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Into the last month of the year. It always seems like a downward sort of path. I guess it’s the hibernating part of the winter season. I think the world is just holding its breath so see what happens next. As always, trying to hold it together, barely. Not sure what else to say-I’m old and tired.

Wednesday afternoon (10/22). Getting done with stuff. Not much else. No gamelan tonight.

Friday end of day. It’s rainy-didn’t get the downspout done. Got a little work done, but not enough. Took Claire to the station last night, Salem to school yesterday and today-today she slept in. Decided to start using the tablet for most things, phone for just phone stuff.

Monday morning (10/27). Not really feeling motivated. Need to get stuff done, so there’s that. Pretty rainy weekend, windy too. Got the downspout put in Saturday afternoon. Looks fine, but had to use wire for the bracket. Erika got some dresses Sunday, got some bracket things that might work, shopping, workouts-sore hip truncated my run. Pietro’s for dinner-ruined the leftovers.

Wednesday noon. Sunny and quiet. Trying to make progress with these changes, but it’s slow-distractions and lots to finish. Took Erika to the doc’s after work yesterday, late workout. Maybe going to the PT close by?

Thursday noon. Back again. Under the gun on a set of tasks. Fine gamelan last night, nailed the Wilujeng slowdown the first time-this is a high school piece, but we’re doing it without drums. If we had drums, we’d never cock up the slowdown. Cocked up Ibu Pertiwi. Finally reading the next St. Mary’s.

Friday noon. Evening. Need to go work out. Wasted my day on a prod bug. The creator skived off at noon.

Sunday afternoon (11/2). At the library, waiting for wife to do stuff. Pretty quiet weekend, worked out late Friday, Lazed about Sat., then shopping-we bought a cheap 43″ TV at Best Buy, then food. The usual breakfasts, though I did use our mandoline for julienning carrots and celery for maze gohan-way easier…

Monday morning. Continuing the prod thing, though I did get one thing working. Getting a lot of “you can’t get there from here.” Trying a tai chi refresh from the book.

Wednesday morning. Erika’s 60th birthday yesterday. Christina got her a massage. Had to leave work early and drive Salem to therapy, then home, then get Claire. A good 4 hours driving around. I was beat and bagged the workout. Wednesday evening. Late lunch, long call, just unhappy. Took out the trash, though.

Friday noon (11/7). At the library, took the day off. Slept in, Erika went to a PT down the street. Decent gamelan on Weds, pretty quiet yesterday. Not much else.

Thursday lunch (11/13) Trying to get this stuff done so I can go back to the unfinished stuff. Pretty quiet-got the new TV and printer working. Oddly enough, the new printer uses the same cartridges as the old one. Klenengan this weekend-going to make mini bagels. Took Salem to their therapy over on the West side-walked through a guitar store. Fine workouts-running at the track directly seems easier. The stairmill is still hard.

Friday afternoon. Looks like the stuff is broken until next week. Switch to another thing. Bagels are made-want to make a chives and a jalapeno cream cheese.

Tuesday noon (11/18). Klenengan was fun-some long time missing folks showed up. A ton of food. Still have pad thai leftovers. Going to start with Mike’s rock band on Fridays. Not much else-workouts, work. No running outside, which sucks-I hate the treadmill, I think the 4/1 run/walk ratio is going to be the thing. It sort of balances my breath and pulse out-up to max, back down to 70 or so. Fast breathing, back to 2:2.

Monday evening (12/1). Been a minute. Had to borrow some $$$. We went to Newport last week and spent a ton of $$$-I took a few days off and we drove down. Had a good time, but ack. Panicked when I saw the balance before paying the mortgage. Did the rock band thing on that Friday. Fun, but loud, and my solo skill is abysmal. Rhythm is great-thanks, Bill! Had a nice chat with Noa. Not much else-quiet Thanksgiving, driving around-Salem made wassail and brussels sprouts by hand. Ate at Gaffer’s. Erika did a big pantry and fridge cleanout. We had a squirrel get in the house while we were out. A neighbor helped shoo it out. Not sure how it got in. Prod deploy right now-one cockup with someone not getting the DB scripts right, and now it’s a mess.

So, Newport trip. Got started late-ish. Used my nice hat box luggage, brought my kites because beach. Drove to Tillamook and went to the cheese factory. Erika bought stuff, got free cheese, ate ice cream. Down the 101 to Newport, stopped at a Christmas store. Got to the hotel-Hallmark Resort-right on the beach, pretty cool. Ate at the Chowder Bowl-spendy, but pretty good. The fish was very good, but breaded in crumbs. Mucked around Tuesday, shopping, etc. There was a kite store, a gamer store and a record store. We also went to a couple of witchy-type stores on the bay. Had dinner at Nana’s Irish Pub-decent-better battering on the fish. I had bangers and mash. The hotel had a sauna-sat in there for like 3 rounds. Only 2 levels. Weds., got up early-ish, went to the aquarium-was pretty nice. Easy drive back-stopped at beach D in Lincoln City and H Mart in Tigard. Tried to go to a monastery by McMinnville, but closed.

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It’s early Fall-getting colder, more rainy. Our front tree is a beautiful red with a red carpet on the porch. I’m feeling a bit lost, adrift. Focusing is hard, just trying to get through my day. Not sure what’s next-just trying to move forward in time without trouble. Hanging out with hummingbirds while working, that’s it. Saw a skunk and rabbits recently in the back yard. Plus squirrels and birds-the usual suburban wildlife, though no raccoons. Been thinking about how the whole progression thing, and our tail, and our elementals. I saw a pretty cool deck at the witch store on Belmont-“Elemental Magick Deck”, by a pair of local witches (Amethyst Rose and Ginger Arechiga, sponsored by a coven-Witches Council Oracle). $44, though…

Thursday (9/4), hanging out in a slightly cleaner living room-got all the stuff off of the couches. Watching “How Buildings Learn”-I had the book, and it’s cool to watch it. Took a couple of days around Labor Day- slept in a lot and got a few things done. Took kids to the state fair,  had a Dr’s appointment-203 cholesterol, bad hdl and ldl, meh a1c. Not much else is different.

Monday (9/8) afternoon. Trying to get a web thing going in Dev. No joy so far. (got it) Quiet weekend-working out, taking Salem to things, picking up Claire. Erika’s getting our room cleared out, we did the kitchen too. Ran a 5k yesterday, a little sore today-Matt did the same with walking around Comicon.

Tuesday afternoon. Trying to get a UAT deployment done, task grooming. Just tidied my office cart. Watched A Scanner Darkly last night-that was some fucked up shit.

Thursday morning. Afternoon-busy doing stuff. Erika is spending the night at Breitenbush. I’m without a car. Fine gamelan last night-Mindy wants to do a klenengan.

Friday afternoon, pretty quiet. More password changes, but none that I need to do anything with. Other stuff-helping out-lack of access for things I should have access to. Window sales guy came last night-spendy, but top quality.

Monday morning (9/15). It’s getting chilly in the kitchen, so on goes a sweater. Mellow weekend-blew out leaves from the back and front porches, tidied up the front porch as well. Also fixed one of the drawers in Salem’s new bed. It rained a lot overnight on Saturday and Sunday morning. Workouts, a quick one on Friday. A Costco visit so Matt could get his glasses fixed-no go-he’s a “guest” member. Only spent $100, and got a decent fresh pizza, coffee, frozen fruit, etc. Forgot honey…maybe at Winco.

Monday afternoon (9/22). Listening to an AI meeting. Pretty busy week-workouts and driving people around, a thing, put Salem’s bed together, took Friday off and we went to brunch. Salem went to a camp orientation thing, a bonfire at the Sellwood beach, drove their friend home. Got the Anne Tyng book-didn’t have the article I was looking for. Rained a little on Sunday morning.

Thursday (9/25) morning. Tuesday (9/30) morning. Yeah, that’s how it goes. Pretty quiet weekend-workouts, driving around, got a Fender PA for $40! Made up a funnel for the back gutter out of tar paper. The rain hasn’t really shown up yet-just a little drizzle.

Friday (10/3) noon. Pretty quiet, even though we’re in a “war zone”… It’s a completely ridiculous thing to say, even in rhetorical terms. So, yeah. Not a war zone. Not even around the ICE building. Password change on Tuesday night. Co-worker didn’t catch an issue with checkins, so panic on Weds AM. Took Salem to Providence for a seminar on Weds AM. Went to Salem’s choir recital on Weds rather than gamelan. Erika got her face treated-not as bad as the last time.

Wednesday (10/8) morning. Not much going on-trying to stay motivated. Workouts are getting cut in time, but fine otherwise. Pretty quiet otherwise-put some bins in the shed, moved Salem’s desk. Salem went to a retreat, going to Ashland this weekend, got her glasses.

Friday morning. Pretty quiet-password change last night. Car has a flat. Panicked because stuff to do. Borrowed the neighbor’s car, got Claire from work, dropped her off at the station, picked up Salem from the Keller-she went to a ballet dress rehearsal. A little shocked at the car I was driving… She worried about the Ashland trip. There are a lot of girls that she doesn’t get along with. She went anyways. Fine gamelan Weds.-had to duck out before the last piece. We’re hosting a klenengan Nov 15th. <Afternoon>, car is at the tire shop. Got a tow from AAA. <Evening> Got car back, after the guy forgot to leave my keys, and the dash lit up, then subsided, then Erika got a check engine light then a low tire light. Aargh.

Monday afternoon. Time to finish work. Didn’t get a ton done. Pretty quiet weekend-rainy. Went out to Beaverton to a witch store Sat. Breakfast at the Grove Sun., filled the tires Fri. night-seem to be ok now. Picked up Salem from their trip-was fine. They’re tired.

Tuesday afternoon. Not much going on-got the last official password rotation done, and a db server switch. Hopefully they all work fine. Low tire light when I picked up Claire last night. The tire guy didn’t do a great job.

Tuesday morning (10/21). I should call this. Got stuff to do. Took Friday off, fun with tires, no gamelan, fine workouts. Mathias went to San Diego for the weekend-had a great time, decided to come back Monday rather than Sunday night. Downspout was leaky-tried to just replace it-doesn’t fit right, so need to replace the whole thing. Went to NoKings in downtown Milwaukie, rather than Portland-Erika didn’t want to deal with a huge crowd. Salem came later, went to ChaChaCha for dinner, misplaced her phone, kitchen had it. Pulled out the A/Cs and put them in the shed. We saw a guy stuffing a rabbit into a bag at the rabbit party zone over by the Bomber on 99e. Claire yelled “fuck you” really loudly.

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Here’s another recitation of time passing. Big deal. Given the state of things, it might be the best thing-tying to keep an even keel while things slowly collapse. I’m tired. <edit>And I just looked, and this is the 1,000th blog entry! That’s actually a milestone. Like 30 years will be. Not very many bloggers can mark 30 years. That is all.</edit>

And that’s another couple of weeks gone! (7/8) Not much, I think. Took yesterday off, 4th of July on Friday. Didn’t do much-worked out Sat/Mon. I guess the biggest thing was that the apple tree fell down last week. Heard it, but it didn’t register, as no damage. We’ve had a couple of people come out to estimate removal. It’s been hot, then cooler, now it’s getting hot again. I’d like to run outside-treadmills don’t work well for me, but the heat means no.

