Happy Holidays!

Piper is now in her Senior year of High School. She’s got a job at MOD pizza, works a lot of hours, and has made friends there. While I am not sure that she loves it, they definitely value her and frequently ask her to come in for extra hours. She comes home with lots of stories. As anyone that has ever dealt with customers, people are not always pleasant to deal with. She’s working on applying to Colleges and starting the next phase of her education. Still a vegetarian, she’s made it really fun to try cooking vegetarian and has become eager to try new things.

Elspeth and I have had some amazing times! She started a new Job with the Lancaster City Alliance. She seems to have found a great place with a mission that she really believes in. I benefit from getting to be a plus one at some amazing events, meeting business and community leaders that she works with. It makes me appreciate our city more and more. She also adopted a puppy! Honeybun was found on a friend's property. After searching for the owner and going through the Humane League, Elspeth adopted the dog. If anyone knows Elspeth, and how big her heart is, this was really a foregone conclusion!

I’ve been at UPMC as a Senior Systems Analyst, for a year, and it’s been a busy year. We are working on Launching a new application that has had some significant hurdles, all while the organization is also going through a company-wide Electronic Health Record upgrade and introduction in some areas.

I’ve also been trying to take more time to play the guitar. I found a cool online site that has a different short lesson everyday. With the goal to just dedicate a set amount of time everyday to play and improve. It makes it nice to have some direction. Its really fun, and has been helping me spend more focused time practicing.

Check out my lists below of Music, Books, and Video Games I’ve been enjoying as well as highlights from Trips, concerts and dinners!

Music I Discovered in 2025