I did a bit of a reset after summer vacation and I've been trying to be more intentional about how I use my time, and helping out around the house more. I was doing most of my writing early in the mornings, it's always been my favorite time of day and I used to take those hours between 5 and 9am as free "me-time", reasoning that bonus hours can be used however I wished since I really shouldn't be awake anyway.
Lately I've been using that time for things like walking the dog, working out, laundry, cleaning the kitchen, you know, constructive activities; which leaves less time for the relaxing lazy mornings that I've been accustomed to for most of my life. I started after the 4th of July and the time of writing this post is August 15th so I've done a pretty good job of sticking to it so far, and I can't complain, I just need to try to figure out how to squeeze real writing time into my new schedule.
When I don't write for a long time I end up with lots of ideas bouncing around in my head that are begging to get out. Eventually they run out of energy and die to make room for new stuff...there's just so much going on in the world, and my fingers can only move but so fast, and I only have a few minutes, so here are the highlights off the top of my head.
In his latest obvious dictatorial power grab Trump has seized police power in DC and MD declaring a state of emergency, an obvious joke to anyone who lives here, but the here we are, tons of cops of all flavors marching through DC and harassing the public.
Ooof, this is probably the worst I've seen them since I decided to become a superfan during the "baby bombers" campaign in what? 2017? They were off to a hot start but the wheels really fell off in August and now they are looking up at the Blue Jays and knife fighting for a wildcard spot.
Very busy, but I recently joined a team that is focusing on delivering our software as a cloud native solution so that's been fun, I have learned a ton. It's still daunting though because there's so much about AI that I don't know about and don't understand. Oh, but it does sound like they are going to be asking people to come back into the office, so I have to gear up for that. The commute for me would be 1.5 hours each way 💀
I'm out of time for now, gotta sign in and get to banging on that keyboard, cheers.
I wrote this in August but never posted it, and since the lifestyle changes I discuss in the opening paragraph, and work being busy as mentioned in the last, have continued to make it difficult to find time to write, I thought it would be apt to post it now.
Anyway, the Trump madness continues, now he's sending troops to Portland, or at least trying to, he's also proclaimed that the department of defense is now the "department of war", etc, etc.
The Yankees have lost the ALDS to the Blue Jays, the Jays were clearly the better team, they better win the World Series.
Okay, dassit.