And there’s a couple more…(7/21) Lunchtime. Pretty much nothing exciting going on-it rained last night. Claire went to the seaside and Salem has been going to the river. We’re looking at light fixtures to replace the broken one, and tree removal estimates-varying from 625-1,200. Need to get someone to look at the plumbing. Have a couple of other things to do. We got an Ikea mattress for Salem, going to put up their new loft bed next weekend. They want a new computer too. Not much else-working, working out, shopping, making bagels. Cut the grass Sat., Matt did the edge trimming yesterday. Dealing with minor aches and pains. The joy of aging-things don’t heal as quickly.

Wednesday (7/23) Noon. Watching a guy code in an interview. Dentist’s afterwards And now it’s Thursday. I thought it was Friday… Fine dentist visit-but one small cavity, and a little reversion with my gums. Back in 2 weeks for the drilling. Thursday afternoon. It’s hot, need to call a plumber for the drain smelling when I run the A/C.

And that’s a few more weeks (8/13) Got that tooth fixed, and the recovery was quite painful-had to skip gamelan. We deconstructed the tree, and there are several piles of apples and a few more of branches. It’s been rather hot, and cool before and (hopefully) after. Tweaked my back, but the recovery was quick-skipped a few workouts over the past couple weeks-first my jaw and then my back. Put up Salem’s bed-nice, but very close to the ceiling. Still need to put the desk in. Also put up a new light fixture. Thinking about tidying the living room. My bagel making is pretty decent, and being consistent about making ice.

Thursday-have the day off tomorrow, so trying to get a prod thing fixed. Also scheduled all my time off for the rest of the year. I’m doing single Fridays once a month, then longer for holidays-Thanksgiving and Christmas this year-no big trip. We have a cap on how much time we can roll over from year to year. Looks like the prod thing is good for tonight, after a bunch of scrambling to deploy a piece I forgot about. Fine gamelan, fine workout Tuesday.

And there’s a couple more weeks gone (8/28)-Labor Day is here, and a few days off. We had to get rid of Salem’s bed, got a new one. Was sick last week-tummy still not 100%. It’s been hot. Been skipping workouts because sick. I think I’ll call this.

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So, it’s time for another installment of my “exciting” life. It’s not, if you want the short answer. I’m old enough that I don’t want that particular moniker any more. Only in daydreams. I remember being a freshman in college, sitting on the front porch of the dorm, writing down stuff-kinda wish I still had those notes. I was thinking about a double major over at Western with computers and lighting/lasers, etc.-could’ve broken some interesting ground. Didn’t happen. Just went into the IT business. For 40 years. Oh well. Anyways, I’m still trying to ignore politics, or at least not dwell on it too much. Been seeing a lot of WNBA stuff around Caitlin Clark. And other stuff too-just the algorithms doing their thing-you click on it, you get more of it.

Welp, it’s been a minute (4/21-5/5). Same ‘ol, spring is here, messed my neck up, but my back and legs are better-actually did a half-hour on the treadmill yesterday, 3 mins run/2 mins walk. My hips hurt more on the walk than the run. Salem went to outdoor school last week-battery died, found mouse poop and fluff inside the engine compartment and on the battery terminals, got the battery on our car replaced today. Erika got her face peeled last week-starting to heal now. Cut the grass, worked out, work, the usual. Looking for a new mattress. Trying and failing to ignore the chaos.

(5/14) I still have a dead website because of certificates, so need to log things somewhere. Long weekend, didn’t do much else other than the usual-working out, shopping, etc. Walking more because the work walk thing. Grilled last night, replaced the latch on the front gate, pulled blackberries. Can’t remember last weekend-probably nothing but the usual.

My SSL certs are still messed up…I built one on a Linux server at work, but Chrome still complains. I’m going to try let’s encrypt by hand-and it wants to verify the server. Edge complains, but lets me through.

I think I have a solution to the cert issue-manually calling let’s encrypt and pasting-self-signing-didn’t work. Still walking, though a little less. Not getting as much tai chi in as I’d like.

Sunday afternoon (6/1), at the gym. Bought a mattress yesterday. Getting better runs-4 mins run/1 walk. I might start 8/2…

Monday afternoon (6/2)-I’m really tired. It’s walking for work month.

Wednesday lunch (6/4). Late workout yesterday-had to pick up Claire from the OC train station-cut the elliptical short, fast tai chi-I’m back to cardio switch up Tuesdays, and 30-10-30 for the negatives-this actually is doable rather than the canonical Darden negative routine, which requires a helper. Back in the 90’s I was at 24 hour, and I rented a staffer every week for that. Cut the grass Monday, gonna be hot this weekend-I might put up some new outdoor lighting. ReallySimpleSSL plugin will do Let’s Encrypt, but there’s a bug in the plugin-it hides the form, then hangs when I get to the cpanel page.

Thursday morning. Finally got the plugin to generate and deploy a certificate, so I’m back, baby! Not much-gamelan-learning more bonang parts, pick up Claire, walk.

Monday morning (6/9). I’m super tired-hardly slept until 5. Very hot yesterday, had to drive Erika to West Linn, Salem to Damascus (or as Erika called it, butt-fuck Egypt), workout without lunch, which means huge glucose drop, pickup Salem, shop. Put up a screen on the front door, brought in a dresser. Saturday-got out the a/c units from the shed because hot. Set up, Matt’s, Salem’s, and ours. Skipped workout Friday because strained glute from walking.

Tuesday noon, didn’t get a lot of steps in yesterday—spent a half-hour walking in circles up and down the driveway at 11… It’s still hot, and I worked in the bedroom because A/C.

Wednesday afternoon, spent the entire day looking at issues. I’m beat. Thursday morning-the same thing again. At least I figured out the two from yesterday. Evening-going to do a prod deploy-didn’t get much accomplished. Prod deploy went fine, other issue is still undetermined.

Monday (6/16) noon. Listening to an AI meeting. Pretty quiet weekend-fine workouts, we got our mattress Saturday, though they promised it in the morning and it got here late afternoon. The guys knocked over the bed and damaged the overhead light fixture. Father’s Day Sunday-we went out to brunch at the usual, then H Mart and Goodwill and shopping, then workout. Hard because no lunch and shopping. Was able to get a full run in outside on Friday! Too hot yesterday.

Tuesday noon, 4pm. I’m getting nothing done except answering questions-did get a couple deploys done and a meeting.

All right, another week and some change has flown by. I think I’m going to call this. Spent Weds. & Thurs. at office in meetings. They had an after work thing at Pioneer Place Weds.-bowled a few frames, I’m terrible, though I got one strike and messed up my right glute-I’m in good shape so it wasn’t sore for long. Couldn’t stay for long because gamelan… A delicious lunch at Duck House on Thurs. Quiet weekend-workouts, etc. It rained some-didn’t get much done. Went to Schwab for the leaky tire on Sat morning-it was a screw-they patched it for free! Nice to have them right around the corner. The rest as usual-driving people, shopping, workouts, etc. Took Erika and Salem to a kids’ birthday party Sunday. Didn’t go in-it was the usual insanity. I’m tired of people sitting on machines when I need them. Erika got her phone stolen Monday, got the replacement yesterday! Had to pay $250 for the privilege.

Page 23, sentence 5: “Thus were sown the seeds of accountancy, writing, and bureaucracy.”, A History of the World in 6 Glasses.

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The Pope died. R.I.P. Not much else-I’m trying to keep myself calm, but failing a bit. Everyone is trying hard, but it’s not easy. I’m focusing on, well, nothing. At least some people are stepping up-I don’t know if we can. I think the best thing is to just stay afloat. And watch the hummingbirds feed as I work.

Monday afternoon (3/17). Haven’t picked this up since the last one was posted, a week and a half ago…nothing striking has happened. Got a ladder from the neighbors’ and trimmed our front porch bush, tidied and blew out the leaves on the porch too. There was a bunch of shells, fluff and poop under the couch, so mice. Erika’s working through her stuff. Matt got his new desktop working-the new power supply did it, then bios, Windows, apps. Other than that, working, workouts-still with an achy hip and tightness. Tried running-not yet. We’re totally out of money-did something to fix that-yuck. Did my taxes-owe the feds almost what I’m getting back from the state. Paid some bills.

Tuesday noon, yesterday was St. Pat’s. By chance, I was wearing green. This was a big holiday in college-I met one of my shortlived girlfriends at the Balcony one St. Pats. They started early with green beer for a nickel, then a dime, then a quarter. There were a lot of extremely drunk kids that day. Not much else-had to take pick up Claire last night from the train station, and take Salem to school this morning.

Tuesday, April Fool’s day. The usual has been going on. Got a call from my mom panicking about one of those scam virus things you get when you click on a dodgy link. I told her to close it and restart. Her computer guy took care of it. Our washer’s drain pump is failing-warranty service, here it comes. Not much else-got the bonus. The usual work, workout, shopping, chauffeur, etc. Cut the grass-need to do it again.

Saturday morning-up early to change a password-East Coast company, changing at “7 am” Well, it’s 7:45, and no change. Got the washer fixed-there was a piece of plastic blocking the inlet. Not much else-I upset Claire yesterday because Erika was late and made her miss her bus, I got upset and the feeling multiplies. I thought we were ok, but no. Not much else-going to cut the grass, need to get a doc notarized and get my birth certificate for real id. Work, workouts, laundry, gamelan.

Thursday (4/10), listening to an all hands. Not much, except all the chaos. Fine workouts, except for cutting things short because chauffeur duty. Went all around Sunday-Scottish bar for brunch-meh, then driving around-got a better extension cord for the spa, and an edge bracket for the dead door. Cut the grass, edge trimmed, and blew leaves from porches Saturday. The buds are beginning to open, and there’s a hummingbird at the feeder. A huge ring around the moon last night after gamelan. Got eggs from Vera too-had one on a bagel for lunch. My bonang on the one lancaran is improving-learning flowers.

Monday morning (4/14). Pretty quiet, though it is mostly that all the time. Worked out the usual. Went to an “estate sale” yesterday at a pretty cool house. A bit further removed from the busy streets, which is nice, but less convenient. Also needs a lot more work than this one does. Matt cut the grass, I put the front gate back up, and it actually latches now!

Another week gone-4/21. Pretty quiet, day off Friday-took Claire to the train station, breakfast, Powell’s, messed my back up working out-hard to sleep well, fine gamelan Weds., blew out the dryer vent Sat., cut the driveway strip. That’s it. Got my birth certificate. Think I’ll call this.

Page 23, sentence 5: “If you don’t make any then you won’t jump at all.”, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?.

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And another month has passed. Time flies when you’re old. No idea if I’m having fun yet. Spring is starting to make its way here-I cut the grass and trimmed some bushes-that’s a sure sign. I really don’t want to bring up anything else-I have this unbearable feeling of impending doom. I just cycle through work, working out, driving kids, cooking, cleaning and shopping, with occasional forays into yard work.

Tuesday, end of day. Fine workout last night, picked up Claire after. Still need to get more consistent on balance.

Thursday noon. Gamelan last night, pretty quiet otherwise. Some shuffling at work. A big miss by another team. It’s been cold, but not it’s going to be cold and rainy. Yuck.

Friday morning. Noon. Pulled back the reps last night, second day of level up on elliptical, sped up tai chi. My left hip is sore, and it makes the middle monkey unstable. Also had a glitch on the last fair lady.

