July

1: discovering the "meat store" is also a little hole-in-the-wall natural grocery
2: digging down to the lava and corruption layers
3: family Hamilton streaming
4: biking back after sundown surrounded by boom-pop-crackles, sparkle-flashes, and gunpowder scent
5: throwing down that random bean & rice dish a second time
6: pedaling along the highway at night
7: taking on the illagers with an army of wolves
8: cringey Disney binge
9: his soft spot for the dogs (and their soft spot for him)
10: steel-toed boots
11: playing Minecraft side by side (just like the old days)
12: a hike around the crest
13: talking about how dinosaur reconstructions from fossils are likely wildly inaccurate to what they actually looked like
14: Cloud Atlas
15: hanging our heads out the window on a stormy summer afternoon
16: Island Saver
17: watching movies while he sleeps next to me
18: the dogs (sensing my anxiety?) huddling near me
19: dad and bro coming to help when my car got fucked up
20: accompanying Dad to the auto parts store
21: scrolling through subreddits
22: undone
23: gaining the dogs' trust bean by bean
24: fucking up on a truck driving simulator
25: bike tinkering with the help of fix-it videos
26: "cheating" with a premade sauce
27: my nut-allergic brother sharing some chili pistachios
28: clambering over rocks in Embudito Canyon
29: hiking Black Volcano and looking over the city (and the place we first hiked together)
30: accompanying him to his favorite joint (Whataburger)
31: climbing up the foothill boulders and getting buffeted by the wind