personal hype woman

If you’re new here, let me give you the cliff-notes version of where we’re at in life. My wife, Morgan, our two pups (Rosie and Junior), and I recently relocated from sunny Southern California across the globe to the beautiful island of Okinawa, Japan. Sounds exciting, right? Trust me—it was. It is?

This post was written two weeks ago. At that time, we were barely keeping our heads above water, which is why it’s taken so long to share. Now, as we settle into our routines starting this week, you’ll hear from me more regularly. The past two months have brought more challenges—and more opportunities for growth—than either of us could have imagined. Morgan’s family has a running joke: “It’s the Celaya luck.” I never really believed in bad luck, but now? I get it. We’re not t

This past month has, without a doubt, been the craziest of our lives. We traveled to seven cities—Austin TX, Sacramento, San Jose, Monterey, Carlsbad, Palm Springs—before reaching our final resting point: Okinawa, Japan. The final weeks in the States were packed with goodbye dinners, final photoshoots, multiple baby showers, and as much time with family as we could manage. Less than month ago, we drove away from our little California cottage and began the long haul to what we

I’m not writing this to scare you. Really — I’m not. But if you’re planning to move your dogs to Japan, I feel like I owe it to you to be honest: this has been the hardest part of our entire PCS. Not the international move. Not the pregnancy. Not the packing or the paperwork. The dogs. The process is grueling, expensive, and honestly confusing as fuck. Here’s how it’s gone for us so far. We found out in December that we’d be moving to Japan. By January 6th, we already had our

You know what I’m  really  good at? Like, Olympic-level good? Homemaking. It’s one of those unsharpened resume skills that won’t get you hired but  should . If homemaking had a varsity team, I’d at least qualify for regionals. I rock the trad-wife stuff — baking, sewing, cleaning (a newly acquired skill thanks to Morgan's pregnancy). But I also do the “dude jobs” — woodworking, pest control, home maintenance, landscaping. I know I sound like I’m bragging… because I am. This i

I’ve heard the adage, “There’s never a ‘right’ time to start a family.”  It’s usually said to comfort couples who don’t have total control over the timing. But in our case — as a queer couple — we actually did  have more say in the process. So naturally, we planned the hell out of it. We started talking seriously about expanding our family back in 2023. Morgan, being the disciplined, Type A queen she is, had already built out spreadsheets for the next one, three, and five yea