First Cybertruck sighting. Was attracting a ton of attention. People were taking pictures with it. #cybertruck

Dealing with replacing my wife’s totaled car is a full time job.

My wife and son were in a car accident last week and her car was pretty much destroyed. Liz and Ryan were fine, but a tree impaled their car, going through the headlight, engine and stopping between the headrests.

She just got a notification from her iPhone reminding her where she “parked” her car.

So even though I don’t work on the athletics side of things at the University of South Carolina, it’s going to be a fun couple of weeks celebrating Dawn Staley and these amazing Gamecocks.

What a great season. Undefeated. National champs.

National champs! Great game, Gamecocks!

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #7: Wellbeing. A view from my back deck. Breeze blowing. Birds chirping. A little lizard running along the deck rail. Taking time to relax.

A look up at trees and a bright blue sky.

Anyone have recommendations for fountain pen friendly notecards?

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #6: Windy. Steady breeze at Ryan’s lacrosse game this afternoon.

American flag on a flag pole blowing in the wind with a blue sky.

New women’s basketball fans who’ve been following Caitlin Clark are about to discover that undefeated, #1 South Carolina has flown under the radar this season because they don’t have one star player, they have nine. Will be a great game on Sunday. Looking forward to it. 🏀

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #5: Serene. Calming green tea, after a Gamecock victory. On to the championship.

Green tea bag steeping in a South Carolina Gamecocks mug.

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #4: Foliage. The Horseshoe at the University of South Carolina.

The Horseshoe at the University of South Carolina

Remember when you had to manually set the RAM limits on old versions of the Mac? Microsoft may be bringing it back for Edge.

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #3: Card. Ace of Spades.

Ace of spades on a table

Panera closed an old location near us and built a brand new building. We ate at the new location tonight. It’s nice, but is significantly smaller, has kiosks for ordering, a drive thru, pick up area and outdoor seating. It seems like a post-COVID design, with less emphasis on being a community space and more focus on ordering ahead and picking up to-go orders.

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #2: Flowers. My wife’s amazing new sunflower tattoo, by Carly at Ophidian Tattoo in Columbia, SC.

Sunflower tattoo on a woman's forearm

📷 Micro.Blog April Photo Challenge #1: Toy. A vintage Micro Machine. Tiny, but with tons of detail.

Yellow Trans Am Micro Machine

Is it just me or are people and companies extra April Foolsy this year? Sigh

Another Team Wertz shot from the Easter Service at St. Paul Aiken.

Worshipped at St. Paul Aiken for Easter. Been a number of years since we’ve been here, but it was nice to be back.