Monday (2/3) afternoon. We’re again out of $$$-until Thursday. Quiet weekend. Messed up my hip Friday night sliding on the porch. Fine workout Sat., except for the whole hip thing. Some older woman started trying to mirror tai chi at about the start of the second section, which means monkeys. Naturally she stopped as soon as she tried one-it’s definitely not easy unless you’re used to doing those one leg stands, and even then it requires focus. Didn’t get dressed Sunday.

Friday afternoon (2/7), not really motivated. Truncated workout Monday, took Salem to PT Weds. AM., their play last night-12 Angry Jurors, and she’s the angriest. Just did so well. Erika was in Ridgefield Tues., so I made curry chicken. Otherwise, work, home. It’s been cold. Trying to ignore the news.

Saturday night-pretty quiet-paid bills, went to replenish oatmeal stuff, picked up Salem, that’s about it. Restarted the Darden routines-the 30-10-30 is pretty static, I think I’ll use it instead of negatives…I’m a little sore today.

Tuesday (2/11) Pretty quiet, again. Lazy Sunday, worked out early. Feel fine today.

Wednesday morning. Negatives last night-swapped in 30-10-30. A couple were a little light, had to skip tai chi to take Claire to a show.

Thursday afternoon-my Friday! It’s snowy, but has stopped-about 2-3 inches. No school, Claire’s shop closed. It’s going to be icy and bad tomorrow too. Pretty quiet otherwise. Salem went out and played in the snow with a school friend who lives close.

Wednesday afternoon. Pretty quiet, busy working. Erika killed the battery picking me up from the gym-had to get a jump from AAA. Not much else-worked out Friday/Sunday/Tuesday-messed up my hip last night on the leg curl trying to get the last rep in-heard/felt it go pop! Very painful, that-did it on a tai chi kick last time. The usual otherwise-driving around-shopping-binz.

Friday morning. My hip still hurts, but not as much. Worked out last night, gamelan Wednesday. Been hard to sleep, and upset stomach in the morning. Trying to tune out the mess.

Monday morning (2/24), trying to fix a problem that’s not us that’s broken. Quiet weekend, rainy. Made yummy milligatawny soup Saturday, skipped working out. Not much else, shopping, driving around-to Beaverton. Thinking about stuff. A thing?

Friday noon (2/28). Erika and Salem are going to Breitenbush for the weekend. Trying to decide what to cook. I’m thinking curry chicken and sweet and sour pork. And I think I’ll make the soup again-it’s like a nice hug. Been a messy week-messed up my hip again Weds. dodging the vacuum. Truncated workout on Monday, skipped yesterday because hip. Went into town Tuesday for a pep talk. Had to do a late work session last night for a prod deploy-the team that deploys AWS policies had an all day offsite meeting with no laptops, so it finally got done at 9:30. Nice gamelan, pretty quiet otherwise. It’s moving towards Spring-sunny and warm, though we had a lot of rain last weekend. Erika’s watching Brit TV shows.

Saturday night. watching Reacher. Worked out last night, picked up Claire, made curry chicken. Today, drove Claire to work early, cut the grass, trimmed a little, got Claire, made sweet and sour pork.

Wednesday evening (3/5). This app is such a pain. Not much else-Erika and Salem came home, made the soup too spicy, worked out Monday, not much else.

Thursday noon. I think I’ll call this. Helped Matt to put together his desktop last night-got everything in place, turned it on-nothing-not even the fan on the power supply. He’s returning the power supply to see-I can’t think of anything else offhand that would cause the power supply to not start. Plus there’s no 110/220 switch-it even wouldn’t start when everything was unplugged. We’ll see when a new one comes. If no go, it’s “pull everything and try super barebones”.

Page 23, sentence 5: “You never heard such a racket.”, A Second Chance, “My face throbbed with the pain of returning blood.”, A Trail Through Time, “Her needlework lay where it had been hurriedly discarded.”, No Time Like the Past, “Our brains play a ridiculously big role in regulating many of the systems in our bodies, though they’re not the whole story when it comes to understanding how and why we respond to the world”, A Field Guide to the Apocalypse.

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January is ending, been cold the last bit, though not wet. Trying to keep us afloat. And now starts the unending mess. Hopefully it won’t be too messy. We’re just going to have to deal with what comes. It’s kind of sad, but that’s the way of it. Trying to think things out, and hopefully progress some. Some things need to get done.

Thursday, time to go. No car yet, may have to take the bus. No gamelan last night. We had a duck visit last night! Put out some food, but he left anyways. Took Claire to a movie at the local theater, picking people up.

Late Saturday night-ate too much candy popcorn-bleh. Not much today-did a little, got Claire, worked out. Making oatmeal for tomorrow. We got some cash from Erika’s work. That helps some. Took the bus to the gym Thursday, Matt picked me up and we got Claire.

Tuesday noon. (12/10) Not much going on-we have cash from Erika’s work, so less pressure. Unfortunately, she then quit-she’s been having anxiety over it, so it wasn’t worth the stress. Worked out last night-it’s pretty crowded, so less than fun, but 30-10-30 is a challenge, so. Sunday was driving around and shopping, worked out later.

Friday (12/27) late. The month just flew by. The usual, busy on the run up the Christmas-taking 2 whole weeks off! Left a bit of a mess at work. Nice staying up late and sleeping in. Didn’t get presents ordered from Amazon in time, so got a couple of things for Erika from the binz. Got a huge tool chest. Pumped out the crawlspace this afternoon-it’s been raining for a week. Drove to Beaverton yesterday to replace Salem’s laptop. Ate a sandwich and Erika helped out some kids that got in an accident.

Friday again (1/3). Not much happening-last vacation day-still sleeping in, though I should start getting up earlier. Quiet New Year’s. Trying to keep my workout schedule. Got the spa cleaned up and set up-need a canopy-found one at the binz, but no bottom pole.

Tuesday afternoon (1/7). Back to work-slept super badly Sunday night, got woken up at 6:30 this morning. Hope tonight doesn’t go like that. Not much else-worked out last night, had lunch, so no fail. The usual weekend.

Here it is, Friday (1/17). Been slacking on this-just busy. Taking the day off-my usual holiday day off. Odd though, so soon after a long break. Got Erika’s mini storage shed up-a lot of work solo. It’s only a third full. Not much else-going to be very cold the next few days. Work, workouts, driving kids home, shopping on the weekends. I should call this.

Sunday night (1/26). Didn’t call it. And another week gone. Not much-the usual, drove around yesterday, put the stuff in my big tool chest, Claire went to Eugene on the train, did some yard work, folded up the tent, put up a canopy over the spa, took down the Christmas tree.

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Here we are again, the run up to the holidays. Thanksgiving is over, Christmas on the way. We are super broke until next week. Struggling with work stuff, and a nagging leg muscle issue. The joy of aging. I don’t want to think about the state of affairs-just dreading the next four years and beyond. At least I’m healthy-ish, my family is OK so far, I have a job and a place to live. I set up my guitar and stuff in the kitchen, and have played it a couple of times. Next the Kronos and actually making music?

Monday afternoon (10/21). Trying to figure out this query-I think everything is obfuscated. I need an ERD… Shari’s is gone. Wonder if we’ll ever see the comet.

Friday morning. Worked out for the first time in 3 weeks, so my leg starts hurting faster than normal. I really need to get it looked at. It’s definitely only when I’m in a sitting position… Pretty quiet week-got our HELOC, signing tomorrow. Driving people around-Claire from work, Salem from school, Erika from a movie downtown. Had to cut my workout short. Went to Erika’s Dr’s app’t on Weds., Not much else. No gamelan, and I think that’s it. Matt’s been sick, and one of my co-workers too. Taking something extra to help me sleep, and it seems to work. Doc wants us to keep a consistent sleep schedule.

Monday noon (10/28). Trying to get stuff done, end of sprint. Pretty quiet weekend-truncated workout Saturday, Salem to a show, pickup afterwards, signed docs, drove around, cool estate sale-an Alpha Juno 2!, guitars, Bose speakers, a literal crap ton of cd’s and vacuums. Only bought some cd’s-should’ve got one of the Bose, my Kronos is better than the Juno… Rained a lot-the back storm drain is flooding again.

Tuesday noon, trying to get these queries going. Salem went to the ER last night with back pain-they got brushed off. Frustrating. Didn’t get my workout in because of it. Maybe tonight.

Another Friday morning. Trying to get things done, but it’s not easy. Worked out Tuesday and last night. My leg is still not completely healed, so elliptical and light weights. Drove Salem and friends back from trick or treating in suburban OC. She didn’t feel well and took today off too. No gamelan-Mindy is feeling passed out from life.

Monday (11/4) Tomorrow is election day. Matt is anxious. Pretty quiet weekend. Lazed about Sat., worked out, picked up Claire from a show in St. Johns. Drove around Sun., made beef stew. Talked to Mike from gamelan at the binz, might be playing with his rock geezer friends.

Wednesday morning. I’ve gotta stop doomscrolling. We’re in for a bumpy ride. My middle child, the one who’s most vulnerable to discrimination and repression, says she’s an optimist. We shall see. I’m not feeling optimistic. I’m hoping reading this will help. I know that when Trump doesn’t come through with all the empty promises that the sheep believed, they’ll just blame the Democrats. Project 2025 is terrifying too. When 44% want reactionary authoritarianism hidden behind a populist, 41% want the same ‘ol, and 15% just sit it out, guess what wins? I wonder if the end game of this is the massive conflict that precipitates the culmination of the fourth turning? Worked out at the EastSi Deathletic Club Tuesday. I got a free week. Typical old school club-full amenities, older stuff, not optimal. It has one Nautilus machine-saw it from downstairs and thought it was a full set-that was a disappointment. Did tai chi in the studio-nice and quiet, but the floor is quite slippery when wearing kung fu shoes-I think I made my hips hurt worse. There’s a heavy bag in the other studio.

Friday morning (11/8). Afternoon. Evening. I’m running out of energy, and I’m sore. Worked out last night-faster tai chi with shoes, different elliptical, hit for a little in the racquetball court.

Monday noon, (11/11). Trying to get sources for all the data I need. Yuck. Pretty quiet weekend-skipped working out-sore hips and stuff. Salem’s play Friday night-Peter Pan origin story. They did well-they’re calm and natural on stage. Ferrying kids around, shopping, Erika went to breakfast with friend, Home Depot, etc., blowing and raking leaves.

Tuesday afternoon. Pretty quiet-start of sprint, 2 guys are on vacay, my stuff is a nightmare. Picked up Claire from work last night, drove Salem to school this morning. Laundry, flipped our bed. Need to workout and take Salem to work, then Claire to a show. Out of $$$-had to borrow from Matt. <sigh>

Monday late morning (11/17), noon, lunchtime. Trying to get this query/process going. It hasn’t been easy. Pretty quiet, no one home right now. Salem had a hard time getting up last week, but today was ok. The usual over the last week-worked out Tues/Thurs/Sat, driving around/people to/from stuff, breakfast on Sun., bill pays, shopping once I got paid.

Tuesday noonish. Afternoon. Trying to get data. One view is access borked. Workout last night-skipped tai chi-no time, but got a 30-10-30 in before picking up wife. Helped Salem get their room picked up.

Wednesday lunchtime. Not much going on-quiet evening, that’s about it. Cooked dinner, picked up people from work.

Sunday afternoon. Lazy day, busy yesterday. Quiet Friday. Worked out Thursday and last night. To a lame witchy thing, then NW to an oddities shop and bookstore, then Salem to a play in far Gresham-we ate at Del Taco, then drove around a bit.

