I thought I might record what happened to me in 2015. Here’s a summary of the summary:
- Traveled to Atlanta, Chicago (twice), Madison, Kentucky, San Antonio, Colorado Springs, and Cozumel
- Went to 10 concerts, 2 comedy shows, 1 musical, a science talk, and 5 movies
- Went to 5 conferences, spoke at 3
- Went to 2 Cardinals games and 1 minor league baseball game
- Went camping twice and floating twice
January
- Garden Glow at Missouri Botanical Gardens (January 2)
- School of Rock concert at the Ready Room (January 10)
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- My nephew Jake played in a band that did Rolling Stones covers
- A band of older kids played Frank Zappa covers
- Book of Mormon at Peabody Opera House (January 15)
- Eagle watching in Alton (January 17)
- Marched in Ferguson for MLK day (January 19)
February
- Mentoring for Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact program (various dates)
- SLUUG tutorial – regular expressions (February 11)
March
- Mentoring for Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact program (various dates)
- SLUUG presentation – How the Web Works (part 1) (March 11)
- Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact graduation (March 15)
- STLLUG presentation – How the Web Works (part 2) (March 19)

Tech Impact graduation
April
- Beth’s senior show (April 17)
- RailsConf (April 21-25)
- RailsConf workshop – http://exploration (April 23)
- Beth’s 40th birthday (April 30)
May
- Beth’s 40th birthday and graduation party at Montell Winery (May 2)
- With Sean Gilmore, Stacey Christen, Julie Wilkison, Angie Schmid
- Beth’s graduation (May 4)
- Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally at Peabody Opera House (May 10)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson at Peabody Opera House (May 13)
- Seventh row center (2nd last ticket left)
- Rush at Scottrade Center (May 14)
- With Julie Wilkison and Scott and Kerry Schuette
- Zac Brown Band at Riverport Amphitheater (May 21)
- Bob and Betty Kayser’s 50th wedding party (May 22)
- Cardinals baseball game (May 29)
June
- Floating on Courtois, Huzzah, and Meramec (June 3)
- With Colleen Johnston
- Rivers were very high and fast
- Saw over 200 tutles
- Saw only 1 other boat on the rivers
- Circus Flora (June 14)
- Chicago (June 26 – 28)
- Sofitel hotel (River North)
- Pizano’s pizza
- Wendella boat tour
- Jimmy Buffett at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater in Chicago (June 27)
- With Shannon and Bob Guillen

Tailgating before Jimmy Buffett concert
July
- Vacation in Colorado Springs with Buchek family (July 6 – 13)
- Garden of the Gods
- Pike’s Peak
- Broadmoor hotel
- Royal Gorge
- White water rafting on Arkansas River (River Runners)
- Emerald Fields
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox baseball game
- Mentoring for Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact program (various dates)
- Clueless at Art Hill (July 24)
- With Neem Serra
- Cardinals baseball game (July 27)
- Floating at Ozark Outdoors (July 31, August 1)
- With Andy Wamser
- Floated at night with glow sticks on an inflatable orca
August
- STL Ruby presentation – Immutable Infrastructure (August 10)
- Mentoring for Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact program (various dates)
- Roy Clay Sr. Tech Impact graduation (August 16)
- Yes and Toto at Family Arena (August 19)
- Ran into John Weber
- Madison+ Ruby conference (August 21 – 22)
- Madison+ Ruby presentation – Immutable Infrastructure (August 22)
- Jimmy Buffett at Alpine Valley (August 22)
- Chicago (August 23 – 24)
- Site-seeing double-decker bus
- Hotel Allegro
- Brad Paisley at Riverport Amphitheater (August 30)

Presenting at Madison+ Ruby conference
September
- Def Leppard, Styx, and Tesla at Riverport Amphitheater (September 4)
- Camping in Kentucky (September 5 – 7)
- With Sarah and JD Kline and kids
- Justin Hayward at Sheldon Concert Hall (September 11)
- With Mom
- Windy City Rails (September 17 – 19)
- Took train up
- Hyatt had no rooms; had to take a taxi to Hammond, Indiana
- Dinner at Slurping Turtle
- Visited Pivotal Labs
- Lobster dinner at Catch 35
- Art Fair in Evanston (killing time on the L)
- Strange Loop (September 24 – 26)
- RacketCon (September 27)

Lobster dinner at Catch 35 in Chicago
October
- Hannibal for anniversary (October 9 – 11)
- STL Ruby presentation – Ruby Preserves (October 12)
- Leon Russell at Ready Room (October 17)
- Boo at the Zoo (October 24)
- Stevie Wonder at Scottrade Center (October 25)
- Agile LINC (October 29)
- Halloween at Central West End (October 31)

Halloween costume
November
- REO Speedwagon at Peabody Opera House (November 13)
- RubyConf (November 15 – 17)
- RubyConf presentation – Ruby Preserves (November 15)
December
- Started new gig at CenturyLink Cloud (December 1)
- Polar Express train ride (December 1)
- With Julie Wilkison
- Vacation in Cozumel (December 7 – 14)
- SCUBA diving
- Snorkeling
- Chankanaab
- Swimming with dolphins
- Xenotes excursion
- Amy Schumer at Scottrade Center (December 18)
- Got an inflatable hot tub for my birthday (December 23)
- New Year’s Eve at Casa Loma Ballroom (December 31)

SCUBA diving in Cozumel, Mexico