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Sunday 6/26/22, 12:06 pm

It’s been a really bad week. Total breakdown on Monday. Hurt my neck on Tuesday I think. Urgent care and ER on Tuesday (for Carina, not for me). Doctor appointment, ER and overnight stay on Friday. Things were mostly ok until Saturday night then Carina wasn’t doing so well. Went to bed on bad terms. I’ve had a horrible morning since.

Walked 3 miles. Gonna run. Then not sure what. Rest probably. Maybe work a little.

Just tired of feeling tired and exhausted and not well and mad or worried or upset. Just shitty.

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Mon, 6/6/22, 3:20 pm

Back from the Caymans (got back late Saturday night). Awesome trip.

Traveling again feels SO good.

We’re not even halfway through the year and already 2022 has brought:

1. Arrowhead

2. Yosemite

3. Vail

4. Borrego Springs

5. Mexico

6. Miami & Grand Cayman

So very grateful.

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6/1/22. Not bad for vacation mode. Feeling great.

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This past weekend, May 20-22, 2022.

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5/16/22.

Chill weekend in Laguna this weekend after the big fire on Wednesday 5/11.

Picnic at Moulton on 5/14 and montage beach morning on 5/15.

Caymans in 12 days.

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4/25/22, 5:18 PM

Got back from Mexico today with Carina, Jesse & Katie. Awesome trip. Felt like a legitimate vacation as opposed to a quick weekend trip. We left Friday mid day and got back today around 1 pm. Treated myself to a day at the Montage after. Rough day, I know.

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Easter Sunday, 4/17/22, 4:04pm

155 lbs. Down 70 lbs from my heaviest. Feeling really, REALLY healthy and happy. Picture above taken this morning.

Currently at Dad’s with Carina and Caiba and about to see the Wintertons.

So grateful.

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Sunday, April 10th. A perfect memory.

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It’s been 3 months!

I have a reminder on my phone to write something here weekly. I usually ignore it. I shouldn’t.

So what have I been up to? Since January 19th:

Dennis painted his side of the planter white (finally) and we re-painted ours. Big news, I know. It does look much better though. Rachel continues to work on her house across the street. 

Jesse and I camped in Yosemite in high 20-degree temps in early Feb! It was freezing but super fun. Having a fire and just chillin and talking was really cool. Plus the hiking was great. 

There was a big fire in north Laguna/ Newport Coast in early Feb. Scary, but no injuries I believe. Brian and Monique came and hung out for a night the next night since they were in SoCal. We went bar hopping in Laguna and it was a great time. 

Carina bought a chaise lounge chair type thing for our bedroom.

My dad got kayaks so we’ve taken those out a few times at his place on the lake.

Carina and I went to Vail from Feb 18-21! It was amazing. Delicious food (the breakfast at the Hythe was to die for), gorgeous view from our room with a fireplace, amazing hot tub, super cute town. I skid for the first time! Scary and not dying to do it again lol but fun and proud I did it. 

Unfortunately while we were gone in Vail my dad wasn’t feeling well and went to the ER where he was later prescribed librium which really messed him up for awhile. It took over a month, but he’s been getting back to normal. 

We went to Borrego with friends for Carina’s 30th! Super fun. No one got Covid, lol. Brielle was born not long after, on 3/20/22. We watched Missy for a few days. She lost 3 teeth while here!

Carina and I went on our wedding hike again on 4/3. My dad’s been baking bread a lot again. Last weekend we got some new fake candles for outside (by the front door, backyard and front patio) and new decorative stuff for the day bed. It felt fun to shop just for fun. On Sunday we went to the beach, Woods Cove, around sunset just to snack, have some wine and enjoy. It was awesome. 

I’ve been staying SUPER on top of the backyard - cleaning it up a bit everyday. I go out and have my lunch out there or have fires at night with Carina. I’m loving it. 

Work has been pretty busy between Villa and my freelancing - but I’m loving all of that too. I usually get weekly lunches with my mom at Fashion Island when I’m at the Villa office. 

Weighing in at about 158 lbs and running everyday still.