Tuesday night (11/26). Have Thanksgiving off, so took tomorrow and Monday as well. Getting my app tested, seems ok, but a few pieces missing. Worked out last night, keep having to skip tai chi-keep having to pick people up. Helped Salem and her friend cook, took them to a gathering close by.

Thursday night. Lazy couple of days. Up late, slept in, reading, driving people around, a little shopping.

Tuesday noon (12/3), I think I’ll call this-should’ve done that before. No worries.

Wednesday morning-didn’t call it. Pretty quiet weekend-sleeping in, driving around, taking people to and from places, reading, working out, cooking, cleaning. Picked up some leaves-a little more to do. Need to clean and put up the spa. Helped Erika out a little at work. We are so out of ca$h.

Page 23, sentence 5: “Between the tenth and the thirteenth century, a technological boom produced the mechanical clock, the suction pump, the horizontal loom, the waterwheel, the windmill, and even, on both shores of the English Channel, the tidal mill,” Home; “Wisdom Chi Kung fills the whole brain and body with energy transformed by universal understanding.”, Basic Practices of the Universal Healing Tao; “My, what a coincidence!”, Pale Blue Dot, “”You’re lucky I’m in a good humor today, ” he whispered, “else I’d do the same to you. “”, The Alchemyst, “From his place kneeling on the ground, Josh watched in horror as two gelatinous hands reached for his twin’s throat”, The Magician, “”Iris is called the goddess of the rainbow because of her multicolored aura.” The Sorceress, “I’d forgotten how hard it can be, and it was just a few weeks in space.” Inhibitor Phase.

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Another month, another blog entry. Been in pain for a lot of it-I’m thinking CBD and acupuncture, especially after talking to Vera and getting tired of sitting in pain. Joy-been laying off working out because of it too. Not much else-the season is changing, and we’re coming up on an election: “the most important election of our lives.” Maybe…we’ll see. Politics is now entertainment, as is news. I’m a little tired of it all. Next.

Monday morning (9/16). The house is empty. Erika and Claire are at the Dr’s, Matt is getting his teeth cleaned, Salem is at school. I have work to do. Typical weekend-put up a banner and a wind chime, drove around, Thai lunch in Lake O-meh, workouts. Was going to make bagels for a last hurrah of summer, ran out of time. A bit of a mess with one car and multiple people needing rides. We put up a Harris/Walz banner.

Wednesday afternoon. Another empty house. Dentist yesterday-my teeth are fine, gums ok. Workout last night-I’m doing 30-10-30 only in Tuesday. Ran outside, a little sprinkly. Picked up Salem from work. Claire had the dentist’s today-a couple of fillings needed.

Thursday noon. Not much going on-gamelan, had to leave early because picking up Salem from work. Finishing up a project. Claire got their fillings.

Friday lunch. Really quite tired after eating. Had to take Salem to school late. Not much else-want to make bagels tonight. Erika is napping-she said she didn’t sleep well.

Monday first thing (9/23), sitting in the scrum. Busy weekend-workout Friday, took Erika to get a tattoo in Tigard, went to Uwajimaya instead of a thing, back to look for an estate sale, home, very tired. Started making bagels, picked up Salem at the Moda Center, the usual big concert traffic. Pissed off a prick by flipping him off after he ganked the turn line-he actually got out of his car and yelled at me-I didn’t engage-too much at risk when you fight on the street, especially at my skill level-he was from Washington, going into downtown Portland at 11 on a Saturday night… Did a bunch of yard work Sunday-edging, trimming, put up our no trespassing signs. Skipped workout, picked up Salem from work.

Tuesday morning, trying to get stuff done, but both jobs are stuck. Dag. Lunchtime-got stuff done, but those stuck jobs bother me.

Wednesday morning, in a meeting, had to get a lambda running, need to change up a couple of jobs. Also need to check on the stuck ones from yesterday. Had a plane dream last night. Fine workout-Tuesdays are 30-10-30, walk/run to save my glycogen, excellent t’ai chi. Picked up Salem early from work. My right glute/ham is quite sore, and sitting for any time is painful. We watched the last episode of Father Brown. Next season starts in 2025.

Wednesday night (10/2). Sort of skiving on this. Watching the Father Brown spin-off, Sister Boniface. Not much else-we’re doing gamelan at the Oregon pen, and rehearsing at PSU. Emptied the spa, as the pump was recalled and we’re getting a new one. Put up hanging rods in our alcove, have to re-do one set. Erika has diverticulitis, again. Salem get their shots and is miserable, Matt is getting a cold, Claire started a new job yesterday.

Thursday mid-morning. Not much happening. Gamelan was at L&C, the water did a job on the ceiling tiles, and Mindy said part of the carpet too, as they forgot to empty the dehumidifier in time. Brought my music home. Took the trash out. Going to rain tonight, so I need to cover the spa, check the porches, and Erika’s stuff. So. Much. Stuff. At least the robovac is working fine-and here it comes. Need to pay the late mortgage. Send us $$$ if you have some to spare-I need to work on money-making schemes-ID? Selling MAGA merch? Music? A second job? Ack…

Friday afternoon. It’s cold, wet, and dark out today. Had to break out the lights and the heater. Claire and Matt have colds.

Wednesday afternoon (10/9), we’re short of $$$, as usual. Erika got a job at EastSi Deathletic Club, Claire started their new job. My butt is better, but not healed completely, so I’m laying off the gym for a bit. I still can’t sit for very long-Erika got me topical painkiller, so sleeping is easier-I slipped on a wet doormat and really strained it. Had a virtual Dr’s to refresh my bp meds. Picked up Salem from the Schnitz last night, Koyaanisqatsi is getting a showing with the orchestra and the Glass Ensemble in November. Usual otherwise-been cooler and damp. I’ve been in the doghouse..

Tuesday evening (10/15), I’m going to call it, I think. I’m sort of out of the doghouse. Been not working out trying to recover my leg-almost there. Busy weekend trimming trees and bushes, cut the grass, blew out the leaves. Got the new spa pump. Been listening to Stewart Copeland talking a lot. Trying to finish the Jane Jacobs book.

Late Wednesday afternoon-finishing up work.

Saturday night (10/20). Have a headache. A bit of work, then drove around in Gresham-breakfast, outlet, craft, witchy, Del taco. Blew all the leaves in the front porch-many more to come. Train to psu and gamelan Thursday, day off, gig Friday.

Sunday afternoon-I think I’ll call this. Had to complete the work bit from yesterday-3 of 24 failed with throttling. Finished up the next book.

Page 23, sentence 5: “They harm us because we take them for granted.” The Death and Life of Great American Cities, “The sooner you’re finished here, the better.” The Untold Story.

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Looks like the seasons are changing again, like they always do. Looking at this picture on my desktop. Memories. A lot of what Fall is about, as life slows down and contracts into Winter, getting ready for Spring/rebirth. Been thinking about what’s next, too. Didn’t watch the debate, though the moment with Kamala self-censoring was rich. Not much else, need to paint my South wall, refill the spa.

Friday (8/9) afternoon. Trying to get stuff done before the end of the day, and a quick after hours bit too. There’s a fire south of here, but the air quality isn’t bad. Not like the fires a couple of years ago where the sun was completely orange. Not much else-not looking forward to working out.

Tuesday (8/13) end of work. Busy getting ready for a lot of prod deployments. I dislike this immensely. The password stuff seems so useless. Same with the certificates. Oh well. It’s cooled off a bit. Did the usual over the weekend, but got to pull blackberries on Sunday, and Matt cut down some holly. I got a cool laptop messenger bag from my fave manufacturer. Time to work out-Salem is working afternoons, and I have to pick them up at 9. Doing the full 30-10-30 routine, and I’m still a bit sore.

Wednesday, have big prod deploys tonight and tomorrow too. Yuck. 13 touches and 2 restarts.

Thursday, last night went fine-only one job failed so far, and a few that were someone else’s who used the same username. Setting up for the deploy tonight. Had to skip gamelan because of it, but we’re taking a field trip to West Linn next week: String and Shadow.

Friday afternoon. Almost time to quit. Should’ve left hours ago, but we missed a password change, and I had to set it up and request the change-still need to deploy. And the deploy last night had a bad lambda that caused headaches. I’ll be glad when this week is over, in like 10 minutes. Go to the gym, then drink. Like I used to at Miami. Good times, those. They had cheap Little Kings and wings at the Balcony. Drink, go home, pass out, get up and go out partying. Now it’s going to be work out, eat dinner, drink, take aspirin, clean up the house, prep coffee for the wife, brush teeth, go to bed.

Monday afternoon (8/19) Trying to get stuff done and plan for the next sprint. Been listening to Journey-mostly Gregg Rolie/Steve Perry-era stuff. Interesting listening to a rocket just about to take off-Gregg’s voice is so warm and smooth, and Steve’s is a race car, all tight and fast. And Gregg left just as that rocket took off-14 years on the road had burnt him out-success, than back to the beginning, then success again. Though I think when they started Journey they were already playing theaters, rather than clubs-no idea how they were getting around-usually you start in cars/vans playing clubs, then rv/bus/trailers playing theaters/ballrooms/music halls, then basketball arenas, then stadiums. Not much this weekend-working out, shopping, we had a quick storm Saturday night, breakfast with friends Sunday morning. Bought a bunkie board for our new bed frame-prolly need to put 2×4’s in the middle to support it as well-I was thinking of just getting 2 sheets of plywood, but didn’t-the guy gave me a discount on a mattress.. Need to update my “me over time” slideshow…also need to get a plumber in to look at the stinky shower, and pull the carpet and fix the floor in our bedroom. And the windows. <sigh>-the joy of home ownership.

Tuesday-time to be done. I hate this work with the password change-no one knows it, so I have to write the run book. I think I have it, but sometimes having a separate team do the prod runs makes things slow. We’ll see if tomorrow’s run succeeds. The other job hung too. Just endless frustration and hassles. The delivery had Erika’s old phone number, so I had to reschedule. It’s been 2 weeks of hassle, and I haven’t even gotten to the plumbing. And there’s no money.

Wednesday morning. Looks like the changes I made yesterday worked, but another job failed today, and it looks like code needs to change.

Thursday morning. Starting on some react/node stuff. Yet another job is failing. It never ends. Luckily the password stuff is ending, at least for this year. Correction: a whole set just got dropped in our laps. aargh. The puppet show last night was good-Salem loved it. Took them rather than a thing. Got the bedboard too-going to do that tonight.

Wednesday morning (8/28). We’re broke until next Thursday-Matt had to help.

Wednesday afternoon (9/4). A whole week passed like that-payday tonight! Took Friday & Tuesday off, did a bunch of work around the house, worked out Fri & Sun. It was nice to sleep in-our bedroom is coming together. Got the bed put up, gutter covers, a motion-activated light, washed the car, rearranged the shed. It rained hard for 10 minutes some evening, it’s starting to get cooler, but still hot-90 right now.

Thursday afternoon. It’s hot-too hot in the kitchen, sitting in the bedroom, finishing up work.

Friday afternoon. It’s still hot, but not as bad as yesterday. Trying to get a thing moving, another one hung, one thing did get working. Hard to concentrate when it’s hot in here.

