Last year, Kristen’s daughter made me this Pickle Rick out of modeling clay. This year, he gets to hide in our tree for a couple weeks.
A Very Special Christmas Pickle Rick
Christmas Helpers
Ten years ago, we couldn’t keep Isaac off the ladder as Westen helped Mary place the star on our tree.
Today, these boys grabbed the tree out of the van and placed it without waiting for me.
Hard to Watch
I’ve been out of training for a full week and it’s not fun to sit and watch my son on the mat without me. I have a nagging cough from a bout with the flu, but I’ll be back to soccer tomorrow and jiu-itsu soon enough.
Back to the Future
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I started listening to this book today in an effort to live in harmony with my biology.
Slow Down and Heal
The flu sucks, but it has forced me to slow down and enjoy Argentina versus Croatia in World Cup play and this healing homemade soup from Kristen.
Highs and Low
I crashed from soccer, home education, and jiu-jitsu highs this week.
I’ve got honest self-reflection to ponder and a lot of spiritual, psychological, and physical rebuilding to accomplish.
Cold in Delaware
27°C in Dover this morning.
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I’ve been a wimp about cold showers lately, but regular with my morning breathing. hesitated when I saw the frosty ground and felt the air just after sunrise.
I started brewing coffee and composing a post in my head, great reasons to sit inside and avoid the cold.
I’m grateful for the crazy little voice in my head that convinces (compels?) me to do uncomfortable things.
After five rounds of Wim Hof Method breathing, I feel more alive and ready for another active week.
Birthday Stroll
Wandered the woods with this lovely lady for her birthday and had a feast of encounters.
Let Actors Act
I continue to urge organizations like Delaware Shakespeare and Wilmington Drama League to stop coercing actors into vaccines that are being revealed as ineffective and unsafe.
From Pubmed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35659687/
Recently, The Lancet published a study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35131043/) on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals. According to European Medicines Agency recommendations, frequent COVID-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune response and may not be feasible. The decrease in immunity can be caused by several factors such as N1-methylpseudouridine, the spike protein, lipid nanoparticles, antibody-dependent enhancement, and the original antigenic stimulus. These clinical alterations may explain the association reported between COVID-19 vaccination and shingles. As a safety measure, further booster vaccinations should be discontinued.
Brotherly Love
I often miss these moments. Sometimes it seems like my sons are always bickering or rolling around on the ground in a scuffle. The truth is that they get along remarkably well for never getting a break from one another.
Although both are performing in Don Quixote, they don’t frequently share the stage. Over months of practice, they have run lines for each other and, subsequently, learned most of the lines.
Before today’s show, they were able to help with last minute run throughs and blocking.
I forget that the lion’s share of their interactions are harmonious. They are often mistaken as twins and are unstoppable when working together.
