Unit 34

1 - We helped serve the community by driving around delivering supplies, lunches, and baby smiles to teams that were doing actual work.
2 - Our server at Ruby Tuesday gave us extra chocolate chip cookies.
3 - I think I can handle this chiropractor thing.

4 - Trip to Christiansburg to see Grandma Great (and Jonah met some other relatives, too).

5 - We both had chiropractor appointments, and Jonah came with us, and he pooped in the waiting room and was smelly and probably very hungry because he had spit up his breakfast before we left home, but he was kind enough not to scream in the office.

6 - Six years after receiving my engineering degree, I bought an engineering scale and learned to use it.

7 - We had some much-needed time at home to catch our breath.

8 - Off-roading trip with Bartley boys involved no injuries or major mechanical failures, although the best spots were closed (silly Harrisonburg, wanting clean water).

9 - Mother-in-law got the surprise of a lifetime with a new Mustang for Mother's Day (not from me).

10 - Freebies at work: Clif bar and ginger ale for a meeting, cinnamony bagel to celebrate a cancer-surviving co-worker's return after chemo.

11 - Finally spent some time with Jonah after spending too much time working on a newsletter the last few days.

12 - Belmont BBQ for lunch.

13 - Jonah pulled the handle on his rocker chair by himself for the first time, activating the "If you're happy and you know it" melody.

14 - I learned that the boy would giggle if I blew in his face or on his belly.

15 - The weather cooperated, and so did Jonah's feeding schedule, for our trip to Fredericksburg to see my parents and some other folks.
16 - Had fun at the Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Follies, even though we're too poor to win any of their auction items.
17 - Played with 2-year-old twins at work, then saw a former co-worker of Amanda's at a meeting.

18 - Went home for lunch and caught Jonah in a good mood. He cracked up with laughter at my silly song/sound effects/motions.

19 - Found out that my job is funded for a third year! Yay employment, even if it's only one grant year at a time! Also, Ride of Silence was mellow and a good time to reflect.

20 - I cannot remember exactly what happened that was good, although there was probably something. Thursdays tend to be like this.

21 - Rode bikes around the parking lot with my boss and a co-worker for a few minutes during work to celebrate Bike to Work Day. And then tried out the co-worker's recumbent trike.

22 - Learned to wrap Hardee's hamburgers at the Relay for Life (and stood under the tent while it stormed).

23 - Drove the graduation golf cart step-saver shuttle thing. The weather held steady enough to be enjoyable, with the thunderstorms waiting until I got home.

24 - We pushed the stroller to Belmont BBQ for dinner, and I had a rib sandwich, and it was delicious, and Jonah slept.

25 - At work, I was treated to a great video of a lawn mower driving into a bus earlier in the day and one of our finest employees uttering a poetic exclamation.

26 - Amanda brought Jonah to have dinner with me so I wouldn't have to bike home and back out again.

27 - After stressing out about the city bus running late, it got me to my appointment right on time.

28 - Jonah made the ladies at work swoon when he dropped by at lunch. Also, I got a second monitor on my desk and oriented it vertically. Exciting.

29 - Todd and Amy stopped by and Todd asked where the May list of good things was, so I am being sure to mention Todd and Amy here. Todd and Amy. And we went to... Belmont BBQ! Three times in one month! New record.

30 - We attended our first Jewish wedding. We were somewhat nervous about leaving Jonah with my parents, and he gave them some challenges but survived.

31 - Jonah met even more people at a festive Memorial Day gathering, to make May his most meeting-est month yet!