And, just like that, 2026 is here. This may be the fastest I've written in the blog after the new year in quite a while. Christmas was normal this year. Nothing big. It was unusually warm. In fact, I think OKC hit a record high Christmas temp. It was 80 or something like that. In Tulsa, it was less warm, but enough that the AC kicked on. I was cold as always either way.
School is back in session starting today. The kids were getting pretty bored so that's good. As the routine kicks back in, I'm waiting to hear about clusters. I need to know what days and times it's going to be (if it even starts at this point) so I can plan other stuff like academi bowl tournaments. I'm not a fan this year in the group we got thrown in. Usually, we're with the Edmond schools, but this year, we're in with the Norman schools for both 5th and 8th grade, so they usually host and it's so far away. Need to mention that next year when assigning groups start.
I don't think I'll be doing the computer club for this semester. Too much going on and I don't want to put any time into that. I think clusters will keep me busy enough.
Starting to look at flights to Portland. It's not too bad and we can finally make use of our companion passes that come with the Alaska credit cards. I just thought of it last night. Unfortunately, you can only use it on economy seats, which then you can upgrade to "premium" seats, which is basically the same as economy but with a few more inches of legroom. Everyone says it's not really worth it, but I dunno. We'll probably end up doing it even though it'll be about $600 more. Although, looking at it that way, it doesn't sound like a very good value. The car rental will be about $550 through Costco.
About it for now.