike climbing competition. The rules were simple: climb climb climb, and the person who gained the most elevation at the end of the year Read more…
It was around this time for me that I realized that this pandemic thing was just not going to go away. I no longer said things like, “when the pandemic is over”, and actually believed it, even though I wanted to. Things were still relatively calm in SLC, pandemic-wise. However, Read more…
I won’t lie, the first few months of this really weren’t that bad. Salt Lake City hardly had any cases. Bae and I were totally fine with just not going anywhere. I had been traveling 1-2 times per month since…..fuck, Idk, since like forever. I was totally fine just not Read more…
Well, this is when shit really hit the fan, huh? I was actually traveling to Fort Worth right as the pandemic started hitting the US&A. We had a work meeting scheduled, and we thought we definitely had enough time to go through with it. Needless to say, we all left Read more…
I wrote this for my Mom to read, but you can read it, too. It’s important to write about events that happen very quickly so you don’t forget! This post is about the Sundance Film festival we attended in January 2020. Introduction For those of you who don’t know, the Read more…
The final day. Sadly, like all vacations, this one had to come to an end. Bae and I were to fly out on this night, but my parents were to fly out the following day. Father Freedom had planned to stay at a Marriott in Kona, and since he is Read more…
For this day, the plan was to stay out of the ocean and venture over to the Other Side of the island to check out the town of Volcano and Volcano National Park. It’s the national park where an active volcano is going off and lava is flowing into the Read more…