Baby boy,

I did things today. The washing machine in our rental house broke so I just took it out and replaced it with our washing machine we had in Hawaii. It had t been used in a year, but it came back working like a champ. I got all the blankets and the couch washed, tomorrow I will tackle to clothes.

I also went running today. It was beautiful out and the snow is almost gone outside. There’s just a few random piles here and there. I was listening to my marathon playlist while I ran, since I didn’t really get to listen to much of it during my marathon because my phone died.

I asked you for some direction, was this pretty good day and getting things accomplished on my own a sign? If it was, I’m sorry I’m questioning it.

I wonder if you’d be embarrassed of me at this point, but I don’t think you would be. As we were walking to Ellie’s bus stop this morning, I kept yelling “ninja kick” and doing horrible jump kicks in the air. Nobody else was at her bus stop, nobody else was even outside, but she was telling me that I needed to stop in a very serious and mean voice. She was also hiding a smile, though, so I think she actually just enjoyed it. I think you’d appreciate my ninja kicks. They were horrible, which makes it even better.

I checked on my letter to you from last year because I know we are coming up on our one year of being in Pennsylvania. In my letter I said that we had three more sleeps in the house, but then we missed the plane and were in Hawaii and extra two or three days. I miss Hawaii just as much as the day we first left. I tried to picture it while I was staring out at the bare trees on the trail.

I love you more than anything, my baby boy. Goodnight and sweet dreams.