A trip to Romania

I’m writing this from a small town in Romania. My parents and brother had planned to go since October to visit my mom's side of the family, something we do every few years, and found tickets at a good rate. We had hoped that things with Covid would be in a better state, but were ready to cancel if we needed to. It’s pretty amazing how things worked out! Having a vaccination card has become a necessary addition to our passport. And we still we wear masks in certain places that we go to. But it’s awesome to see how fast things have gotten better within the last couple months in the US and now seeing it happen here in Europe as well.

Mass Effect Datapad

Before I left, I had finished playing Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. While playing, I put together a Mass Effect microsite of a lot of the in-game writing that expands on the world-building the series is so good at. It’s been serving as some good night time reading material.

Avatar: The Last Airbender comics

Before going to visit family, we took a detour to the Greek island of Thassos. We stayed there about a week, going to a different beach each day. I would get some work done on my Macbook at a nearby cafe just behind the beach and then walk down a bit to lay on the beach under an umbrella and read. I decided to read a collection of Avatar: The Last Airbender comics I bought from a Comixology sale in the past. And I really got into them! They've felt like watching additional episodes of the show which I haven’t seen since 2009, after the series ended.