Coming up: 

3 days til Easter at Dad’s house with everyone 7 days til Flight Attendant S2 8 days til Selling Sunset S5 & Mexico with CJK (taking 1.5 days off)  10 days til Barry S2 15 days til Ozark S4 P2 & Shining Girls 16 days til 1 Year Anniversary at Montage 21 days til The Staircase & Doctor Strange 2 with Stephen in Long Beach 22 days til Doctor Strange 2 with CJK in Orange 28 days til Emily's Baby Shower (get to see the whole team again)  43 days til Stranger Things S4 V1 44 days til Caymans

Life is really good! 

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So. Much. Love.

Between Christmas and my birthday, which of course are always just 3 weeks apart, I’ve felt so much love from so many people. It’s hard to not feel incredibly loved when these two occasions are so close and there’s so much kindness going around.

As I’ve done in the past, I want to make note of all the gifts I’ve received - but not as a showy or braggy thing (which is why I do it here, where no one follows me, as opposed to any other platform). Instead I do this so I can later look back on all these things and be reminded to re-appreciate these gifts.

Christmas gifts:

From Dad: Tire chains $100 Amazon gift cards each New backyard string lights for us/Carina Lucky cologne Nail filer for Nick  USB car charger for Carina Toiletries kit Lucky You cologne Toys for Caiba Sweatpants

From Jenn & Brian: Trader Joe’s box with red wine, mistletoe, Hampton popcorn, candle, 2 $25 DoorDash gift cards, dog advent calendar

From Fiona: Victoria Beach shirts Holiday crackers Funny glasses A rum cake Le Creuset pots A shirt for Carina I think Biscoff cookies and $200 check from grandparents.

From Mark & June: New gray fitness shoes for nick Heated blanket for Carina Chocolates (”plane food”) Mrs & Mrs ornament (lol)

From Mom: Chocolate buckeyes Sunjoe chainsaw tree trimmer (on its way) Sonoma Coast citrus breeze candle Nice fuzzy gray throw blanket

Nick & Carina, to each other: New gray and red ASICS for nick New pillows and pillow covers for nick New blue shirt for carina New nice brown sleeveless shirt for Carina that we picked out together New fuzzy socks for carina Pill holder for carina

Birthday gifts:

From Carina: an amazing homemade red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, awesome 30th birthday decorations in Arrowhead including some huge balloons, and she has treated me to multiple DoorDash dinners. She also paid our share of the cabin, so I didn’t pay anything towards that.

From Mom:

White long sleeve thermal shirt New iPhone case New adjustable brown belt Pet hair remover tool New gray/black hiking backpack

From Jesse & Katie: "straight outta my 20s" shirt, Goldfish, Amaretto sour ingredients, and an Amazon gift card

From Sarah & Cody: AWESOME blue Tony Stark sunglasses (from Infinity War and Endgame - and Far From Home)

From Anu & Anisha: MunchPak featuring goodies from all over the world!

From Jimmy: $70 on Venmo

From Dylan: a super thoughtful Facebook post 

From Aunt Karen: a card and old pictures

From Aunt Patty: a card & $25

From Aunt Mary: $25 Amazon gift card 

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I’m 30! And I have Covid.

Wed 1/19/22, 6:47 PM

Where to begin! What a crazy last week, full of amazing highs, and a bummer that I am handling very well. 

To get the negative out of the way: I have Covid. 

About 2 weeks before going to Arrowhead, I asked everyone (8 other people besides myself & Carina) to get tested beforehand, given the Omicron spread.

On Tuesday the 11th I got my PCR test done (at Clineva) for Arrowhead but was feeling fine. I had intentionally avoided going out for days.

On Wednesday I started feeling a dry/scratchy throat but no other symptoms; I didn't know if that was allergies or what (it wasn't sore at all). My mom came over Wednesday night, but given my throat had just started feeling dry, we made a last second call to instead visit in the backyard, distanced, with masks on, no hugs or anything - and now I'm thinking thank God we did. 

On Thursday night I went to see Scream 5 with Stephen and Jacki in LA (at a theater where everyone needed to be masked and vaxxed, and they did enforce it). I warned Stephen & Jacki re: my throat; they weren’t concerned. I wore a KN95 the whole time at the theater. We ate at a restaurant after, outdoors, with no one around. Stephen and Jacki still feel fine as of this moment. 

