Family

This weekend our small family gathered. Covid was experienced at Christmas, so we kinda had our Christmas today. It was good to see them all. My mother and I did some cooking, along with a few other family members pinching in ( who knew the secret to gravy was redcurrant jelly? ). Spinach and nutmeg and butter are a great combo too. I'll be having more of that in the future.

Children have grown, sometimes unnervingly fast. I was barely out of my teens when some of them came into the world.

I've taken to sitting in a little cozy near a radiator and bean bag, whilst watching YouTube videos. It's where I am now.

Exercise must be done more.

Sometimes I get to 2200 and my body is falling asleep for me. I haven't spoken to some friends in a while - we used to play video games together - now I'm writing code or learning something. It's not bad - i like it - but I feel I'm losing some people. I don't want to lose those closest to me. I need to make more time somewhere, but I can't summon the energy.

My tech evangelism worked in other areas - a friend got a job, and is super pleased about it! Go them! I'm excited that a door has opened for them. Freedom is a wonderful relief, and a blessing we often take for granted.

I'm trying to do a little meditation every now and then. It seems to help, but my body isn't as flexible as it used to be. I can feel even my ( tibialis anterior, apparently ) stretching beyond where they should. Uh oh. I used to be fit and healthy. Aging is a process I suppose.

I'm a little frustrated. How am I supposed to make all this time?

I think next on my checklist is moving. That's bothering me. It needs to be done yesterday to be honest, but it is what it is.

I received my first paycheck, which was nice. I've subsisted so long it feels a little odd. I've not had to stress about money. I could spend it if I wish - but I'm resisting for now. It looks significant - and it is - but once I've moved out and paid for bills, food, necessities; I doubt there will be much left.

I worry about Britain. I'm uncertain of it's future.

Why am I worrying so much today?

I ordered a keyboard from g Heavy Industries in America - a one person shop. I look forward to receiving it, whenever it may come. It should help me somewhat - these staggered keyboards drive me insane; they go completely against ergonomic principles.

I need a second screen - at least on my present system. Zoom and Slack take to rearranging my carefully sized windows however they wish. I often have six windows open across a "24 screen. It's managable when everything stays as it should - but Zoom and Slack go wild. I don't know if it is javascript ( I think it is in Slack's case ) but regardless; I blame JavaScript.

Maybe there's a slack terminal app I can try? doubt there's a Zoom one though... Huh, well, there's a slack terminal client - maybe I'll try it?

I need to learn bash script, I think. It would be super useful. I can do some rudimentary basics - but setting up automated things - like the template I copy paste into this page's directory, would be productive, and expand my skillset.

How do I feel about the past week? Hmmm. I'm glad I implemented something I thought I wouldn't be able to in the challenge on Friday. However, that was beyond the scope of this stage in the apprenticeship; the required steps, planning, and implementation, hindered my implementation to an extent. I had to refactor to a significant extent. I think the correct path is to try UML diagrams on Friday, and see how things go. I'll try and add User Stories into any additional components I might need.