I did not have the reserves to visit my favorite local taproom #today. I used the time well, to craft more guidance for my coworkers as we are seeking traction on our first project together.
I say spent well because I resisted pressuring myself. I realized belatedly my plan for the day would take longer than I had. I used some positive re-appraisal to figure out what I could accomplish that would still help with in a team meeting tomorrow.
The extra time is because I usually end work early to increase the time I get to spend with the owner who usually heads home only a half hour after the end of my work day. And it takes me half an hour to drive there.
Good Wednesday morning! Waking up to a gorgeous morning. It occurs to me that Memorial Day weekend is coming up + I'll need to pick up some groceries before the tourists descend. Tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy, so I'll put it off until then. That opens up more porch time.
No weeding today. After finding a tick on me last night I'm taking a break! 😬
It's going to be a busy day at the birdbath, with the 80F temperatures, so I'm headed out to clean + fill it up.
Another day, another early-morning walk. The summer walkers have come out now, so instead of just waving at my neighbor Ron, who like me walked all winter, I feel like I'm saying "Good morning" every few steps. Most of them won't last for more than a week or so.
Today I'll go to the grocery store and pharmacy and then write and do some chores. Once upon a time I lived an exciting life, but no more. I kind of like it this way.
#today at uni: a workshop on PhD-by-publicaton, supervision, departmental coffee time, a seminar, departmental PGR in-person socials, ... oh and some research work, maybe?
@Edent While, I found out about it as I started my PhD, because I want to get my work out there fixing climate things ASAP, not wait right to the bitter end. Details may vary by uni. I am expected to publish 3 or 4 papers and wrap them in a further (smaller, I hope) piece of work. With luck my first piece will make it through re-review in the next week or so...
I did download both the latest Linux Mint Cinnamon and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS; While at work, I will decide which distro to install. Even though I weighted Ubuntu lower in my list, I’m drawn to it! Tonight, I will be making bootable drives using balenaEtcher.
@WanderingInDigitalWorlds Can't go wrong either way. You know what my preference is, but you're in good hands no matter what. Also, I would suggest putting Ventoy on your USB and copying the ISOs over to that. In this manner, you can boot from multiple images on the same USB stick. Compare and contrast. It's what I use. I must have 10 ISOs on one 32 GB USB drive... ;>)
@wendigo I’ll consider Ventoy as after reading the page, seems like a slick software! It might delay my installation till tomorrow though. I’ll have to read the instructions several times over. ROFL Anxiety for the win and loss.
Hello fellow Fediverse travelers, I hope your day is going well. While on break I took a cicada pic, they are increasing daily. 🪲 🐛 When they're all out it will be an impressive sight.
The sun is out strong #today. I've already had a run by the creek. I even managed to improve my average pace by 15s/km. I am also proud that this is the first run in recent memory where I didn't drop to a walk even once.
I have a long day of conversations ahead, meetings and 1:1's for the $dayjob. My introvert battery is relatively charged. I will do my best to make it through without getting too ground down.
Workmen arrive to begin the process of bringing the exterior of the house up to snuff this morning.
I'm expecting the day to be noisy and filled with unexpected interruptions.
Chaos to restore order.
After too many years, the place is finally on the path of restoration. It's going to take some time and effort but it will be nice to get things in order in at least this one facet of my life.
I hope you find a bit of order in your chaos #today
It’s odd that people repeatedly make the same decision which leads to a similar conclusion: a problematic person has been rehired after being fired about a year and a half ago. They are starting the same old bullshit, about to get fired again. It’s time for this person to be blacklisted.