“Beware!” Cedar Park, 2018
She doesn’t like the camera? (Actually a big yawn)
Look Out
“Beware!” Cedar Park, 2018
“Beware!” Cedar Park, 2018
Long Hours
“After-work Drink” Cedar Park, 2018
After a long day at work, it’s nice to come home and relax with a nice drink. Although the glass says Saké, it was actually some white wine. 😄 Cheers!
またね～
Half-day Father’s Day
“Music Hall” Waco, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today I dropped Koa off at Baylor so he could start his week-long band camp. It’s about an hour and a half drive from our house to Waco and the music school there on campus. After a quick registration, it was time for Koa’s placement audition. He didn’t think he did very well, but it turns out that he made First Band! Way to go, Koa!
After auditioning, I helped Koa get set up in his dorm room, which mostly involved putting sheets and bedding together. Koa seemed pretty happy and said I could leave… it was a sad farewell for me because I would be going home to an empty house on Father’s Day, but I could tell Koa wanted me out of there so he could have fun with his friends who were arriving at the dorm. 😫
Out in California, Bay was also checking in to his summer program at USC. My brother’s family and my mom helped him get set up on campus and from the few messages I received from Bay, everything seemed great. I’m excited to learn how his architecture classes are – I hope they are interesting and valuable to Bay!
So now it’s late and I need to rest up for a busy week at work. Yay!
And I just realized that this is the first time that the four of us (Mariko, Bay, Koa, and I) have spent the night all apart! Exciting and sad at the same time. But before I think about it too much, it’s time for bed.
おやすみ！
Haircut, Shopping, Sketching, etc.
“Haircut” Austin, 2018
Hey there! Today was just Koa and I, but it was a busy busy day. Here it is in list form:
- Finished my China travel visa application and dropped it off at the post office, along with a couple other packages
- Took Koa to get his haircut before dropping him off at the mall to hang out with his friends
- Got my own haircut
- Picked up Koa from the mall and went to another store to buy him some nice pants and tie for his band camp
- Dinner at a Mexican restaurant
- Laundry and helping Koa pack for band camp
- Evening sketching
Tonight’s sketch is from a photo from 1996 when I first met Mariko. It was a fun sketch to create!
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice Saturday!
またね～
“Sangria Margarita” Cedar Park, 2018
Friday Update
“Stormy Days” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
It’s been a crazy week schedule-wise for me, with Mariko being away on vacation and the kids being out of school. Lot’s of appointments and working from home, but the week is almost over!
Today, I dropped off Bay at the airport to travel to California. He’s starting a summer-school program and will be gone for four weeks! I was a tiny bit nervous about him flying along (actually the whole security thing), but he made it to Long Beach as planned and is spending the night with my brother’s family. Of course the travel was pretty easy since he just has carry-ons and took his pre-printed boarding pass straight to security, but still, as a parent, I worry! 😄
I took today’s photo while on the way to pick up dinner. The clouds lately have been really awesome! I guess there are some storms coming, so the weather is a little unpredictable. But it makes for some interesting skies.
I hope you had a good day!
またね～
