Once again, too long since last post. Several times I had set a goal to write at least two blog posts per month, or about 25 per year. (Weekly posts seemed a little too ambitious. Or are they?)
Some achievements, minor though they may be:
In January, I ran a 5k, the Inclement Sprint 5k at Green Lake. Today, I registered for another 5k in Woodinville, scheduled for August 15th.
Last fall, my wife joined a gym, with a pool. I piggybacked on her membership (yes, I’m paying my share), and have been able to log a little time in the pool.
I’ve done a few bicycle commutes to work, including Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 15th. This, again, puts me a little closer to my bicycle mileage goal; though I’m still far short of the 2000 miles I’ll need to ride this year to put me on pace to achieve the goal.
In pursuit of my Blender certification goal, I have begun two endeavors. I have begun work on a short (5-minute?) animated movie. (When I have something to show off, I’ll create a YouTube channel and post some clips.) And I have begun writing a Blender guide, Pocket Blender, inspired by and patterned after Cheryl Shrock’s AutoCAD Pocket Reference.
And I finally, tonight, uploaded my first Gray’s Anatomy drawing to my Pangdori Studio blog.
Perhaps the biggest milestone so far: on Tuesday evening my wife and I returned from a week in Florida. She had to go for a business conference in Orlando. I tagged along. Although Orlando is the theme park capital of the country (Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal Studios), neither of us were interested in theme parks. I had three different objectives. The day after I arrived, I scurried out to Kennedy Space Center, just in time to watch an Atlas 5 loft a GPS satellite into orbit. First time I’ve ever seen a real rocket launch. Second objective: splash my feet in the Atlantic Ocean. This, wife and I did at Cocoa Beach. Third objective: get my feet wet in the Gulf of Mexico. Holmes Beach, just south of Tampa, is where I achieved this objective.
Slowly, very slowly, I’m crawling my way through my Bucket List.
