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• 5:30am - awaken to singing of 8 month old eliza. after diaper change, hide-and-seek game ensues. also, a quick call to grandpa to say happy father’s day
• 6:30am - cheerios and pears with e as the sun comes up
  
• 6:40am - nick joins the fun, with hugs and bed-head
• 7:15am - with my zone defense overwhelmed, jen intervenes and we return to man-to-man
• 7:30am - sweet re-rack until 8am while jen and nick grab coffee and bagels (including some for dad) at atlas cafe (and eliza naps)
• 8:00am - eliza and I go outside to put bike rack on the car and adjust bike suspension
• 8:30am - cobie and kent arrive to hit pacifica for a morning DH/FR mtb session in perfect sunny weather (best run yet down The Crack, Mile, and a few laps on the Boyscout jumps)
• 11:30am - return home and jen and nick have made a huge batch of granny’s famous ginger cookies (a particular vice of mine). nick is wearing “dude, that’s legit” and eliza has on custom “my dad rocks” onesie.
• 12:05pm - nick helps me wash the dirty bike with tons of suds and lots of hose-spraying. devolves into “spray dad while cackling.” many passers-by are almost soaked. both nick and dad are completely drenched and laughing.
• 1:15pm - chicharrones, ceviche, and lemonade at Limon rotisserie. yum.
• 2:30pm - books followed by short nap with nick
• 3:30pm - up from nap. jen hits builder’s resources and I have hide-and-seek rematch with eliza while nick stays in nap formation.
• 4:30pm - seventh (seventeenth?) ginger cookie disappears. circumstances murky.

What a wonderful day. And it’s not even over yet.