Weeknote #33 (20250504-20250510)

meta

How is it already May? It’s kinda blowing my mind that in a little bit over 3 months, Mx18 is gonna be away at college.

did

  • Met up with a friend and former coworker for coffee on Monday; we hadn’t seen each other in …probably five years? And we fell right back into our usual patterns, it was fantastic
  • Attended the social meetup for the local Makerspace on Tuesday; it was good to see folks
  • Work-wise, I’m continuing to grind on the rubella dataset — getting close to done!
  • Went to an awards/recognition event for Mx18 and other kids in the AVID program in Salem schools — “going away to college” vibes intensified
  • Spent about 5 hours power-washing on Saturday: the back deck, back patio, grill, front deck, front walk, and front deck furniture. I had had aspirations to also wash my car, but I was seriously dragging after finishing off the front bits

exercise & shoulder recovery

  • Sunday: morning stretches, bike ride for groceries
  • Monday: morning stretches, C25K W3D1 in the afternoon
  • Tuesday: morning stretches, gym (shoulder stuff, zottman curls)
  • Wednesday: morning stretches, C25K W3D2 in the afternoon
  • Thursday: morning stretches, gym (shoulder stuff, EZbar curls)
  • Friday: morning stretches, C25K W3D3 in the afternoon
  • Saturday: skipped stretches and decided powerwashing counted as going to the gym…

read

listened

  • Now, you may think you’ve heard the Drive By Truckers do “18 Wheels of Love” before, but… have you heard the rest of the story? (Warning: has the potential to make it dusty where you are…)
  • Grey Cell Green still slaps more than 30 years later

watched

  • Our rewatch of The Wire has reached S5

cooked

  • grilled sausages on Monday
  • …and then we ended up eating out a bunch this week,

photo

It's a goose! It's a flown bird!

Spotted at my local — a little 3d printed goose …or is it?