Side note: SCREAM 5 WAS SOOOOO GOOD. Man did it deliver. I did not expect it to be that good. That was the most lively, excited audience I’ve ever been a part of, aside from Infinity War and Endgame. I think they even beat the Spider-Man: No Way Home crowd. The live Q&A after the movie was really cool too. 

On Friday morning before we left, I didn't have my results yet so I took an at-home test which came back negative. While in Arrowhead I got my PCR results on Saturday (it took over 4 days) which also came back negative. Everyone in Arrowhead felt fine and had tested negative before the trip, but after coming back on Sunday I was coughing and sneezing a lot, same with Monday morning too (my birthday), so I took the other at-home test which came back positive.

From Monday through now, I’ve actually felt great mood-wise & energy-wise, but have definitely been coughing & sneezing a lot. I have a runny nose. I also noticed my axillary lymph nodes (the ones in your armpits) were red/swollen and a little painful, which is interesting because normally when I get sick it's the ones in my neck that feel sensitive, not these ones. But today the pain/sensitivity dropped way down compared to yesterday. 

But I have no fever, chills, aches, or anything like that (yet). Knock on wood. It's VERY mild and very manageable at the moment. I've had one-off headaches and stomach aches that are worse than this, lol. But, I am double vaxxed and boosted, and I know symptoms are different for everyone.

I'm wishing I shared all those "people who haven't gotten covid yet" memes when I had the chance lol. Nearly 2 years into a pandemic and of course the day I test positive is the day of my 30th birthday, lol. Go figure.

I'm not sure if I got covid in Arrowhead or before, but I told that crew as soon as I tested positive, and am grateful they've all been super cool and gracious about it. Again, I & we tested negative before, and we were as careful as we can be, but this spread is just crazy. So far a few of them have tested negative which is great, and I haven’t heard of any of them feeling sick.  Onto the positive: the Arrowhead weekend was SUPER fun. The cabin was incredibly nice and cool, and the group was just awesome. Everyone got along great, the three dogs had fun, it was really cool to finally see Caiba in the snow for the first time, Carina kindly put up decorations everywhere, we got to jacuzzi in a snowy/cold area which is always a cool vibe, and I just loved every minute.

Between Scream and Arrowhead, I had an amazing final few days of my 20s. I feel so grateful. This covid thing has been very mild for me, so I’m grateful it’s not worse, and I’m really looking forward to the rest of this first year of my 30s!

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Updated Post History

1 / 4 / 22

Post History: 2013 - 16 posts 2014 - 51 posts 2015 - 17 posts 2016 - 6 posts 2017 - 8 posts 2018 - 4 posts (all in December) 2019 - 8 posts 2020 - 17 posts 2021 - 6 posts (all in Nov & Dec) 2022 - 2 so far, including this one 

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10 Year Look-Back

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2021 (Age: 29) 

COVID vaccines finally became available.

Carina & I went ocean kayaking in Laguna for her birthday.

In April, for Jesse's birthday, we hiked in Glendora and hung out in his backyard, swimming and having fun with him, Katie, and Anu and Anisha too.

Carina and I got married!! on 5/1/21 (on our 5 year anniversary).

In late May we celebrated our elopement with family on multiple occasions, since everyone had been vaccinated.

In early July, Jimmy & Amber came to visit (Jimmy's 2nd time visiting me in Laguna, 4th time visiting me in SoCal overall). We went and saw Black Widow with them.

Uncle Kim passed away in early July. Dad, Jenn and I flew out for his funeral. It was our first time seeing Massillon family in 18 months.

In mid July we went to Santa Barbara for the weekend, and hung out with Jesse, Katie, Anu, Anisha, Justin and Emily.

In late July/early August, Jesse and I went to Zion again (now round 10) and jet-ski'd at Sand Hollow State Park. We also spent a night in Vegas.

Carina was diagnosed with MS in early August.

On August 21st we spent a day in Malibu with Gal and Parthiv.

In late August we went to Big Bear with Jesse, Katie, Anu, Anisha, Justin and Emily. We brought the dogs, got out on the water in a boat rental, and stayed in a super nice cabin.

In early October I went to visit Giana in Seattle. It was a super fun trip. We also spent a day in Vancouver with Lauren which was awesome. It had been 2 years, 3 months since I had seen Giana. It had been 1 year, 9 months since I had seen Lauren. Stupid COVID.

