Found my drivers license! It was on the scanner which I should have thought about but didn’t. I’m happy, I don’t have to figure out how to replace that.

Also it was a nice day to go out with mom and sis and Ron and Sandy to Saltgrass Steakhouse for a late lunch. It was nice but I think that mom is getting worse, she seemed to have trouble getting into sis’s new car. I mean she had trouble with the truck but that was too high and this one was too low. She also didn’t order, sister ordered for her. I’m not sure where this leads but I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to like it.

I got nothing done today except eating too much. Maybe a little cleaning. Some frustrating back and forth with Ubuntu Mate on the old laptop. Somehow I installed xRDP and now can’t log onto the console but can via RDP but can’t launch a browser because they’re all snap apps. Things that make you go hum…

What a week, I’m super happy that it’s come to an end. I have kept myself busy at work but I’m not sure if what I’m doing is what they want. It’s what’s needed but I’m not sure it’s what’s wanted. And I do not have the tools to do the second part of the job which is a XML > HTML > PDF. I can’t do that in notepad. But I’m rocking what I’m supposed to be doing and that’s what counts.

Tomorrow is birthday dinners for mom and I. Should be nice. Today is supposed to be the last day of nice weather before a polar vortex rolls in. We’re still set from the last round, one empty propane tank but I don’t feel an imperative need to get it filled. I should go check the RV but I’m confident it’s fine.

There is some work to be done tomorrow but for now it’s time to rest.

Today dad would have been 84 years old. I feel bad that he passed before I really figured out how to be an adult and he went to his grave thinking I’d never get it right. I’m sure he knows.

So I was at Post Net to get my fingerprints taken (again), what was interesting, the nice lady taking them helped me get it done right. I needed two forms of IDs and of course my passport and tried to pull out my drivers license and low and behold it’s not there. Fortunately they took my concealed carry permit. But that still leads to the question, where the hell is my drivers license. I needed it to buy NO2 for the whipped cream maker and needed to take a picture of it for the purchase. But I also needed my credit card and that found its way back to my wallet. I cleaned on Saturday and I’m scared I may have tossed it out with the junk on the coffee table. I need to do laundry to see if it got pocketed, we’ll see how that goes.

I just find it amazing my drivers license has remained in my wallet for literally years without being taken out and over the last months it’s been every week. Oh well such is life.

Well I started a new gig today, it seems kind of cool but its got some issues too. I can honestly say I’ve never had to do any development with notepad, and it’s one of the more horrible things I’ve ever had to do. The integration server has 4GB of RAM, I think my phone has 16GB. They’re trying to get me Ultra Edit but that would only be for the desktop, not the server…

Now, I’ve been in the computer business for 30 years, there are ways around the issues I’m having BUT in this situation I’ve been informed that’s a no no and no go or you get gone. So development is going to take ridiculously longer but it can still get done. I’ll holler more if I need to do anything in XSL which I think we’re going to do.

But I’m happy, I should be able to help get these guys where they need to be and maybe even pick up a few new skills.

I had grand illusions of getting a ton of stuff done today. It didn’t happen. I’m okay with it, it was a good day for that to happen. I start the new gig tomorrow and it’s playing on my mind. Not sure why. This is what I’ve been doing for the last 10 years, well minus the last year but they didn’t come up with anything new in that time. I’m a professional at what I do and I can do damn close to anything given the direction.

That is a problem with me. I’m not really a leader and I’m not one of those people who comes up with the big picture. I like the details. I’m the detail guy, that is (after all) where the devil is and I have some sympathy for him. That’s my failing on my home server, I have a million things that I want to do and the computer is just a rabbit hole, I need to find that task organizer and put it to use for this. But first I have to figure out docker so I can host the service then I need to put it into Podman. And it spirals from there. I do enjoy it though, and that means a lot.

The NFL playoffs have been par for the course, the underdog has lost on all of them so far. Still fun to keep track of. Well I’m going to try to calm my nerves with a walk on the treadmill and hopefully get a good nights sleep so I can rock and roll in the morning. Wish me luck!!!

Snow doesn’t last very long around here and we’re glad to see it go. I did take a few snaps to prove it happened. We got cleaning done today. It looks good but I still have to do the office. It was nice to just hang around the house for the day and it’s always nice to have a clean house.

Maybe the stress of the holidays catch up to people in the new year. My niece by marriage is having a rough go of it. She has a 13 month old and is hitting a wall of her own making. She’s had a method of dealing with stress but that method actually incurs more stress and it finally caught up with her. I’ve had some rough spots of my own making and it’s hard to watch someone else do it because it’s so clear to those outside of the situation what the issue is. But in the middle of the cyclone she’s in she can’t see what’s what.

General is having the same issue, must just be something about this time of the year. I talked with General for about an hour today. I can vouch for our sanity. It’s Friday and the slush is melting but the sky’s cleared and it’s dropping to 21 tonight for a low. Then it’ll be gone over the weekend. The winter storm has run it’s course. With any luck there’s nothing more to come.

So I know a couple of months ago I started complaining about the linking of items in a gallery. Well I found out it’s still around but it was moved to the task bar for the block.

So here are some pictures with the light box feature!!!