Monday morning (9/9), trying to get stuff done. Had to ferry kids to and from Comicon at the convention center. Glad it’s not at the Expo center. The usual binz, shop, workout, etc. Went to a Pagan thing at Oaks Park-basically a witch/Ren Faire gathering-an ADF coven was there… There was a cute autistic girl running around the binz that I fancy, but I’m married and old…Mike from gamelan was there too.

Friday afternoon (9/13). Time to be done. Pretty quiet week-got stuff done, several apps on the new servers, jury duty yesterday-fail. Whole Bowl too-Claire had an interview next to Powell’s on Hawthorne. Fine workout, no gamelan, found my wedding ring-it was in with the Tiffany necklace I got for Kris, along with the black coral ring. Erika watched the debate with her friends. I think it’s time to call this.

Page 23, sentence 5: “Like nature’s winter, the saecular winter can come a bit early or a bit late.” The Fourth Turning is Here, “Finally, just when Scorpio was beginning to doubt his old friend’s sanity, Clavain spoke.”, Absolution Gap.

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Not much to say. All the supercharged culture/poli stuff is bugging me. I’ve been thinking what would’ve happened if I had gone to Deep Springs/St. John’s College instead of Miami. Very different educational direction-more scholarly bent, rather than the computer/Systems Analysis/business orientation. I would’ve had a very different post-grad experience-maybe the Grand Tour, but also maybe another type of work, especially because you make a commitment to serve humanity if you go to Deep Springs. Also the whole “what if I went to Cal for architecture and got in with Chris Alexander” scenario. Anyways, the presidential race has heated up, and the Dow is down 1,000 after Japan futzed with interest rates (global markets too). The Fed may need to do the same, but they’re inflation averse, and reluctant to drop interest rates to heat up the economy. Can you tell I used to work at an investment firm? Of course, it’s been 40 years, but the principles are unchanged: stocks go down, bonds go up, inflation goes up, interest rates go up, and the reverse. Thinking about the tail of actions, and how all these narratives fit together. Need to start up the 6 basics again.

Friday (6/21) early afternoon. Trying to fix this turbulent app. I think I have a solution… Solstice and full moon. Was thinking I’m not looking forward to visiting there. Not sure why… Fine workout Tuesday, no gamelan Weds, picked Salem up from a movie, Claire from a show downtown. 4 pm, get to quit early because up at 4 am for a work thing, then Sat. night and Sun. night too. Maybe Sun noon, because Scheduling didn’t get back to me. It’s been hot the past couple of days. Salem went to the river.

And it’s July 17th. Just letting time fly away, and not narrating it. It’s been hot for a long time, but a little less today. Prepping for a week of travel-train to SoCal, then car to Vegas, then plane back home. Claire has had folks over a few times, we rearranged our bedroom, I put up my dresser, and most everything fits except a bin of sucker bags, my journal box, a box of misc junk, and 2 book bins. Not bad. Room isn’t done-we need box springs or plywood under our new frame, Erika needs to get her stuff in order, and I need a place to put the Kronos. The rest is as usual.

And I’m sitting in the pool area in Vegas. I think I’ll post the trip as separate, as there are stories. Erika did a reading on the train-2 of swords, 10 of wands , the Empress, the Lovers. Nothing new there.

Monday, August 5th. Been neglecting this. Not much new going on-Erika continues to whine, we’re short of cash, and it’s hot. Working out on the regular-I’m slowly getting my cardio fitness back, but it’s slow going. I need to start the real 30:10:30 routine. Nowhere near as hot as Vegas, thankfully. My birthday passed without incident-got some fun stuff and a lot of beer. The trip was fine. Claire has an odd and rare umbilical cyst-had since birth, but it got infected and started hurting a lot, so we spent two times in the OC Providence ER. They have an appointment with the urologist tomorrow, but are feeling better after antibiotics and strong painkillers. I’m done with crowds of people for awhile. I think I’ll call this, as it’s been a while…

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It’s almost Summer, and still rainy. Interesting. I don’t think I mind it. So another month has passed, and it’s much the same as the last. Busy at work, trying to get things done around the house, working out, going to gamelan, etc. The wider world is in its same state, I think it’s a slow-motion collapse, but I don’t really know. Everything seems OK, but there’s so much noise, and it’s hard to suss out what it all means. No matter-just keeping my head down and trying to make it through-a lot of thoughts about spi dev…maybe an app?

Wednesday scrum (5/15). Work and that’s it. Gamelan tonight. Worked out last night and picked up Claire from work afterwards. Didn’t sleep well last night-was up from about 2 to 4.

Friday afternoon. Got stuff done, but the big thing is not fixed and still running. Fine gamelan, rented a car for Claire to go to Seattle for the night-they drove back rather than stay over. Think I’ll run to Rex Putnam and back-it’s lovely out.

Monday (5/20) noon. Waiting for access to new servers. Pretty busy weekend. Workout Friday was a failed run-get 5 mins in and my calf just couldn’t. So, elliptical and regular, sort of-had to pick up Salem from school-finished tai chi in the side lawn-hard because of the uneven ground. Forgot to make bagels and bread. We got bagel sandwiches from Henry Higgins instead. Took Erika back and forth from the binz, Claire to a rave, got the screen up for the front door, cleared out the way to the kitchen door-it’s the month of walking time again. Sunday was busy too-Erika did a lunch thing, took Salem to a play in Hawthorne, elliptical, picked up Salem, finished the workout, shopped, took Claire to a thing at the riverside. Salem slept through their alarm-had to take them to school. Making bread today.

Tuesday mid-morning. In the 9am meeting at 11… Busy trying to get things done. Not much else-Salem wants to go skating. Got bread made last night. Claire cut their finger and had to get stitches.

Wednesday morning. noon. waiting for stuff to happen, walking every hour-well, maybe less, because it’s raining.

Thursday afternoon. Need to walk. Back-not much happening. Fine workout on Tuesday, went skating with Salem last night, curry chicken tonight. One of my skates lost its top fastener, so I had to rent. Couldn’t tighten them all the way, and the wheels were shaky/bouncy all the time. Yeah-that’s why I have my own. Get a new pair, lube up my bearings, new wheels? Maybe-the ones I have are still OK-worn, but evenly.

Wednesday morning (5/29) Back at work. Took the Friday and Tuesday around Memorial Day off. Stayed up late, slept in, but got a lot done too. Cut the grass, trimmed edges. Pulled blackberries, cut back the cherry plums next to our neighbor’s fence-need to do more. Pulled out a fallen limb from that same stand. We have a ton of fruit this year. Bought a shed, staked out the corners, trimmed some around that location. Found some more trash that our apartment neighbors threw over the fence. Called the complex about it-left a message. Put up the old solar lights in the backyard. Fixed the front door doorknob. Grilled on Memorial Day, made fresh hamburger buns-they were awesome. Way overspent this past week. Salem helped me make bread last night. Worked out the usual schedule: Friday, Sunday, Tuesday. My calf is feeling better.

Wednesday late afternoon (6/5). Another week just flew by. The usual work, workouts, keep the home ticking along. We get our new shed tomorrow.

Friday morning. The shed went in easy, and I wish I’d gotten one size larger…oh, well. I’ll make it work. Put a few things in there-need to start emptying storage. Not much else-Erika has pneumonia-got a bunch of meds for her last night. I bagged walking yesterday and maybe today-I’m tired from Erika coughing all night-though last night was better-I can imagine how tired she is. And she went and got donuts this morning!

Tuesday (6/11). Busy with fun at work. A really busy weekend-got a van, emptied out storage, put everything in the shed-it fit pretty well, with quite a bit of space still available. Next day, pulled the couch and chest, went to this old lady & grabbed couch, dumped at the dump. Worked out Friday and Sunday, but quickies. Still not 100% back for cardio. Shed is good at the back, needs another cycle to get everything in nice-putting in more stuff too. Our kitchen is cleared out-one bin left. I have another book box to go in.

Friday afternoon. One task left, then to the gym. Worked out Tuesday-got a full half-hour run in, but still on the quickie workout. I can work harder, as it’s less time. I’m contemplating the 30-10-30. Fine gamelan, busy at work. Erika bought a picnic bench from school and we need to get it tomorrow. I also need to put some bins in storage, so repacking everything is on the list.

Monday morning (6/17). I’m tired-I think I got enough sleep, but waking up and going back to sleep sometimes does that. Pretty busy weekend-got the picnic table, took a dresser to Goodwill, looked at sheds and got bitched at. Nice breakfast on Sunday, quick binz-we got an ice cream maker, back home, did a bit with compost, food, took Salem for food, workout, picked up Claire, made bread. Ruined bagels-the stove in here runs hot. They’re ok, just overcooked on top. Tried to make cucumber lime Gatorade, failed at that too. Salem failed at their cooking thing too. Fine workouts Friday and Sunday, though Sunday’s was truncated because I had to pick up Claire. Noon. I think I’ll call this…

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As I call this, what’s the title? I always leave it as tbd until the end. I’ve been busy, so descriptive I go. No real way to summarize this or talk about anything. Time flies, and I need to read more and start working on things. And as usual the wider world does its thing. Luckily it doesn’t impact me much. Need to vote, but a lot of of the races are incumbent only…

Thursday (4/11) lunchtime! Got stuff done, made bread, but OneDrive is a PITA. It’s not downloading things. Not much else-gamelan, did all of 2 pieces, worked on my suling, lots of others were trying new stuff, I was back in my usual place. Probably a good thing, that. Onward-thinking about the Crowley interpretation of that reading from Sunday. Chatted with Claire about daydreaming while I drove them to a show. Picked them up afterwards.

Tuesday (4/16). In the office, tomorrow too. Up early, didn’t feel well, but came in with Salem. Had Schmizza for lunch, Chinese for dinner. Pretty quiet weekend, made bagels, cut the grass, drive to Keiser to drop off a Stanley mug, work out Friday and Sunday-ran outside both days! One PR-almost to the 10 minute mile. Thought more about what to do next-I think I have to come up with a plan. I need to grab my journals.

Wednesday morning. Fair dinner, went to bed early, still woke up tired. It was frosty this morning! Using the stand-up desk a bit. Need to put it back down from time to time. It’s the same one Erika got for me!

Thursday noon. I’ve been watching Adam Savage videos. Nice gamelan last night. Not a ton of us. Got some fresh eggs, maybe goose eggs next week, made an omelette bagel sandwich for dinner. Yum. Accidentally put my glasses in the wash…they’re a bit scratched now.

Friday afternoon. Another lovely sunny day. Ate outside. Got a couple of Nest cams from our neighbor who’s moving. They’re not unregistered yet, but work fine. Need to figure out where to put them. Need to fix our kitchen drain-it’s leaking bad. Just need to unscrew everything and reputty it, I think. Not much else-have a job I’m trying to run.

Wednesday afternoon (4/24). Slammed-one of the apps I work on has a data source that changed date formats without letting us know. So everything they send us is getting rejected. Fun. Working on a fix to go in tomorrow. Pretty busy otherwise, the other job got deployed last night. Fine workouts Friday and Sunday, last night, though I had to do a fast tai chi in running shoes-not quite used to the change in balance and slipperiness. Trying to think what else-driving around, shopping, painting supplies for Salem. Gamelan tonight.

Thursday afternoon. Got the fix in and the spice is flowing again. Got another fix in and what was broken is now working. Registered the Nest cams, set them outside-will put them up this weekend. The gutters were clogged, cleaned them out and snaked the drain in the back. Need to add a screen to the back gutter. No gamelan last night-forgot that there was a concert-drove there, saw the sign, and went to Winco to get food instead.