Jenn announced her third pregnancy. 

Around Nov 7th Carina & I went to Borrego with her family to stay at Jon-Jon's new house. That was a fun weekend.

Jessica Chan moved to Laguna only a few houses away from us.

We went to Ohio for Christmas after skipping 2020 due to COVID. Dad couldn't come due to being sick which we later found out were blood clots.

COVID-19 got even worse (record high numbers by Christmas/ New Year's Eve).

We spent NYE at Jesse & Katie's house in Glendora with the dogs.  

7 Trips:

July (3): Ohio for Kim’s funeral. Santa Barbara weekend. Zion. 

August (1): Big Bear round 5, delayed from 2020. 

October (1): Seattle & Vancouver with Giana and Lauren. 

November (1): Borrego Springs weekend. 

December (1): Massillon for Christmas! 

2020 (Age: 28) 

I spent my 28th birthday in the bay with Carina & friends (Brian, Jimmy, Jessie Campos, Gal, others). We spent a day in HMB with Lauren too.

I worked my final Grammys party at MSK.

COVID-19 exploded into the US and changed life as we knew it.

On the same day that COVID was declared a national emergency, Carina left for her bachelorette weekend in the bay and Jesse and I went to Sequoia where we hiked in the snow. It was super gorgeous.

Westin was born on 4/3/20.

Jesse & Katie moved to Glendora.

There were really, really bad fires.

I worked my last day at MSK on 10/30/20.

Dad moved to Southern California in October/November.

I started at Villa on 11/9/20.

4 Trips:

January (1): Home for my birthday. It was a really fun trip. Got to see LOTS of friends (Brian, Jimmy, Lauren, Nicole Leclaire, Jessie, Chris Tham) and go to HMB, the city, boat rides, Rickshaw, etc. It was really a “home-run” kind of weekend. Fitting too because I didn’t know it would be my 3rd-to-last weekend ever with having a home in the bay. 

March (1): Sequoia National Park with Jesse while Carina was on her Bachelorette trip to Napa. Ironically, this is the weekend that things started to get really crazy with COVID. Sequoia was gorgeous though, covered in snow once we got in far enough. For sure one of our most gorgeous NP trips/hikes.

June (1): the bay for Father’s Day. 

October (1): the bay to pack up the house and move Dad down to SoCal. 

2019 (Age: 27) 

Carina & I got engaged on January 1st in Chicago.

I spent my 27th birthday with my family in Laguna (while also celebrating our engagement).

I went to Atlanta for LMA in April.

Sabrina left MSK in April.

We had Jesse's bachelor party in Zion & Vegas in April.

Endgame came out (which we saw while on Jesse's bachelor party trip).

Jesse & Katie's wedding was in Mexico at the end of May.

Brian & Monique came to visit for the 4th of July. We had people over, and there was an earthquake around that time as well.

Carina & I went to Singapore & Bali at the end of July.

Lauren and I ran the Golden Gate on 9/14/19.

My dad visited SoCal in October. 

Jesse, Anu and I went to Pinnacles National Park in mid-November.

Lauren and I met up for brunch in Oceanside in mid-November.

We had Carina's family over for Thanksgiving. We hosted. It was super cold and rainy. I loved it.

Carina came to Massillon for Christmas for the first time.

News started breaking of COVID-19 in China, though it wasn't of concern in the US yet.

We celebrated NYE in Long Beach on the Queen Mary with Jesse and Katie. We got a hotel room for the night. It was super fun.

12 Trips:

January (1): Chicago with Carina for New Year’s! GOT ENGAGED!!

February (1): New York for work right after Grammys, stayed a couple extra days as Carina was supposed to join but couldn’t due to flight troubles.

April (3): Atlanta for LMA, annual Big Bear trip for Jesse’s birthday, then Jesse’s bachelor party trip at the end of the month which was in Zion then Vegas.

May (2): Home at the beginning of the month to visit Dad, then Ensenada last weekend for Jesse and Katie’s wedding!

June (1): Home at the end of the month with Carina, saw lots of friends.

July (1): Singapore and Bali at the end of the month with Carina! First trip to Asia! Amazing!

