Wow, what a day. I had a meeting at the Arlington library, not sure how that one went. Then I had another meeting where we were talking about encryption keys and I was able to rock it. No one could point me to the right public key but we stole it from a different user, it works but it’s not 100% but then again what it.

Sandy blew out of town for Austin. After I got done with work I rocked the yard. The tree trimming limbs need to be cut down and put to the curb and I vacuumed up the leaves on the west side of the house, got the front limbs done and mowed and bagged the front yard to mainly get rid of the leaves. It really looks good.

10k steps and plenty of calories burnt, another day with forward progress.

I never did get the hang of Sunday’s but today is about as close to perfect as a Sunday gets.

Went to moms house for breakfast and I was about 45 minutes early but it turns out that was perfect as mom had started cooking already. She’s got a tree down in the back yard but didn’t tell me about it so I’ll be back next Sunday to take care of it. Poor mama, her brain just doesn’t want to work the way she wants it to.

Left there and headed over to Harbor Freight, I got a Bauer starter kit with a battery and circular saw and also a chainsaw pruner. I’ve been meaning to try some Bauer tools and now seemed like as good as time as any. Also got some c-clamps and my free ratchet tie downs. Which is nice as the Xterra doesn’t have any and all my old ones are filthy.

Got home and it was tree trimming day. Hit the front tree a lick and got it trimmed up and cleared the flag area, who knows maybe Donny Dipshit will buy the farm and I can fly old glory again. Then it was off to the back. That POS in the back corner and I did hand to hand combat and it even took my poll saw but I won. I did a good job of hacking it up and cleared all my lines to the house. The electric line looks gorgeous without tree limbs all over it. Even managed to clean up the neighbors line without meaning to. After that I called it a day. 10k steps and a bunch of limbs to trim up but I got stuff done.

Tomorrow will take care of itself, today I am at peace.

I got a good nights sleep and woke up about 5:30ish, but I laid in bed and finally fell back to sleep, it was just chilly enough to fall in and out of sleep, it was so nice. Finally called it about 9am and hauled my but out of bed. After another hour of being lazy I finally got it shifted into gear and got the vacuuming done, cleaned the bed room and living room. Cleaned up the office, got 4 extra hooks put up on the porch to hang plants. Removed the old mail box from the porch. Cleaned up the workbench in the garage. Washed and cleaned my old running shoes. Had the windows opened all day.

Around 2pm Sandy and I went for a bike ride to see the plaza they’re about to tear down and then the water tower that’s under progress and then to Moe’s for Gyro’s and ate them at the park next to the fire station. We then went to Brahms for malts and rode around the park and headed home.

When we got home from the 6 mile bike ride, I jumped into the shower and then headed over to get my hair cut, got it cut short for the upcoming heat wave that’s sure to be here before too long.

I’m heading over to moms tomorrow morning for coffee and breakfast if I can talk her into it. I’m happy today, or at least very content. My mind is at peace.

I’m actually on my way to bed if that’s any indication how sleepy I am. I’m happy the week is at an end and I’m feeling like I’ll recharge over the weekend.

We did go out to Outback for dinner. I had the burger and Sandy had the center cut sirloin. Which is a good cut of meat but you have to cut it right, across the grain and thin. It was a 3 course special, soup or salad, entree and dessert. It was a good meal and we both ate for $50.

Then we went and spent $227 on shoes at DSW. I was a little pissed as one of the pair that I had didn’t go towards the coupon. That’s kind of an asshole thing for a company to do but I got three pairs of shoes that will last me for years, one pair (the one not allowed for the coupon) were Merrell so I’ll have those for ages. Love the hikers I have.

It was a little chilly today but it looks like that won’t be an issue for the foreseeable future. I really hope that we can get the electric and insulation in before it gets too bad. I’ll call tomorrow to get an estimate on the roof vent installation. Shouldn’t be too much.

I’m so tired today and I’m not sure why. It’ll be fine though, I’ll get some good sleep tonight. Tomorrow I’ll get my work report done and then be ready for an interview I have going on Monday.

I’m getting better at getting some of the computer things I need to get done, done. Got the backups running again on the Linux server and we’ll see if they’re running right tomorrow. Also had some luck getting Grocy running on docker. It’s a step closer to what I want to be able to do. Here’s to a good nights sleep and a great weekend coming up.

I was a little happy that I got busy today at work. I threw together an XML output to see if the Workday guys can use it better than the csv files. It may be all for not but it did feel good to have something to knock out.

The weather has turned cold and windy, but it’s kind of nice to be able to sleep in the cold. It won’t be too long before it’s going to be unbearably hot.

I’ve got a pain where my appendix used to be, not sure what that’s all about but hopefully it’s not another trip to the ER.

The internet can be a wonderful thing at times. As I was perusing Reddit in the RV section, someone asked about if the equalizers should be even. One of the responses pointed to this article which blew my mind for how in depth it was. Sometime the internet works and you get the information that you need.

I’m not sure why but it was a long day. I tried to validate some HTML but that’s no really allowed so I’m not sure how I’m going to properly validate the HTML.

It was a nice day, almost a little warm. Got Sandy from the airport and finished up the integrations.

After the dust storm yesterday, it was actually fairly quite this morning. I got a bag of ground up leaves bagged and mowed the back yard producing two more bags. I remember the days when I thought I’d just compost the leaves and grass but here in Texas they don’t break down. Grass that’s cut with the mulching blade just falls under the grass and after a couple of rains, becomes thatch. Now if you’ve ever seen how thatch keeps water from getting to the roots that need it below, you’ll understand why it was used as a roofing option in long time ago England. Leaves are twice as bad.

A friend of mine texted me today that he’s on the first vacation in 20 years. I love said friend but I wow, I’ve been bad about not taking vacations but that’s a little out of the pale.

I was extremely luck to have traveled recreationally the way that I have.. And honestly it’s been a rough row to get back into the work thing. I miss being on the road with no real destination and no real commitments. What an amazing way to see the world. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a beat down traveling but wow, we saw some beautiful things.

I’m happy with the reconfiguration I did with the XSL this week. But even so I’m happy that work is over with for the week.

We had a dust storm move through the area this afternoon. They hooped an hollered about crazy wind speeds and extreme fire danger. It was windy but not that crazy. With any luck the wind knocked the last of the live oak leaves off the trees. That usually drags on until April.

I started the day at 5:30am getting Sandy over to the airport. She was out of terminal C which is under construction so half of it is a huge hole in the ground. But they still use it, they even have a sign saying to use other terminals. Jackasses.

The weekend should be a restful occasion. Tomorrow is St. Patty’s day. I feel like I should be doing something for it but I looked around and there isn’t much going on. Not like Erie, damn bars opening at 7am with green beer. That’s okay. I just don’t like drinking any more. My body doesn’t tolerate it these days.