1 nov 2026
This was the first week in (back in?) this new (old?) role where I really felt like I was out of the old management role. I’m still doing some hand-holding as my replacement does certain things for the first time, and I’m still handing a few last things off, but I also got a lot of hyperfocus time thinking about and working on the new thing, and that felt pretty good.
25 oct 2026
A randomly socially extremely busy week, combined with a big uptick in my efforts at work to step away from my old role and actually get to work in my new one…
18 oct 2026
Another week of grinding, trying to get up to speed on the new role at work, and trying to make plans to do some (IMO) really needed cleanup of some shared stuff before I have to head-down on just the product I’m supporting…
11 oct 2026
First full week of October. Sit with that. Then sit with the fact that the temps here were still in the 80sF.
4 oct 2026
Spent a good chuck of the week in Austin, for an on-site work training. (Yes, it was training on what you think; no, I’m not gonna talk about it more than that.) It really didn’t feel like visiting “Austin”, because I was out in the north burbs the entire time, other than the time at the airport — it was just like going to some generic upper middle class suburb where it happened to be too damn hot and humid. Back home now, and looking forward to the Oregon fall.