August (1): Yellowstone at the end of the month with Dad and Carina! The first time for both of them!

September (1): went to the bay for the weekend for Carina’s launch party. Actually had a super nice time in the city and a full day of walking around and exploring. It was a gorgeous day and one for the books.

December (1): Massillon for Christmas. We canceled Park City as the ski prices and hotel prices got ridiculous.

2018 (Age: 26) 

Mom moved to SoCal on New Year's Day.

I spent my 26th birthday with friends in Laguna.

I bought my Hyundai Sonata.

Kinsley was born on 1/25/18.

I went to New York to work the Grammys, with Lexie as the photographer.

In late February I went to Zion (now round 6) in the snow with Jesse, Anu, and Akshay.

Carina & I went to New Orleans for my conference.

I moved in with Carina in Laguna Beach at the end of April.

Infinity War came out.

Carina & I went to the Caymans with her family at the end of May.

Mom & I went on a trip to New Mexico in September.

I took Carina to homecoming in October. We stayed with Kim & Patty for a night or two. While there, we talked, and basically realized we wanted to get married. I started looking around for rings once we got back.

Stan Lee passed away in November.

I bought Carina's engagement ring.

Carina & I went to Iceland in November with Fiona.

I was going to have my wisdom teeth pulled but then didn't once the surgeon recommended we don't do it.

Carina & I went to Chicago for NYE. I proposed a few hours after midnight!

20 Trips:

January (2): Home for New Year’s with Carina, and New York for Grammys (followed immediately by DC)! New York was basically just hours after Kinsley was born!

February (2): DC for work with Doug, and Zion with Jesse, Anu and Akshay!

March (1): Home/SF with Jesse, Katie and Carina for St. Patrick’s Day!

April (2): New Orleans for LMA with Carina! And annual Big Bear trip for Jesse’s birthday.

May (2): Colorado for a video shoot with Sashi and the Caymans with Carina and her family!

June (2): DC for work with Doug (Capitol Crypto) and Home! (Giants game, big barbecue, pride at the park).

August (3): Zion round 7 with Jesse (Observation Point), home to help dad after surgery, home again for Nicole’s wedding.

September (1): Albuquerque with Mom just for fun!

October (1): Ohio!! OSU and Massillon with Carina (for Homecoming but also a couple days in Massillon to introduce her).

November (2): Zion round 8, with Jesse and Carina (first Angel’s Landing ascent of 2018 and first for Carina in general). And ICELAND!!! Plus home for a day after Iceland as an extended layover.

December (2): Home for Christmas then Massillon for Christmas! (We had light attendance this past year though).

2017 (Age: 25) 

I started off 2017 with a hike with Lauren McBurnie on New Year's Day.

I spent my 25th birthday with Carina in Washington, DC.

Caiba was born on 7/11.

Caiba came home to us (just Carina at the time) on 9/15.

Jesse, Katie, Carina & I went to Zion, Bryce and Arches in March.

I went to Vegas for LMA in April.

Giana & Lauren came to visit in late March.

Carina & I went to Amsterdam & Bruges in July.

Jenn announced her pregnancy.

Carina & I went to Cabo with friends.

I went to the bay with Dan & Chrystal in October.

Lauren came to visit again, for Halloween. She, Carina, Jesse, Katie and I dressed up as the Scooby Doo gang.

Caiba got bit in Borrego during Thanksgiving. Her face was slightly deformed for a month or two.

Leaving Ohio, flights got messed up, which ended up being a blessing as it made me drive from Akron to Cleveland in the snow. It was a really pretty drive.

22 Trips:

January (2): Home for New Year’s, and Washington, DC for my birthday with Carina!

February (1): Arizona road trip (through Page) with Carina.

March (2): Zion, Arches, and Bryce with Jesse, Katie, and Carina! And Vegas for LMA.

April (3): DC & New York for work, Big Bear round 2 for Jesse’s birthday, and the bay with Carina.

May (3): Vegas for Mother’s Day with Jenn, Brian, and Carina, NY & DC for work (again just a month later), and Denver/ The Rockies with Jesse, Katie, and Carina!

June (2): Pismo Beach with Carina and her friends, then Kings Canyon & Sequoia with Jesse (and we saw a bear).

