August 22 I had to go into the office this morning because I thought I needed to shoot some First Flight Week stuff. Instead, I ended up cranking away at edits in my office. I got a lot done though! After work, Emily, Amanda, and I went on a Pokèwalk around the square. Amanda ran over and took a pic of this door, so I copied her. I thought surely I’d have a different shot for the day, but nope! I forgot to take other pictures today. So, here’s a door!

July 1 I woke up nice and early again this morning for a shoot in Southlake. I had to make a few adjustments to the Ronin, but once that was done, everything went smoothly! Despite getting behind at the start, we ended up wrapping 3 hours ahead of schedule. Michael Clements swung by at the beginning of the day and delivered my prints, too! The shoot was a lot of fun, and we got a ton of footage. I even got to play with my canned atmosphere for the first time, making some shots look super dreamy and cool.

April 30 After a tasty brunch at Loco, Emily and her peeps went out to the Perot to see the exhibit she designed. I stayed home and patiently waited for Frontier to come and give us internet. They never showed. I called them at the end of the day, and after a couple of hours they told me the dude should be coming, but if he didn’t make it he should come tomorrow. So, I guess tomorrow is the day. While I waited, I built three IKEA drawers, our entire bed frame, and a tulip table for the breakfast nook. It’s probably the most productive I’ve been this year so far. David tried to give us a hand with our laundry closet doors, which seem to have the wrong hinges mounted wrong. After taking the doors down, doing some hacking, and reattaching some things, we ended up with doors that work essentially the same as they did before, but now they’re hacked up a little. We were gonna get new doors eventually anyway.

June 4 Even though my computer is still gone at work, I had to go in so I could (1) retrieve my laptop charger and (2) share delicious bread with my coworkers. Man that stuff is good. I prepped another loaf that I’m gonna bake tomorrow, this time with cheese and rosemary. YUM. Somehow after work the topic of Arri’s Instagram came up with Emily. I think one of Arri’s followers commented something like, “Where are you Arri? I miss you! Come back!” I keep trying to convince Emily to make Arri active again, but she keeps making up lame excuses like, “I have to focus on my actual career,” or whatever. I grabbed a flash anyway, and within about 15 minutes we had whole week’s worth of Instagram content. Take THAT, actual career!

March 19 So long, Arri! This morning we drove to Aledo to drop Arri off with my people. She’ll be staying there until we get back from the honeymoon. I was driving a loaner car this morning while mine gets its 50k mile checkup and a new windshield. I forgot to tell the loaner not to pull the maximum amount of energy and found out this morning that I’d blown a circuit. When we left Dallas the loaner had 85 miles of range. I figured we’d top off in Aledo pretty quickly before coming back, BUT it turns out this loaner only had the single charger in it. As we wrapped up with my parents and headed out the door, I found out we only had 60 miles of range to get us home. NOPE! So, we hung out a little longer, until it was back up to 80-ish. Problem is, my mom was going on zero sleep, and our family from TN was arriving pretty much right after we left, so I don’t think my mom got any sleep today. I took the loaner straight to the service center to get my car back and ended up having to take it to the car wash myself (on Tesla’s dime, luckily). By the time all that was wrapped up, Emily’s mom was in town and waiting patiently for us. We had a delicious dinner at Gloria’s and visited for awhile, but then it was time for Emily and me to get all our wedding stuff wrapped up as much as possible. Tomorrow’s already the rehearsal!

March 19 So long, Arri! This morning we drove to Aledo to drop Arri off with my people. She’ll be staying there until we get back from the honeymoon. I was driving a loaner car this morning while mine gets its 50k mile checkup and a new windshield. I forgot to tell the loaner not to pull the maximum amount of energy and found out this morning that I’d blown a circuit. When we left Dallas the loaner had 85 miles of range. I figured we’d top off in Aledo pretty quickly before coming back, BUT it turns out this loaner only had the single charger in it. As we wrapped up with my parents and headed out the door, I found out we only had 60 miles of range to get us home. NOPE! So, we hung out a little longer, until it was back up to 80-ish. Problem is, my mom was going on zero sleep, and our family from TN was arriving pretty much right after we left, so I don’t think my mom got any sleep today. I took the loaner straight to the service center to get my car back and ended up having to take it to the car wash myself (on Tesla’s dime, luckily). By the time all that was wrapped up, Emily’s mom was in town and waiting patiently for us. We had a delicious dinner at Gloria’s and visited for awhile, but then it was time for Emily and me to get all our wedding stuff wrapped up as much as possible. Tomorrow’s already the rehearsal!

December 4 What a crazy day!! It started off innocuously enough with a meeting about YouTube practices at work. We talked about the state of our channel, the roles of those of us who interact with it, and how we’ll be managing it moving forward. Woooooo. I thought I was in the clear, but I found out while at work today that I had to swing by Eric’s place with a hard drive to get Sput and Nate’s sessions from January. We’re finishing their record this weekend! Turns out, I also had to grab the Boomwhackers, which were beautifully wrapped in black trash bags and tape. The data transfer took longer than I’d anticipated, but Eric took the opportunity to show me the current mixes from our Metropole shoot. MAN I can’t wait for that thing to come out. It’s gonna be gorgeous!! When I left Eric’s place I called to let Emily know I was coming. Since I was running a bit late, she decided to run out to put some gas in her car before taking me to the airport. A few minutes later–I was about 15 minutes from home at this point–she called me again. “I just had a wreck. I have to go.” What the what?! Basically, she had gotten gas and was coming home. She had a green left arrow and was making a U-turn when some girl wasn’t watching and turned right on red. Emily didn’t even see the chick before slamming right into the girl’s driver-side door. Most of Emily’s damage was cosmetic, but the girl’s door won’t even open. YEESH! Emily didn’t even call the cops because she was so worried about getting me to the airport on time. By the time I got home she was already there, finishing up a phone call with insurance peeps. While she did that, I loaded up her car with luggage. I feel bad leaving right after that ordeal, but she understands the circumstances. She wrapped up her call, hopped right back in the car, and took me to the airport. Now, I’m about to take off, but I won’t land until tomorrow.

August 1 I took today off work since I had to go in on Monday. Emily left Arri home with me, and this is pretty much how the dog spent her entire day. When Emily leaves, all Arri does is either wait for her to come home, OR retaliate by eating cat crap and spreading it all around. Today, Arri did get up from that spot a total of four times to spread a new layer of cat crap on our rug. We had to take out the trash and clean out the vacuum cleaner because of the horrible smell. Ugh. Dogs.