Ochi, aka the Bravest Boy, minus two teeth!

January 14, 2025

Happy new year! It’s been a weird year so far. Ryan and I both contracted something (Norovirus? No clue) on New Year’s Eve… so rather than heading to Flagstaff’s midnight pinecone drop like we usually do, we both rang in 2025 sick on our couch, watching Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper’s antics on CNN while calling it a night at 10:02 p.m. right after the ball dropped on the east coast.

Then, Ryan packed up early on January 1 to head out to a fire assignment down in the Payson area. I spent New Year’s Day recovering at home before teaching a yoga class at the studio, and preparing Ochi for his big day…

…dental work!

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The 2024 highlight reel

December 30, 2024

2024 was a pretty awesome year. No major changes or big BIG life events — Ryan and I spent the year in our same Flagstaff apartment, working our same jobs, doing many of the same things we did in 2023 — but there were a few minor notable things that happened this year.

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An extended weekend in Puducherry (Pondicherry), India

December 2, 2024

When I asked Ryan if there was anywhere he wanted to check out during our India trip, he didn’t hesitate at all to request a few days in Puducherry (Pondicherry).

*A quick note: The town is now formally called Puducherry, but is still widely known as Pondicherry and is known to locals as “Pondy,” so I’ll refer to it as all three interchangeably in the following post.

After we wrapped up our time in Anjuna, Goa, Ryan and I caught a flight to Chennai, and then took a taxi ride to Pondicherry.

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