July 21,2025, Monday evening, 6:48pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. This morning I got an email from the American Humanist Association. “Get uplifting wisdom right to your phone!” Said the subject line. When I opened the message I was offered what they call a “dose of humanism.” Three texts a week “…helping you reset your heart and your mind one direct message at a time.” This made me happy. I have been looking for a way to access the AHA. I am also excited by the concept of the email. I have been looking for a way to share my thoughts through direct messaging. It gives me an idea of how I can connect with people.

July 20,2025,Sunday evening, 5:37pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Aliso Viejo, California,USA. Went for the blue lantern walk this morning before working out at Plant Fitness. Afterwards, I cleaned house and did laundry. In the afternoon I went to the outlet mall in San Clemente for a new workout sweatshirt/jacket. I saw online it was $90 for in store pick up. I took my chances and went in person without reserving it. Good thing I did. When I got there it was listed for $65 on a discount rack. The total price ended up being $49. I was pleased with that price. While there I grabbed a coffee from the Starbucks by the Nike store. I didn’t want to go home so I drove along Beach Highway through San Juan and took Camino Capistrano all the way to Los Colinas, then Cabot to la Paz to Moulton then out to the office park off Oak Canyon in Irvine for a walk. I came back through Aliso to let the dog out. Five minutes after I got here my daughter and her mom came home from shopping. I will spend a couple minutes here with the dog then head back to Dana Point.

July 19,2025, Saturday night, 6:40pm, pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. I woke up at 3:30am, mountain time. Packed the car then woke my daughter up for the drive back to Orange County. We got on the road at 4:40am, pacific time. The drive wasn’t bad until we hit traffic coming down the Cajon Pass and again in Riverside on the 91. We arrived inAliso Viejo right around 5pm. I unloaded my daughter’s stuff while she went straight to bed. I headed to Dana Point after stopping to wash the car and grab vodka and ice cream. I had hopes of celebrating my last night of vacation but by the time I unpacked all I want to do is crawl into bed and fall asleep.

July 18,2025,Friday night,7:52pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston,Wyoming,USA. Went for a walk past Broken Circle this morning then did a chest and triceps workout at the clubhouse. At 9am mom and I drove down to Costco to get gas, bars, water and gym. Afterwards we washed her car then headed back up the hill. When we got home I took my daughter to get Taco Bell and drive around to listen to music and eat. After an afternoon nap we headed to Riverdale and ate at Applebees. When we got back to Evanston we stopped by Smith’s to grab peanuts, bananas, eye liner and ice cream.. Now Mom and I are watching Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.

July 17,2025,Thursday night,8:45pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston Wyoming,USA. I drove down to South Ogden this morning to work out at Planet Fitness. after working out I drove to Layton and saw the old apartment at Quail Cove. then this afternoon all three of us went to a bountiful to take care of some business at the credit union. It was a fun trip. We stopped at Starbucks in Centerville and then afterwards drove to Fashion place mall to eat at PF Chang’s and shop at pac-sun. On the way out of town we went to Barnes &Noble and picked up a couple books. Now we are home, having a scoop of ice cream before going to bed. Tomorrow is our last full day before heading back to Orange County Saturday. Side note/ it looks like the Planet Fitness in Bountiful closed. That bummed me out a little. Hopefully they just moved to a new locations. I liked that gym. I worked out there a couple times, including October when I was here last.

July 16,2025, Wednesday night,8:17pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston,Wyoming,USA. I woke up a quarter after 5am and headed to South Ogden to workout at the Planet Fitness. Around 1pm we drive to get McDonald’s fir my daughter and pick somethings up at Walmart. This afternoon my daughter and I drove to Park City to see the new Superman movie. Afterwards we ate dinner at Red Rock Brewery then came home. Now we are winding down for the evening.

July 15,2025,Tuesday night,7:29pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston,Wyoming,USA. I Did the south ridge/broken circle walk this morning. The first time in four tries that wasn’t cold. That was a change. Usually I am freezing by the time it is over. I would like to drive to south Ogden one time to workout at Planet Fitness but if not I can handle the alternative if the weather holds. After my walk I grabbed coffee at the loaf and jug then did a chest/tricep workout in the clubhouse. Later, mom and I went to the credit union and the bank to square away finances. While downtown we stopped by the local coffee shop and talked with some people we knew. The rest of the day was filled with more financial concerns, including a trip to Park City, Utah to close out an old savings account. We grabbed my daughter Panda Express for lunch/dinner while down there. Afterwards mom and I got KFC for dinner back in Evanston.

July 14,2025,Monday night, 7:01pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston,Wyoming ,USA. Went for a walk this morning then worked out at the Rec Center. This afternoon my mom, daughter and I drove to Salt Lake City. We went to Costco and got builder bars, beef jerky, peanut m&m’s, gummy mini hamburgers and tootsie pops. After that we stopped at Beans and Brews to get my daughter a black iced tea and mom a chai tea. I didn’t get anything because I already had two big servings of coffee in the morning. From there we drove to Fashion Place mall. We each got a new body wash and some hand sanitizers. From bath and body works. Then we went to J Crew for me to pick up two t-shirts. After j crew we stopped in Sephora where my daughter got some glitter body “lava” and press on nails. Then we went to smiths marketplace and got fruit, guacamole, pickles and olives. Our last stop was picking up a pizza from the Pie off 3300 South before heading back home. After dinner I went to the smiths in Evanston to get hummus, cheese and acetaminophen for my daughter. It didn’t seems like we did a lot but now writing it all down I see we were pretty busy!

July 13,2025,Sunday night,8:19pm,mountain standard time,condo in Evanston, Wyoming,USA. My daughter and I left Aliso Viejo at 5:45am. We got to Evanston almost exactly 12 hours later. we stopped in Fontana (Starbucks), baker (shell gas station by alien fresh jerky, which was closed at the time), north las vegas(terribles),Mesquite (del taco), cedar city (chevron) Fillmore (terribles) and Starbucks in Spanish Fork. Mom was happy to see us when we got here. We watched a little tv and talked while my daughter went to her room to watch a movie on her laptop. A little later mom and I drove to Wendy’s to grab burgers and a salad. We talked about her moving to California. It is getting to be time where it is best if we are closer. She can have the Dana point condo and I will stay with my daughter and her mom or figure something else out. Time for a change for all of us.

July 12,2025,Saturday night,5:35pm,pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Went for a walk at. 5:30am. Then went to Planet Fitness and did a chest/tricep workout. Lately I haven’t gone to the gym other then back/lat days because it takes up my mornings. Today the timing worked perfectly. After working out I came home, did some vacuuming and got caught up on laundry. Then my daughter and I drove out to Foothill Ranch to get some Baskin Robbins. She got cotton candy, I got lemon sorbet. After that we tried her new espresso machine. We did a shot of dark espresso and a light coffee. Both were pretty good. Now I am home and packing for our trip to Wyoming. The Plan is to leave town at 5am.