Phew. Alright. We did it.

I woke up this morning, took a shower, got dressed and went out for coffee down the street. I complimented a stranger's looks across the street while he looked at his own reflection in a window. I'm not sure if he understood me, but I do hope he got the message. 

I am drinking a cold brew coffee because the barista heard "Black" as "Ice" and I didn't have the heart to correct him. I have yet to touch the ginger lemon scone that I bought for breakfast.

My feelings right now are somewhat mixed. Obviously, I'm happy, even if I'm not great at showing it. I'm trying to ride the momentum of success but it's hard to keep your head up with everything going on.

I go through my emails, reading the news about men who will never truly feel consequences of their actions dictate the fate of whole livelihoods with arbitrary numbers; watching semi-fictional lines plummet and starve non-fictional families; reading somber messages from boardgame industry giants bracing themselves for an indeterminately long winter to come.

But fuck it, we're here, and we're doing this. We're bringing something, even if it's just a little something, new into this world.

So, as the Earth continues to burn around us, thank you for supporting my journey everyone. I would've never been able to get this far without you.

-- Oliver