My brother is coming to town tomorrow, then Friday we're meeting our parents to go [look at airplanes in Oshkosh, WI](www.eaa.org). The weather should be good. My family is bad at plans and coordinating (which might explain why I do well at them). It'll be frustrating at times, but hopefully it all ends up well. My dad used to fly 35-40 years ago, just flying little Cessnas in a flying club. I occasionally think about trying to get a license.

I'm still running, training for a half marathon August 20. wasoxygen, what are you up to these days for runs? Saturday I had intended to do an 11 mile run, but the humidity was oppressive. At four miles I started walking and running on and off. I was completely soaked. My shoes were wet like I'd worn them in a lake. But the humidity is back down, and my hill intervals Monday felt really good.

I ordered a fire safe. It's more fire than safe, but I hope it'll help me organize things like my passport and birth certificate in a logical and safe place.

My September hiking trip is being reworked in my head. I was going to do six days/five nights in the woods, but I'm chickening out. Now I'm thinking two overnighters and one long day hike. It would be more miles but also more summits. It's also much safer. Since I'm hiking alone, if I had a bad fall on day 1, it would take a week before anyone missed me (phone service doesn't exist). The new plans bring that down to just two days.

Work is better than it was.