Friday noon. Time for lunch. Salem has had performances this week, and a trip next week. They’re tired. Improvised dinner last night. Robot vacuum was stuck under Salem’s bed last night.

Wednesday (5/1). Got one thing done, another almost. Had plumbers out to try to snake out my gutter drain. They found a bunch of roots, but the guy didn’t get it all the way out, so the camera couldn’t go all the way in to find the break. Hopefully they’ll come out again and get it so I can repipe the break. Not much else-Erika and Salem are going to SoCal for a choir trip. Bagged workouts on Sunday and last night. Erika has done a lot to clean up the bedroom. We have opossums and a hummingbird. Not much else-the usual over the weekend, a work disaster yesterday that I caused.

Saturday afternoon. Finally put my standing desk thing in. The keyboard is a little high. More to do today. Up late, made bagels, picked up Claire from a show. Worked out a little late, my left calf is really sore-could only get 5 mins run, then rowed. Absolutely couldn’t do the leg curl, but everything else was doable, but not great. Made curry chicken Thursday, skipped gamelan Wednesday, was delivering Erika and Salem to a hotel for their early departure Thursday.

Monday (5/6), noonish. Trying to get work done. Erika and Salem got home safe last night, had a very busy trip. Got a lot of done over the weekend, Salem’s bed is in, got most of the sink done-the bottom connection leaks-the o-ring is cracked. The plumbing guy came and pulled out the root ball this morning. Made sweet and sour pork and took Claire and friends to their club Sat. night, gave them their present-a recorder. They were happy and blown away. Worked out late-ish, my calf is still sore-did elliptical, and didn’t bother with the leg curl. Our room is super clean-everything is in the little nook, running the robovac.

Wednesday, waiting to start the early meeting. Lunchtime. Afternoon. Thursday morning. Noon. Lunch. Time to be done with work.

And it’s Tuesday noon. (5/14) Been busy. Got workouts in Friday and Sunday. Did lots over the weekend-finished up our sink, put up the Nest cams, put in a new toilet seat, got the a/c units out of storage, put up Salem’s, breakfast with Erika on Mom’s Day, forgot to call my mom-talked to her yesterday-she’s obsessed with the Trump trial-I so don’t care… No gamelan last week, but this week, and not next week. Erika arranged our trip to SoCal in July, put in all my vacation requests. I think I’ll call this-looks like I’m on a monthly cadence.

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…and another month has passed. I was having a chat with Matt about time flies faster as you age. Yeah, it does. And there’s not much happening, even though there was an eclipse. It’s a celestial event, fer chrissake, not the end of the world! That’s not for a couple of billion years. And eclipses will stop happening in about 600 million years (or so). I just don’t understand the science denial. There are several Facebook forums I’m on that get flat-earthers trolling. There’s no shortage of trolling in other forums, of course…and no shortage of science denial everywhere else. Our culture is decaying, as are other parts of our civilized world. The natural world doesn’t care, it’s been through changes before. Life is resilient and change is constant. We’re just not as resilient as we should be. That might be something to look into.

Thursday morning (3/14)-all hands meeting in a couple-make that right now. Afternoon-had to do a manual run thing right during lunch. Erika’s super sick so I’ll probably need to go shopping after work. Need to get a pie, because, well, Pi Day.

Friday afternoon-it’s a beautiful day! Sunny, mild. Walked around the yard a couple of times, more debugging. Curry chicken leftovers for lunch. Not much else, made the car payment. Did a bunch of shopping last night, replenished my oatmeal supplies, just in time to start doing bagels. Maybe I’ll try to make them by hand.

Tuesday morning (3/19). Pretty quiet-start of sprint. Got through everything. Fine workouts both Friday and Sunday. Mowed the lawn, drove around Saturday, got cheap blueberries, Indian spices, jiaogulan, soy sauce, sweet chili sauce-want to make more curry on the regular. Got a bread machine at the binz! Already made 2 loaves, want to try making bagels for the summer weekend breakfasts. Sunday, drove Salem to a rock climbing party, went to a cute little occult bookstore on Burnside. Lots of cool artwork on the walls, a shrine, hardcore music, nice staff person, and the books! Stuff you just don’t see at the usual occult bookstore. Put plumber’s tape in the spa fitting, blew out the leaves on the front and back porches. Need to break out the hedge trimmer.

Wednesday afternoon. Big payday tomorrow. Nice workout last night. Forgot to wash my w/o clothes, washed regular clothes late.

Thursday morning. Our high priority job failed with a database error-the db is in “recovery”-they have no idea how long it will take. Big payday was not as big as last year. Noon, db is back, job is rerun. No gamelan last night, a thing, shopping, made curry chicken with the real ingredients from the Indian market. Much stronger-Erika was blown away by the smell-didn’t have any, had to keep the bedroom door closed. Not quite as hot as I’d like, more hot curry mix in next time.

Friday morning. Pretty quiet, but it’s always pretty quiet. One thing about living in the suburbs-quiet. All I’m hearing is a leaf blower/chainsaw motor. I do hear loud cars and sirens from time to time, especially on weekend nights. Erika’s having one of her migraine things-had to bow out of meeting. I get to do stuff over the weekend, and I need to get the tire/alignment fixed, buy a shed, trim the branches. Friday evening. Had to get Claire from lower Sandy, Salem from school, Claire got the car stuck and ran to help them, but they got it solved before I got there. Washed my gym clothes. Erika is better–just laid in bed all day.

Sunday noon. Online because there’s a firewall update that I need to check out-which looks fine. They delayed it from 10…The other weekend thing got postponed. Abbreviated workout on Friday-just died on cardio-only got 15 mins, dropped all the weights and went for perfection instead-not bad, but no tai chi. Bleh. Took Salem to their Friday gathering. Took Claire and friend to the Coffin Club, but that might’ve been Thursday… Got up early Sat., took car to get new tires and alignment. After that, drove to Salem to pick up a recorder for Claire-it was a bust. Drove around, went to some stores, walked around downtown Salem, got a burrito, drove back, stopped at the outlets, got a Nike running shirt with my Nike gift card that I got for filling out a survey. Home, took Claire to a rave at a warehouse at Milwaukie and the 99.

Wednesday afternoon (3/27). Pretty quiet, working-performance review, raise and promotion! That gives me a little breathing room… Not much else-fine workouts on Sunday and last night. Lunch yesterday with Matt’s old teacher.

Friday morning. Quiet as always-working on waivers. Going to pick up a birthday present for Claire tomorrow in McMinnville-hopefully this one isn’t a bust. A surprise of Whole Bowl for dinner last night, and lunch today! 20 mins to go, got everything done. Laundry is done-need to fold some. Gym, but not sure when-Erika is taking me.

Monday noon. My waivers got declined-back to the drawing board. Busy weekend, fine workouts both Friday and Sunday-got to run outside both days. I was fast on both the regular and intervals-I go faster outdoors than indoors. I can easily run 5.5 mph for a half hour outdoors, and struggle to get to 20 mins indoors. I think part of it is the enforced steady pace doesn’t work for me, but improves my fitness so I can run faster outdoors. Anyways. Went to McMinnville Saturday-bought a 8-track digital recorder for Claire’s birthday. Stopped at Barnes & Noble on the way, walked around downtown McMinnville afterwards, ate at McMenamins. Picked up Claire from work, delivered them to a party later. Quiet Sunday-lazed around, mowed the grass, ate breakfast late, so lunch was a protein shake… Monday-time to be done. Got through ethics training-woo-hoo! Set up for figuring out what to do with waivers.

Wednesday noon. Afternoon. Night. A thing is running very long. Meetings, picked up Erika from the binz and got food. Claire got thwacked in the nose at a hardcore show last night and it may or may not be broken-getting a ct in Friday. It bled but not unstoppably, and it’s swollen and sore, but no breathing issues. No gamelan, fine workout last night, though I felt off, and started with the wrong negative workout. Only got one machine in before thinking, “Wait, didn’t I do this last week???” My tai chi is slowly improving-though I tend to lose focus from time to time and either blow a move or lose my balance.

Thursday noon. Robot vacuum just showed up. It’s such an odd piece of software, like a blind child, just running into things to figure where to go. It does find its way home most times. I run it a few times a day and it picks up a bit every time, so I know it’s working. Not much else, a little rainy, cold. Another long-running batch process, more password changes.

Sunday afternoon, sitting in the Walmart parking lot. Lots of running around, up late both nights, sleeping in. Decent workout Friday, rainy so running inside. Salem came with us to the binz, got a dresser for Matt, had to come back today to get it, got a pair of LL Beans clone boots. Ate at Bertie Lou’s. Erika did a layout with her cool deck-7 cups, 8 cups, Page disks. The nice interpretation is: “You’ve been dreaming, Things are changing, Be a student”. The Crowley interpretation is: “The invariable weakness arising from lack of balance, Indolence-calm, dead, stagnant water-the German Measles of Christian Mysticism, Work slowly and steadfastly on getting earth raised to plant.” Ouch. Made bagels after working out Friday-they turned out fine.

Tuesday noon (4/9). Mellow-sunny and nice outside. Pedestrian fatality in downtown Milw-traffic is a nightmare on 99e and around. Quiet yesterday, Erika has been busy, Matt swam for the first time in years, and is dead today. Fine workout on Sunday. Looked at sheds again-need to pull the trigger. Had a nice deep dish pizza for lunch.

Wednesday afternoon. Lovely sunny day. Nice workout last night. Not much else. Got the recycling out early. Trying to get my first suling riff clean, and I’m in the wrong register. Aargh-back to the drawing board.

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What should the title be? Haven’t got a clue. It’s a lovely day, so spring is close. That’s the ticket. Not much else-fine couple of weeks, hopefully we can start spending time outside now. Everything seems to be ticking along, the world spins and orbits without any help from us. The human landscape dominates, even though the children of dinosaurs live among us. Salem wants to befriend one. I’m tired of politics and religion. Watched the old Dune and 2001.

Wednesday afternoon (2/14). Valentine’s. In the doghouse with my wife. This used to happen all the time. Not going to say more, as it’s for all eternity on archive.org. Fine workout last night-12/3/30 and COP2, though I did do a fast tai chi. Busy trying to figure out what to do with password rotations at work. Gamelan tonight.

Thursday night, getting ready for bed.

Tuesday (2/20) morning. Noon. Pretty quiet weekend-had Monday off. Fine workouts both Friday and shorter Sunday. Late for gamelan-had to pick up Salem. Sat on the kenong during Pangkur-a nice change of pace. Picked up Salem from rehearsal Sat., Erika to binz, S and I tried to get her phone repaired. T-Mobile, they sent us to Apple, we went to Bridgeport, was gonna be a 1.5 hr wait, bailed, went to Jamba, got a yummy green ginger, picked up Claire and friend in Gresham, dropped all off at home, got Erika, home. Sunday went back to Bridgeport, had to upgrade iCloud, no phone in stock, so we wait until they get it. CPK for lunch, home, finished laying flat the back shed area, workout. Jelly Monday, mowed our lawn, then it rained. A bit of shopping-yet again, we’re out of cash, and short on the mortgage. Yikes. I knew this would happen.