July (2): Amsterdam & Bruges with Carina (what?!) and Santa Barbara with Jesse and Anu.

August (3): The bay for OSU buds, Jenn & Brian’s announcement, and Giana’s going away party. Then Cabo with Carina, Parthiv and his friends, then the bay again for Mom & Dad’s birthdays.

October (2): Zion round 5 with Jesse, and upcoming: the bay with Dan & Chrystal.

November (1): Home for Thanksgiving.

December (1): Massillon for Christmas! (No trip home for Christmas? We might have lumped that into the Thanksgiving visit).

2016 (Age: 24) 

I went to Big Bear for the first time in April with Jesse, Katie and David.

Lexie and I did a road trip to the bay in late April. Jesse and Katie met us there.

Carina & I started dating on May 1.

Jenn got married at the end of May.

Carina and I went to Borrego Springs in early June.

We went to Seattle at the end of June and even spent some time with Anu there.

I went to Scottsdale with Dad right before the 4th of July.

I went to Yellowstone and the Tetons with Jesse right after Scottsdale.

There were bad fires in the summer.

Carina and I spent time in Laguna at the beaches with Clifton, or in Signal Hill at the park or at home watching movies - also with Clifton.

Carina & I went to Banff in September.

I went to OSU for homecoming at the end of September.

Jenn & Brian moved to Riverside around November.

I spent NYE in the bay again.  

19 Trips:  

January (3): Home for New Year’s, Portland with Tina, and Grand Canyon/ Utah with Jesse.

March (2): Joshua Tree with Jesse, and home.

April (3): Austin for LMA, Big Bear for Jesse’s birthday, and home with Jesse, Katie, and Lexie!

May (1): New York City for work right after Jenn’s wedding!

June (2): Borrego Springs with Carina and Seattle with Carina!

July (2): Scottsdale for the 4th and Yellowstone with Jesse!

August (1): Home with Carina.

September (2): Banff (!!!) with Carina and Homecoming at OSU.

October (1): Home to hang with Dad & Mom post-surgery and injury.

November (1): Zion round 3 with Jesse.

December (1): Massillon! [We did our Christmas in Riverside].

2015 (Age: 23) 

I spent my 23rd birthday in Chicago with Giana, Lauren and Janelly.

Jesse and I went to Colorado in February.

Giana & Lauren visited in late March/ early April.

Dad visited in April and we stayed in Laguna Beach.

Jesse and I went to Sedona at the end of April - this marked the beginning of what would become monthly trips and lots of nature-oriented weekends or trips to National Parks.

Jesse, Dan and I went to Seattle at the end of May.

Jesse & I went to Zion in June.

I left M&R and started my job at MSK. My first day at MSK was 7/20/15.

Dan & I moved to Signal Hill in September. Dan still lives there as of this writing (1/4/22). I moved out in April 2018 but more or less kept my room there as I would stay 2 nights a week instead of commuting to Laguna. I paid a partial rent. I stopped doing that and fully cleared my room in October 2019, so I did the partial thing for a year and a half.

I went to OSU for homecoming again in October and visited Massillon as well.

I went to NY for work in October.

I went to Boston in November.

I went to Cabo in November with Dad.

I spent NYE at Giana's in San Bruno with friends.

18 Trips:

January (2): Home for New Year’s, and Chicago with Giana, Janelly, & Lauren.

February (1): Colorado with Jesse.

March (1): Bay Area with Lina.

April (1): Arizona (Sedona & GC NP) with Jesse.

May (1): Seattle with Jesse and Dan.

June (1): Zion [Round 1] with Jesse.

July (2): Rancho Mirage, then Home for a week after M&R/ before MSK.

August (2): Zion Round 2 with Jesse, then the bay for Elyse’s wedding.

September (1): Tennessee with Jesse.

October (2): Homecoming at OSU, then New York City for MSK.

November (2): Boston! And Cabo!

December (2): Home for Christmas and Massillon for Christmas.

2014 (Age: 22)

I spent New Year's in the bay.

I started at M&R on 1/7.

I moved out of Jenn's at the end of January and into Kelvin Court in Irvine.

Dad, Jenn & I went to Catalina in April.

Kassie turned 10 in May.

Kassie died in early June.

I met Dan Hough.

