Starting off 2019 right with a fraud alert on my main credit card. No, I did not spend $700 at Nike.com.
Happy New Year!
Here’s to the close of 2018; may the coming year bring us even closer to our friends and family.
Cheers!
Schnuth Christmas Portrait 2018
Happy Holidays from Aaron, Diana, Connor, and Mei!
Karate
We signed Connor up for karate class today, at the suggestion of his pediatrician.
He got a one-on-one lesson with his teacher, culminating in Connor successfully breaking a board with a palm strike.
We’re hoping that karate class will help Connor develop his self-control, as well as help him with his coordination and control over his body. This first lesson was promising, as he successfully sat cross-legged with his hands on his knees for some five minutes, perfectly still, as his “first test.”
He also seemed to have fun, and was seriously stoked to get his white belt, his uniform, and a pair of boxing gloves of his very own. His next one-on-one lesson is next week, then he’ll get to join the Youth Basics class when it starts back up in the new year.
Party Animals
Today was our department holiday lunch, and I’d say it was one of the more memorable ones we’ve had.
Our boss gave us all gift boxes from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor MI, including cherry jam, cherry salsa, chocolate-covered cherries, and gummy cherries. We gave her some hard cider, a handmade U of M zipper pouch, and gift cards to a couple downtown restaurants and Amazon.
For lunch, we convened at a local gastropub / arcade. Our boss bought us all lunch — including adult beverages if we were so inclined, since we weren’t going back to the office — then we played video games and pinball for over an hour. Honestly, if the arcade games hadn’t been free-play, I would have felt ripped off, since there wasn’t anything terribly awesome. I played Street Fighter II, Galaga, Pac-Man, a racing game I’d never played before, Burgertime, pinball (which did cost money)… and that’s about it. It’s a modest barcade, but it’s more cabinets than lots of people have probably ever seen — since the mid-90s, anyway.
That was a seriously fun time with coworkers. A+ would do again.