Monday (2/26) noon. Pretty quiet-it hailed a bit earlier. Trying to get stuff done, but roadblocks. Password change Friday, tomorrow and Thursday. Paid a little of the mortgage and all my bills except the store credit ones. Need to pay the rest of the mortgage by Thursday. Ran around all weekend-fine workouts Tuesday and Friday, quick Sunday. Salem to show and winter formal Saturday, Claire from show, Fubonn, TJ’s. Bridgeport Sunday afternoon-got Salem’s screen fixed, shitty lunch, binz, Salem to a friends’, Claire borrowed the car. Erika got a roomba clone and it’s been vacuuming with only occasional intervention-the floor is quite clean. Working on learning the seleh 6 on suling. Cut the median grass on Thursday after work.

Wednesday morning. Almost time to go to the dentist. Went fine. Still going in every 3 months. She wants me to start brushing before going to the gym-apparently tartar dries up and gets hard to remove if you’re breathing heavy. Not much else-mom’s birthday-chatted on the way to the gym. Fine workout last night, except for the waiting. Started on the next book. Dune+Kevin Anderson=so space opera.

Thursday, end of work. Password rotations are done, until they start up again. Fine gamelan last night, one piece is very repetitititive, so Mindy got lost. Or we got lost. Not quite sure. Still practicing the suling. Not ready for this gig-just can’t keep my registers consistent. Made potstickers and rice last night, curried chicken tonight. Erika is at Breitenbush. Time to go-can’t pay my mortgage in full this month.

Friday afternoon, Claire has the car, as they did last night-finally had to let them know I needed it to go to the store. Yummy curry chicken and rice for dinner, not sure if anyone else liked it. Had to fix a few blown password changes, and one repo is hosed. Waiting for Erika to get home. Set a fire in the fireplace and hung out in the living room after work. Workout tonight, whenever Claire gets home with the car. We shall see-they’re in Gresham.

Monday (3/4) afternoon. Almost time to be done. Had to hurry my workout on Friday, and a little fast on Sunday. Went for a work meeting downtown this morning-left with Salem, pretty mellow-sitting on a big conference room at the downtown Marriott with 600 other Cambia employees, had 2 cups of coffee, ate croissants and a orange, San Pellegrino, came back home, reading the book on the train. Not much else-driving Salem and Erika around and shopping on the weekend. Banging out the Invisible Library books. Saw my library crush.

Tuesday morning-end/beginning of sprint. Got all my stuff in. Erika has a sore throat and the dentist said no. Took Salem to a show in North Portland. Did my taxes last night-that enormous kicker! Have to wait until Thursday to submit-still out of cash even with an infusion from Matt. I’ll pay my arrears when I get the refund…

Wednesday noon. Spent the evening at the Oregon City Providence with Erika-back pain and tachy. She started at the Milwaukie one and left-even the nurse at OC said she doesn’t go to Milwaukie, or want to work there… They didn’t find anything bad, and she got pain meds. Not much else. I finished the next library book and ordered the one after that. Gamelan tonight, skipped my workout last night. Gonna skip Friday too-more gamelan.

Thursday morning, sunny and cold. Had to get up early for an intake meeting with Erika. Fine gamelan-I think we’re as ready as we’ll ever be-we got everything ready to move. Not much else.

Friday morning. Friday noon. Friday afternoon. Need to finish up, go to gamelan, move instruments, rehearse. Need to get my outfit-I think it’s in storage. Not going to work out. Sent an email about all the stuff Erika has gone through. Filed my taxes-getting a ton back because of the kicker. Turbotax fucked up and messed up the w2 scan, so my return got rejected the first time-had to change the employer tin…

Monday (3/11) morning. Busy working-just got out of a 1 on 1 with my boss. The build server is broken, so I’m stuck for testing. Monday afternoon-time to be done. Build server got repaired-apparently they upgraded and forgot a piece. Busy weekend-didn’t work out at all. Friday was work, drive to gamelan late, move some, rehearse. Saturday was breakfast, get costume from storage-in a bin rather than the rolling one, rehearse, eat, chill, play, move instruments. Mindy is rearranging. Sunday was take S to church, back, libe, binz, shop, cook, get Claire and deliver to Hawthorne. Just too wiped out to work out Sunday. There’s tomorrow, so. Erika’s stuff is all covered.

Tuesday afternoon. Got my Oregon tax refund + kicker! That was fast… I feel better-need to pay stuff. And get a shed. Not much else-trying to get this lambda debugged.

Wednesday morning. Paid my late mortgage. Noon. Set the roomba running-such simple software. I think I’ll call this. Afternoon. Got a box of mini croissants last night-taking two, heating them, putting fudge in the middle≡=->yummy. Fine workout last night.

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It’s been lovely the past little while, after a wild week. More fun to come? Things are humming along at the same usual cadence-broke for the 2 weeks after mortgage payment, bill pays, overspending. They jacked up our electricity rates. Most everyone is doing fine. We have a show coming up March 9th. Always have stuff to do. Not so much caring about the wider world, even though a lot of stuff is happening. Sorry, trying to stay afloat, and getting involved in bigger stuff will just mess me up. Watching X-Files from the beginning-up to Season 3.

Wednesday (1/10) evening. Listening to my coworkers work-my stuff is done. Busy-got one thing all done, figured out what was wrong with another one, more to come. Nice workout last night-elliptical and negs, had to wait twice. Not much else, Claire has a cold, Erika is recovering (not so much), Matt and Claire are back to school-Claire’s taking Japanese. Gamelan tonight. Cold and rainy, gonna be icy and maybe snowy this weekend. Matt is driving for work-we’ll see how he does.

Thursday noon, watching a political thing. Not much else-prepping for password changes. Waiting for guidance on another thing. Fine gamelan-I’m getting better at making mistakes and just continuing-I barged through on another thing-not sure if I was wrong or not. Kids melted down by the end. I’m still crushing…

Friday morning in the meeting. Someone changed the way a bit was calculated, and it’s not working right, and there’s a demo. Afternoon-lunchtime-gotta get a thing done first. It’s been lightly snowing off and on since 11 or so. Nothing sticking yet. Claire called out-coughing a lot. Glad they’re home, waiting for Mathias to be done, and Erika and Salem to get home-I’m not going to the gym-just too uncertain whether it’ll freeze before I get done. Back from lunch-Claire has covid. I think I’m done-not much else except password changes left on my plate, and I can’t do that on a Friday afternoon.

Wednesday (1/17) morning. Yet again, we are out of ca$h. But thankfully we’re in the middle of an ice storm so we’re not spending money. Weekend was super snowy and cold, so we didn’t get out, except to the store on foot. Glad I have spikes, but I wore the wrong shoes the first time, so my chilblains got way worse. No working out, no nothing. Monday was a holiday.

Tuesday (1/30) morning. Got a production release out last night, and 5 (now 6, now 7, now 9) transactions in this morning and no failures. I was worried, because the messaging framework has many moving parts. I did blow it last week when prepping, but that had a lot less visibility, so glad it happened then. So, weather continued into the weekend, but it was quite warm this last one. Got the tarp up for the spa, I had to fill it after all the rain. And we had some water in the crawlspace, bought a pump and got a lot of it out. The rest just seeped into the ground. Put up Salem’s swing. I need to dig out more for the shed, if anyone will let me have the time, plus also cleaning the dryer vent. Spent yesterday in the ER-Erika had double vision and tachy, and her doc wanted her in. I got work done upstairs, and they did a bunch of stuff, gave her a heart monitor and that was it. Went to a cool witch shop Sunday, Salem’s play Friday and Saturday. Skipped a couple of workouts, but went Sunday for a quickie. Got through my reading backlog by speed reading…

Wednesday morning. Listening to a co-worker go through the thing from last week. Another quickie workout last night. Erika’s going to up her therapy frequency. Salem’s on finals week. Evening-time to quit, but I’m in a meeting. We’re doing password changes-got one done, the other is postponed because of technical difficulties that aren’t ours. We’re fixing the bomb from last week.

Friday afternoon in a retro meeting. Had to do an unexpected change. Maybe leaving early. Did get out earlier.

Monday morning (2/5). End of sprint, and the stuff I can get done is done. Putting in tasks and a deployment is it. Ok weekend, got the dryer vent done, a few more square feet of digging done before I broke the shovel, pulling blackberries, and vacuuming. Found a cat’s skeleton in the back yard. Bought another shovel for the same price as a replacement handle. Workouts on Friday and Sunday. Erika and Salem went to Beaverton on Saturday. Ended work a bit early on Friday. Powered through my reading-finished The Burning Page in a day! One book left-ordered the next Invisible Library book from the libe.

Tuesday noon. Trying to get things started. Not feeling very energetic. Afternoon. Had lunch, and a big cookie. Not feeling well after that. Gotta untangle this stuff. Didn’t. Time to go to the gym.

Tuesday (2/13) close to noon. Pretty quiet-password changes are slowly getting done, finishing up getting the area prepped for a shed. Saw a ufo last night-was out in the back with Matt, looked up and saw a dim gray crescent shaped thing moving slowly from west to east, completely silent, no lights. Hit my light instead of the camera. Went to the side of the house and didn’t see it. Very odd. Not much else-vacuumed, got my Fire remote working in the living room. Ran around over the weekend-library, binz, kids from point a to point b, a woo festival in the Lloyd, worked out on the usual schedule. I think the spa has a slow leak in the bubble system. Need to mow the lawn this weekend. We have no $$$, as usual. Need to file taxes to get the kicker-that will help some. Gamelan-we have a show in a month-Mindy wants me to start up suling again. I think I’ll call this.

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Here we are in the new year. Election year, almost halfway through the Twenties. What does that mean? I’ve been realizing some things, but society isn’t one of them, other that that we all have to live together on this small planet in an unimaginably enormous universe. They’ve been more about harmonizing the various conceptions of where we sit in the grand scheme of things. I’ve seen enormous gears, some sort of coarse to fine thing, the usual Jacob’s Ladder thing that I got years ago. Anyways, time marches inexorably into the new year, and we meet each day as it arrives. That’s the best we can do.

Thursday morning, last day of November. Trying to focus on work. It started raining today.

Monday afternoon (12/4). Trying to get stuff done. Fine weekend-workout Friday, quiet Sat. & Sun. Workout Sun. Windy Sat. night. Still sore from skating-esp. my left foot and adductors.

Tuesday afternoon-need to pick up Salem soon. Pretty quiet-warm and rainy. Contemplated the immensity of the universe lying in bed last night.

Wednesday morning. Erika is off with Christina, Claire swiped the car because late for school, so I’m here alone. What do I do now?

Wednesday morning (12/13). No milk, so had to have an omelette for breakfast. Such a sacrifice. OK workout last night-only had to wait for the last exercise, A bit of a cluster getting there and back though. Not much else. Short workout Sunday-had to get Salem from a choir concert. Going to one tonight instead of gamelan.

Friday morning. Trying to get stuff done. We’re totally out of ca$h this payday-the joy of a huge mortgage. Not much else-Salem did fine in the concert-we talked last night about sound for one of the pieces. They’re in the alto section, and you can rarely hear individual voices, but their mouth positions look good. Claire is having a lot of “friends” over.

Monday evening (12/18), finishing up work. We’re totally out of money until next Thursday. The joy of a huge mortgage. Quiet weekend, set up the spa yesterday. Workouts as usual.

Tuesday morning, listening to an all-hands meeting. Noon, working on finishing up some stuff, trying to get the spa in working order. Put hardener and chlorine shock in last night. Alkaline today. Check it after working out, adjust chlorine and alkalinity, work on pH tomorrow. Pump, blower, and heater are working fine. I’m having thoughts. Not sure what to make of that. I messed up a work thing, we’ll see if maybe we can get it going tomorrow.

