Happy Birthday to me

Old man Erik turned 51 today.

Of course, I'll be reminiscing about these younger days in no time soon.

I spent my birthday working at home and watching the kids.

Bucket list for this year is to finally ship Borderlands 3, learn some new tech for work, travel somewhere cool with the *entire* family, get that Instagram thing finally set up for my art, and finally release a comic strip.

Some facts.

Typical day: Leave for work at 8 AM, attend Lennon's soccer practice at 5 PM, home by 8 PM

Typical weekend: Work and draw on my computer and drive kids around

Favorite date night: Dallas Museum of Art after dark

Currently reading: Lots of non fiction- a biography series on LBJ and a book about the American Revolution + The New York Times and Washington Post every day

I like to watch the previous night's Colbert episode with Iria every morning before the kids get up

Favorite foods: Pho Ga, Spicy chips, watermelon, grapes, mint crisp dark chocolate bars

Currently playing: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Borderlands 3

Current job at work: Going between Level Design (shipping BL3) and Narrative Art (storyboards and concept art)

Retirement dreams (because I am old enough to start thinking about it): Renting apartments in different European cities for 6-12 months at a time

Listening to: Green Day, Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Beatles, Classical.. nothing really new

Favorite thing to do with Iria: cuddle on the couch, when the kids are asleep

Favorite thing to do with Katharine: late night pickups in the car and art talk

Favorite thing to do with Lukas: talking about games and listening to his ideas

Favorite thing to do with Lennon: FC Dallas games and Chic-fil-A

Favorite thing to do with Keira: read to her at night

Favorite thing to do with Kassidy: solo time outside the house

If we do a birthday meal this year, I would choose the Indian food restaurant

I made my own birthday cake- double decker Duncan Hines yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

Planned travels: Little House on the Prairie reunion pageant with Keira in July, Lennon and Lukas to NYC sometime in the Fall, visit Cal Arts with Katharine sometime later this year, visit the folks in Boston at the end of next February during PAX with Kassidy and some assorted siblings, and maybe finally a soccer travel tournament with Lennon? He has been in Select soccer for 5 years, and we have never left Dallas once.