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| Apr 18, 2026 | ||
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I’m from the government again (sort of) … 
… and I’m here to help (on a limited number of days). I took this early morning photo of the cranes this morning on my way to special election early voting in Alexandria. I volunteered to be an election officer and was trained up late last month. Sarah voted in the early voting line last weekend and reported the line was long. There was a call out to volunteers to try to staff up this weekend. Which turned out to be a good thing as it was Alexandria’s record for single polling place turnout: 2351 votes cast today. I’m curious to see how Tuesday goes. That’s the regular voting day for this special election. And I’m curious to see if I’m up for working in November after having worked a regular voting day. | ||
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| Sep 24, 2025 | ||
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First day of senior year! 
I love that Robert has kept this tradition going after heading out to Seattle. Here he is on day one of his senior!!! year at UW. And prior years… | ||
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| Sep 25, 2024 | ||
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The tradition continues… 
Robert posted this first day of his junior year photo :) It’s always fun to look back over the years… | ||
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| Jul 26, 2024 | ||
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I’m not from the Government anymore … 
It’s been quite a ride over the last 16 years. Clearly I had more hair and way less gray. (But the hat helps to hide the missing hair — not that I really had that much more then). Now I have way more experiences. And lots of memories of working with a great team on some fun (and less fun projects). Oh, and I have bionic eyes now since I got new lenses. (Hidden by the overly large sunglasses.) I’m sure to have more to say and I have some great photos to share as well. But I wanted to be sure to post this “day of.” 
I wasn’t unhappy starting my job at USPTO, but I was much more serious then than on my way out the door for the last time. | ||
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| Sep 27, 2023 | ||
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Robert keeping up the tradition… 
Robert had an early first class for his second year at UW. I’m not sure who else was stirring to take this picture for him. He stayed in Seattle over the summer; spent some time working for the Cascades and Tempest Ultimate teams. And he’s now moved into his new dorm for the year and settling into his new class schedule. Here’s the traditional look back: | ||
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| Sep 28, 2022 | ||
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Tradition! 
Robert is keeping alive the first day of school photo tradition! While he’s been at UW for a bit over a month now, most of that was the early fall start program designed to help ease freshman into campus life (especially though moving to Seattle for school). That program is over and today was the first day of regular classes! We’re holding our breath to hear how it went. And curious to see if Robert will stop by in the comments to tell us who’s who in this photo (roommate Ben is taller than anyone in this photo). Here’s the traditional look back: | ||
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| Aug 24, 2021 | ||
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First Day of School!!! 
Robert started his senior year today!!! Crazy how time flies (and how kids grow). We’re really looking forward to in-person, full-time school for his senior year. Last year was just too crazy… You can tell by the smile that Robert was ready to get back in school and see his friends in-person; it’s been too long. I expect we’ll all be holding our breath as the Delta variant of Covid-19 is slamming the city, country and world. At least for Alexandria, the 7 day rolling average of new cases does not seem to be going up as fast as it was last fall and winter. Here’s the traditional look back: | ||
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| Dec 12, 2020 | ||
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Solo! 
George the giraffe (done up with Christmas lights) watches as Robert takes his first solo trip in the car. He hoped to catch up with Will at the volleyball court but… Will couldn’t get away and there was no good parking on Union street by the beach volleyball court. Still, first solo driving trip (I only checked-in on Google Maps three times to see where he was and what he was up to). | ||
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| Sep 10, 2020 | ||
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First Day!!! 
A start of school unlike any other. No backpack, no notebooks. But a mask (with a smile behind it). This year, school is starting virtually with the strong hope that by next semester, the kids will be back in the classroom. For now, Robert’s classroom is back at his desk where last year ended up. But the school system has had more time to plan out virtual learning and we’re expecting things to be more challenging this year than the end of last year. And we’re really hoping that by next semester Robert is in school so he can experience culinary arts in the TC kitchen with the instructor and classmates rather than in our kitchen. (While we might get to sample more if they are virtual next semester, it would self-serving to hope for that.) Here’s the traditional look back: | ||
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| Sep 03, 2019 | ||
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10th Grader 
Robert started 10th grade today. As always, he’s looking forward to the school year (and Volleyball is starting up again too, that’s the string bag). Same backpack because the first day of school is a red day and the new backpack is for blue days. If you need to know more, you need to ask Robert. | ||
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| Sep 04, 2018 | ||
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High Schooler!!! 
Robert is a high schooler now. He reports that day one was not the best — I think that’s not uncommon. TC is much bigger than his prior school. And this is the first new school since junior kindergarten — that’s impressive to me. Here’s the traditional look back: | ||
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