Thursday afternoon. Listening to an interview with Andy Summers. Last day before a week holiday. Fun last night. OK workout Tuesday. No gamelan until the new year. Totally out of ca$h for the next week. Tip if you read this.

Wednesday afternoon, 12/27, sitting the binz parking lot-just can’t take it. Walked in and was overloaded from the start. Got what I needed really fast and left. Good Christmas-Matt got me a fucking death whistle! It’s really cool-starts off as white noise, then the screaming starts (found out later that I can make it bark like a Chihuahua). Busy weekend shopping, internet got shut off yesterday-paid the bill and back it came. No church Christmas Eve-just couldn’t do it. Fine workouts all weekend, Sunday was early because closing early, Boxing Day was the usual workout. Cut my forehead open on the handle of the dip machine-bled a lot, but fine now. Claire went to a party Sunday night-drove them and Maia from hir PWS class home!

Thursday afternoon, lying in bed-rolled my ankle taking out the trash last night-it’s a bit sore, but nothing more. Being lazy. Should go do something. Have to pick up Erika at the binz-Claire has the car, she went to OHSU, Claire picked her up and took her to the binz-going to pick her up sometime.

Friday afternoon, waiting for Erika. Been sleeping almost to noon this week. Nice. Started on leveling the back where the shed will go. Replacing the shower head in our shower. Turned out to be missing some important parts-like it was a return. Exchanged it and it went in fine, I need to tighten it up a scosche.

Wednesday noon (1/3/2024!), back to work. Pretty quiet over New Year’s-skipped workout on Friday, dug some more out in the back-need to go down about 6 inches to get level. Took Claire to the train stop in OC-it’s cute-they spent New Year’s in Eugene with friends. Picked them up last night, with a friend, they had a good time, but Eugene was boring. Quickie workout Tuesday, early workout New Year’s Eve.

Thursday afternoon. Back at work, lots to do. Got one thing done, a couple of changes, and an issue.

Monday (1/8) morning. I think I’ll finish this. Pretty quiet weekend-it’s been cold and rainy-going to be very cold this week. Erika has diverticulitis, and the antibiotics are making her itch really bad-ran a few errands for her. Claire has been using the car a bit more. Fine workouts Friday and Sunday-pushing it a bit on the runs. Need to go over tai chi to realign with the canon-the 2 I’ve done so far seem to be just minor changes.

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Well, it only took 2 months to call this. I’m trying and failing to stay afloat. Only broke 3 days and one missed bill this time. Saved by Mathias. Hopefully I can hold on until Spring. Not much else-it’s cold and dark-the usual Fall->Winter. Time keeps passing, don’t really have a lot to say-I might have an app idea. The family is fine-just keep trying to stay on track.

Monday afternoon (9/18), trying to stay motivated, but everything is done. Maybe I’ll just go and hang out on the front porch… Pretty quiet weekend-regular Friday and Sunday workouts. Tried to give blood Friday afternoon, but failed the checkin (Mad Cow was still on the file), Erika tried the sample, couldn’t. Picked up a new outdoor couch for the front porch. Took Erika to OHSU for a sample on Saturday, Next Adventure, binz, the estate sale where we got the couch. Picked up the couch Sunday, cash only-rrrrr.

Thursday noon (9/21), Trying to start a new task, but have to wait on a prod deploy. No gamelan last night, messed by lower back up working out on Tuesday, went to the Dr’s to re-up my BP meds. Such an exciting week-doing my laundry, need to take out the trash.

And it’s now October (10/4), Wednesday-time is flying. Not much going on, we’re into fall-the leaves are starting to change. Need to pull the AC units, etc. Trying to clean up a bit, keep the living room and kitchen in order. Really need to paint the south wall…and leaves are coming. Skipped a few workouts-Salem needed rides, Erika went to a church thing in Salem, etc.

Thursday, finishing up coding a thing (got it done and to UAT), then on to another thing (got that done, but not to uat yet). We’re running out of time. Ok gamelan last night, failed the lancaran bonang bit. Thought I had it, but no.

Wednesday (10/11), busy, can’t go to gamelan because Erika is taking the car. I don’t remember what happened last weekend, but it’s rainy and cold. Good workout-started late, so did a 5 minute fast tai chi, which was fun. Busy doing work… I did take a/c units to storage on Sunday, and much around moving stuff in the bedroom. Trying to keep the kitchen clean-need to work on other house-related stuff. Salem had PreACT testing today. Change of plan-I’m dropping her off and picking them up. Still can’t do gamelan, I think.

Monday (10/16). Busy, working on the same thing as last week. We’re totally out of ca$h this week… Decent weekend-the usual workouts, driving around Sat. to look at storage sheds. Mowed the grass and took out more a/c units Sun. That’s it…

Tuesday afternoon-a very messy sprint end/start.

Monday (11/6). Haven’t touched this, but it’s not a super long duration. Not much happening-Salem is one of the main puppeteers for Little Shop of Horrors, and we went to the opening last Thursday. They did well. It’s a decent show. Cleaned out the gutters on a too short ladder. I need a bigger one to put in the gutter covers. They switched our trash service to Thursday, and didn’t tell me. Saturday took Salem to Beaverton for a friends’ show after their matinee, hung out at Powell’s and ate at an ok Italian restaurant. I tend to get one of the parmesan dishes to tell how good the cooks are-no veal, didn’t dare the eggplant, got the chicken and it was a hair overcooked. Eggplant has the narrowest range of doneness, chicken the widest. It’s like sweet and sour pork at a Chinese restaurant, and tamales/chile relleno at a Mexican one. Hard to ruin, but also hard to get right. Have a week off starting Wednesday. Want to clean, put up the gutter covers, maybe get a storage shed. A week ago Sunday was Halloween at church-Erika made me help, and I was wiped out-skipped working out.

Wednesday, taking a week off-it’s weird being out in the middle of the week. Sitting in a Les Schwab because one of the tires has a slow leak. Slept in, meh breakfast at a patisserie in Sellwood. Walked around looking in the antiques mall. Need to get stuff done. Ok workout last night-did a 12/3/30-not sore today, so there’s that.

Thursday, sitting in Schwab’s again. They have to get the tire from another location, so I’m sitting here with the tablet. Good gamelan last night, but I completely blew the start of one piece-guess my brain wasn’t in it… spent the rest of yesterday at the binz and food store.

Thursday night-watching a dumb TV show from 1970, but with Karen Valentine-simply a gorgeous woman. I think Harlan Ellison had something to say about this one. Busy day-new wheel, lunch, home, stuff to storage, shop, make dinner, get Salem, more dinner.

Wednesday again (11/29). We’re broke. I need to read my stack of library books. Nice time off, got stuff done, but got some downtime too. Took Salem to a play in Gresham last Saturday, a thing, they got a ride to school afterwards, picked them up there. Erika rented a truck to bring up a bed for Salem from Salem, got me more Gatorade-I like the cucumber lime ones after working out. Couldn’t work out last night-gym was closed for electrical work-worked out the rest of the days last week. I think I’ll call this. Claire broke up with their girlfriend-some drama, but they got over it pretty quickly. Had Mediterranean food for Thanksgiving.

Page 23, sentence 5: “The problem is our minds are so locked in one frequency, it’s as if we can only see at 78 rpm; we can’t see anything at 33⅓.” The Fifth Discipline.

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We’re in Second Summer-93 degrees today… No more apples, but the plums are almost ready. Not much going to this interval, watching the political entertainment, listening to NPR, working out, going to work. Trying to keep my head above water-not succeeding. There are a few things I need to do, and a second gig might help-if you read this and need web stuff or graphics, I can help.

Monday (8/28). Looking forward to a few days off this coming weekend. I’m tired. Fine gamelan last week-I have the patterns down for the lancaran. My gamelan crush has returned. Drove Erika and Salem to Breitenbush Thursday-went to the outlet on the way. The fire damage is tremendous. The sun was orange on the way back down the canyon. Took a few pictures. Got 2 12’s of Gatorade Cucumber Lime on the way back for after working out. Got my new Fitbit. Tough workout on Friday-didn’t get through the run or the workout. A thing, disappointing. Drove back to pick them up Saturday morning. Stopped on the way back a couple of times. Home, interesting thoughts/realizations Sunday morning waking up-maybe a new essay? Fine workout in the afternoon. Hard to get up this morning.

Tuesday morning, listening to the all-company broadcast. Went to bed late-reading.

Wednesday noon. Got my new crown put in-15 mins-this guy is great! Good workout last night-bike and NR1. Not much else-Erika and Salem went to the state fair.

Thursday afternoon. It’s been raining all day. Glad I covered the porch couch last night. Meh gamelan practice last night-only a few people showed up, so we went round robin with the fast lancaran-I didn’t do great on the bonang, and failed on the imbal demung too. Bleh. I did get the gong part quickly… My crush was there too. Not much else-I have tomorrow and Tuesday off.

Tuesday (9/5). I have the day off and slept in. Same with yesterday-went to the binz, gathered apples-not many left, and pulled a recycling bin full of blackberries, plus herbicide, so maybe fewer next time. Today I have doors to remove and a bidet to install (didn’t-I couldn’t close the hot water valve). Weekend was pretty quiet, took Salem to the record store Saturday, got a few cheap ones, slept in Sunday, worked out Friday–meh and Sunday–ok, and later today…

Friday, time for bed. Decent workout, pretty quiet otherwise. Work, Salem’s first week of school, Claire’s enrolled too. Ok workout Tuesday, no gamelan Wednesday.

Monday (9/11). What is that date again? Oh, yeah, I remember what I said about 9/11. Meant it. The day Dubya was visiting a grade school in Florida, after he forgot to pay attention to a briefing given a month earlier entitled “Bin Laden determined to strike in US.” And that’s as close as I’m going to get to politics… Been listening to NPR on the car rather than music. There was an interesting report last night about “Reading Recovery“. Not sure if my kids would’ve been subjected to it if they hadn’t gone to Waldorf. It would’ve been fine for Salem and Claire-they were both good readers from the start, but it would’ve ruined Mathias. Well. Not much this weekend-fine 5k run and workout Friday, driving around and binz Sat., sleep in and quiet Sunday, plus good intervals and workout. Got a little done. Helped Claire out with the FAFSA application. Odd dream this morning.

Wednesday, midday. Trying to get some work done. Pretty mellow-working, nice change of pace cardio & negative workout last night-delayed a bit because I took Salem home. Claire went to a great show last night too, in a tiny venue. They go to a lot of great shows. Gamelan tonight.

Thursday. Got a prod deployment done, finished another thing. Gamelan was fine, fine on the bonang bit, Vera brought a bunch of mushrooms-I’m trying to pickle some. And mushroom soup sometime soon. Trash time.

Friday-gotta gotta gotta get down, dammit! I’m not gonna-giving blood at 5-first time in 20 years…no workout, wife is going to urgent care afterwards to pee into a cup-doc finally got back to her-she’s been low-level sick for more than a week. Salem stayed home. Another quiet day, trying to get my thing buttoned up. Everything else is done or close enough. I think I’ll call this.

Page 23, sentence 5: “Neanderthals and archaic Homo sapiens probably also had a hard time talking behind each other’s backs-a much maligned ability which is in fact essential for cooperation in large numbers. ” Sapiens.