Vita and I broke up two weeks later in June.

Jesse and I went to Rosarito in July.

Jesse and I saw Eminem & Rihanna with Jimmy in August.

I met Anu.

Jesse, And & I went to the bay in August.

I visited OSU for the first time since graduation (in late August).

Dan & I moved from Kelvin Court to San Remo in September.

I went back to OSU in October for homecoming.

Jesse and I went to the bay for Thanksgiving.

Kaitlyn and I went to the M&R holiday party in LA in December.

I got back into running again - a little bit.

I ran my first & only sub-5-minute mile (4:53) on 12/30.

At least 14 trips:

January (1): New Year’s in the bay. 

April (2): Bay Area and Catalina. 

May (1): Bay Area. 

June (1): Bay Area for Kassie. 

July (2): Bay Area for the 4th of July. Rosarito with Jesse. 

August (2): Bay Area with Jesse and Anu. OSU visit. 

October (1): OSU for homecoming. 

November (2): Quick Mexico trip. Bay Area with Jesse for Thanksgiving. 

December (2): Bay Area Christmas weekend. Massillon for Christmas. 

2013 (Age: 21) 

We got a lot of snow in Columbus.

I was initiated into my fraternity. 

I turned 21 in Columbus.

I came home shortly after with friends from OSU.

Dan Liu became my big in February.

I worked on State Tour started starting in June.

I graduated from Ohio State in early August and flew back to the bay where I stayed with my dad for a few weeks while I worked on editing state tour footage.

I moved to Southern California on 8/29/13.

Vita & I were extras in the filming of Batman vs Superman in October.

Jimmy came to visit in late October/ early November.

I got the job at M&R in December.

At least 6 trips:

January (1): Home for my birthday with OSU friends. 

March (1): Home for spring break. 

May (1): Home for a week, late May - early June, before summer classes, state tour, and graduation. 

November (1): Home for Thanksgiving. 

December (2): Home for Christmas. Massillon. 

2012 (Age: 20)

I spent my 20th birthday weekend visiting the bay (from Ohio State).

Ginger turned 10 in March.

Brutal storms hit Columbus at the end of March - a tornado was only a few miles away.

I visited NYC in May with my dorm.

Ginger died in June.

In August I went back to Ohio (from the bay) with Vita and spent a few days at Patty & Kim's. I had to go back early to start work at my new job there and to get the move-in situated with the apartment on Chit. 

I started living off campus with Dan, Parthiv and Ben.

I took Vita to Massillon for Christmas.

At least 12 trips:

January (1): The bay for my birthday. 

March (1): Bay Area for spring break. 

April (1): Chicago with the dorm. 

May (2): Visiting Jenn in SoCal, might have been her USC graduation. NYC with the dorm. 

June (2): The bay for the summer. Disneyland visit (from NorCal). 

August (1): Back to Ohio. 

November (1): Home for Thanksgiving. 

December (2): Home for Christmas. Massillon. 

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12/11/21

61 consecutive days of exercise.

15 consecutive days of running at least 4 miles per day.

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Feeling Great

12/10/21

Today is my 60th consecutive day of exercise. I’m really proud of that.

In November I ran/hiked 167.11 miles - my second best of the year (following March’s 179), and 25 miles better than last year’s best (December). 

Today I ran and hiked a total of 6.5 miles before 9:30am.

Weighing in at 155.8 lbs.

And I’ve been staying up on my sit-ups and push-ups, doing them pretty much every day. 

Feeling so, so good. 

[gonebethebirds]

Covid: CA vs. OH

12/10/21

California:

5.15M cases 75,374 deaths 1.46% mortality rate 7-day avg for new cases: 7,017 OC has the 5th highest case rate  79.8% partially vaccinated, 64% fully vaccinated 

OC currently has 35% ICU capacity. 

Ohio:

1.76M cases 27,011 deaths 1.53% mortality rate  7-day avg for new cases: 7,531 Stark has the 8th highest case rate 69% partially vaccinated, 64% fully vaccinated 

Ohio currently has 16% ICU capacity and 60% ventilator capacity. 

[gonebethebirds]

We went to the Montage beach on Sunday 11/21, Thursday 11/25, Friday 11/26, and Sunday 11/28. I love that.