Thanks for starting this thread again, Ash. Sorry it took me so long to post. I meant to do so earlier, but then thought I wanted to include some pics from my last trip. And then I had to copy them to my PC from my phone, etc. (I should get a Mac, then everything would be shared so seamlessly with my iPhone...*sigh* It's hard to justify another expense when I have so many devices already that still work.)

Anyway, I'm still working part-time for a small non-profit organization, and still mainly working from home. I went to visit Mil a few months ago, and they let me work remotely, which was cool. I might be able to go back and forth to Oz more often if I don't have to use up all my vacation time.

Right now Mil is in Hawaii, and we're both trying to recover from a family trip to Alaska (a cruise). Recover in the sense that traveling with family (both our families!) is always challenging, and also recover from the fact that all one does on a cruise is eat and drink and relax! Everybody gained so much weight.

We did do some excursions (Mil got to walk on a glacier, but that involved a helicopter ride, so I didn't go), and I went on a dog-cart ride (during the summer they use carts instead of sleds) and got to cuddle with the puppies. We were both blown away by the beauty of the scenery, and Mil got a lot of amazing photos. Mine were just okay, but I will post them anyway.

Oh, we also visited the Dale Chihuly Museum in Seattle, and that was great. I'll post a few pics of his work too.

Other than that I'm getting in some time at the beach (which is unusual for me, ironically enough) -- I tag along with Mil, and while she does her Aussie-swimmer laps I do a dog paddle and just float around. Been doing some cooking and gardening and watching lots of TV too. Oh, and YouTube! I have a few people I subscribe to and watch their long-form content, but recently I've been sucked into watching random short-form content too. I do it on my desktop, but now I understand how people get lost for hours scrolling on their phones! It's so addicting!

Do I have any goals? Yeah, to check off stuff on my list of "must-do" items. They've been hanging over my head forever. It's stuff like get my car looked at, file in probate court, send my hard drive in to recover, etc. Add to that some "nice to do" items like write more, practice the didgeridoo again, finish the online course on "Art and Mental Health" I signed up for, sign up for online Japanese lessons, etc.