Adult Space Camp, Day 2

our first night in the hab was… pretty rough. like i said, we went out the night before. nothing crazy, but i think we crashed around midnight-1am. not bad. i set my alarm for 6:30–we were supposed to all meet in the cafeteria at 7:30. there were…

Adult Space Camp, Day 1

for christmas last year, brett surprised me with a trip to space camp. dude. husband just told me my xmas present. he is sending me to adult space camp next year. i get a SPACESUIT with my name on it. FUCK. YES. — Whitney Champion (@shortxstack) December 15, 2015 evidently… i…

I Miss My Babygirl

loki passed away peacefully on the morning of monday, february 29. in our backyard, on her blanket, wrapped in my arms, brett there beside us. it was one of the worst and best days of my life to date. i lost my best friend. i have been putting off writing…

What Happened

i don’t know why i stopped writing. after i decided that 3 years of at-least-1-a-day photos of caylin and at-least-1-a-month posts of caylin was enough, i fell off the grid. i didn’t hold myself accountable, once again, and now i regret it. i barely remember the first 2…

NYC x4

went to see jersey boys for the 4th time this month. it’s just so good. and so fun :) had to do it. it was my 3rd 1-day NYC trip, and it was amazing. flew out on saturday morning, 10/24. got an uber to the times square area, and…

Weekend in NC

* 10/16 – 10/18 – weekend at dad’s house, home in NC * brett was staying in mooresville the weekend because he was going to his high school reunion, so caylin and i stayed with my dad and stepmom * got there late friday night. got settled in and caylin passed out…

AWS re:Invent

* this conference was at a scale like i’d never seen. i’ve been to CES… bigger, by far, yes. but still pales in comparison to the level of detail and effort put into this thing * went through ATL, got exciting airport dinner * flew in and got to vegas around…

DerbyCon 5.0, "Unity"

this was my first year going to derby. and now i plan on going every year that it continues. * drove to adam’s because i thought we were leaving from mocksville, but that was not the case * get in the car to leave, neighbor’s horses are loose! we attempt…