We are selling our home and moving into a place that we built. I’m very excited. Part of the build is a detached studio/office. I can use this for work and for recording music. Also, it’s gonna have a lounge/TV to watch films and mostly, I suspect, tennis. My tennis game is strong these days (for me). The new house is less than a block from 12 clay courts and four hard. I’m beyond excited for this. wasoxygen one day, we shall play! Our oldest started high school. She made the tennis team. Very proud of the work she put in to secure that spot. She had her first match and won. Our son started middle school and made the soccer team. Our youngest is in 2nd grade and is such a smart and thoughtful kid. They are all thriving. My wife’s practice is doing well and Forever Labs / SuperShotPRP are both on strong paths to profitability and long term success. It’s been a decade. “Quit or get rich. Those are your options.” My cofounder and I have now put in more money than any individual investor. We have ample, “skin in the game,” and I feel great about that. I’m consistently lifting weights and feel physically great. I still have not had a drink since May 6th, 2024. Hope everyone is well. Onward!
Parents decided less than a week ago to fly in to help unpack. They arrived two hours ago. Now my partner's entire family wants to meet them, so we're juggling moving, big life changes of job/school, and now trying to squeeze a big family gathering in the mix. So as much as I was hoping for a quiet unpacking and organizing it seems to be anything but. Oh well, it'll be a fun adventure regardless. Going to be attending the SF pen show in a few weeks to hopefully get someone to fix my partner's pen nib. It's a really nice pen but it's writing is very scratchy and gives a lot of feedback and everyone says this is the way to do it. No appointments though, it'll be a show up and hope for the best extravaganza, and I'm not super optimistic. But worst case scenario we send it back to Florida for Pilot USA to send it to Japan for a warranty claim. And that's got an ~12 week lead time without shipping times factored in. I requested a copy of my background check. Everything clear except my last job, but the only discrepancy was the job title (formal vs forward facing) so I am hoping I'm in the clear. It's been a few days and I haven't heard anything so I'm pretty optimistic at this point. Also my tuberculosis test came back clear, so that's nice!
If it qualifies for a warranty claim it should be a warranty claim. I don't know if pen people are as twitchy about chain-of-custody as watch people but if they are, "get someone to fix it" is a collector faux pas. The show is probably a good opportunity to get something to use in the meantime. Do a report. I'm curious to see what's there.
Not only do pen people not give a damn, there's a whole profession of people who fix up nibs called "nibmeisters" and some have months to years long waitlists because they're so in demand. We talked to some folks who recommended visiting the pen show for this exact purpose. Regardless, I'm confident my partner will be keeping that pen for herself forever. I still gotta do a Japan trip report let alone the pen show lol but I'll try for ya.