Another lovely day for early exercise though a bit chilly.
Big sky
Eating a mini-cini on the back porch this morning. Lovely but the background music of a leaf blower could be better. 😉
Naive teachers at our high school: “Would you kids like to have a zoom meeting with your classmates so you can checkin and see how everyone is doing?”
Kids’ honest response: Heck no, I see my friends any time I want, for the rest of the class no way I want to see them again.
Living in a tornado 🌪 prone area means having a designated safe room/place. We always joke we will get fat if stranded in ours because it is the same place as our main pantry. Room for 5 people + 🐕.
It’s an “elevated risk” day per the NWS with spotter activation likely.
Starting to see social media posts from friends in our area that they’ll be returning to their offices in the next few days. They seem comfortable with the idea.
Droplets on a dreary morning. Severe weather expected later today.
Part of our backyard garden in the background. Mostly we grow seasonings for my wife’s excellent cooking. Very convenient especially during the virus crisis. 🌱
The crisis is over. Our grocery store has Peter Pan peanut butter in stock 😀
My one regret in prepping for the quarantine situation is that I didn’t buy a second Nintendo Switch. We’re all hesitant to use the one we do have in case someone else in the family had plans to use it. 😝 I’m too cheap to pay the inflated prices on eBay, Amazon etc.
I wonder if I’ll buy a Switch later this year “just in case”? Seems extravagant and the PS5 is coming out. Our affinity does lean to Nintendo these days rather than PS4/5. 🤷🏻♂️
I write in a journal virtually every day. With the virus easing off I decided to create a sort of timeline with a one-liner for each day. Nothing deep or personal here, no politics or prose, just basic observations. Massive changes in a tiny time period. Covid day-by-day
I’m glad the governor is slightly relaxing some restrictions as well as officially closing schools for the rest of the academic year. I’ve felt bad that hospital beds are only 50% occupied but patients have been denied cancer biopsies, surgery to relieve pain, etc. Now those people can be treated.
Today I used the unpaved side of the creek for my exercise. The downside is the path is narrower but the upside is almost no one uses it lately. I only passed one person. I really feel blessed to have these options in our piece of suburbia. Lovely in spite of the clouds.🌳 📷
Well crap! My Twilio API credentials were leaked. This apparently happened a long time ago but someone just started using them. Fortunately it is just a developer test account with limited re-charge and I caught it fairly quickly but fixing all the apps is going to be a PITA.
My accomplishment for the day: re-threading the drawstring in our daughter’s hoodie. ✔️
Unsettling start: Our garage security camera alerted at 1:30am. A guy drove in the alley and tried to open our neighbor’s cars. Then approached our garage. Since we don’t leave cars out he might have intended to try to enter. Our light came on, he saw the camera and ran off. 😱
My desk is a bit of a mess now that I have two transceivers sitting on it. I mocked up a shelf with some spare ¾” wood and comp sci text books as end pillars and it is very functional. Monitor, power supply and VHF/UHF on top, HF underneath. So now I need to build it for real.
Risen
Putting the last couple of pieces in puzzle #6
Lovely bit of sky from the back porch. Sadly this is the leading edge of a storm front coming through in a couple hours.
I can’t put a finger on why but I feel much more energetic and upbeat today. Maybe Good Friday has something to do with it. 🐣
A couple years ago I added defensive assets to my portfolio for the first time. The crash was a good stress test. I spent this morning evaluating how well they did. They worked to some extent but not as well as I wanted so I’ve identified some replacements today. Yea, I’m a nerd.
COVID-19 timeline:
9:00pm last night, wife says she smells French fries
9:01pm last night, wife is in the kitchen making French fries (air fryer)
Note: they were especially tasty!
This morning I was greeted by sunrise while exercising, song birds aplenty and the sweet smell of honeysuckle permeating the air.
Also, it was nicely chill this morning and the high will be 20F cooler than yesterday’s 97F.
We had a high of 97F here today beating the older record by 4F.
Die virus DIE!!! 🦠
Found object: a hat
