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Apr. 1st, 2024 06:29 pmI've had a few weeks of bad sleep and I think it's safe to ascertain that a lot of it was a result of allergy season and it's left me with bad sleep which lead me to being incredibly sluggish with breathing problems and elevated heart rates that had me wondering if it was long-term COVID I was fighting. Nope, one albuterol inhaler later and I'm finally normal enough to type up a post like this without fighting brain fog.
Despite this, I took another trip to the Bronx Zoo as I needed the excuse to take more photos. Every time I visit there's something funky I can catch that I missed a previous time. This time it included owls feeding on mice. Photos to come, just too busy to work on them right now. Feel free to nag me if you want to see them sooner. It's not all owls eating mice. Just, uh, some.
I needed to learn a few more things anyway. I also am tempted to buy another lens but set myself up a benchmark for when to splurge because I feel like a spendthrift these days anyway. Readjusted some of my contributions to the rent so Michelle can build up her savings as well now that she's debt free as well. There was some big spending these past few weeks for the sake of gifts because I seem to be stuck believing that if I don't feel like it dented my paycheck then it isn't a good gift. Yeah, I need to get out of that but at least the relatives aren't complaining lol. Kids liked their gifts by the way, though they are now also going to be good on stickers for a loooong time.
I'm working on some other things here and there but it's mostly been work. I spend Friday from 10am workday into Saturday at 4am straight fixing some problems that I realized I kept missing thanks to a more strict client that is more demanding but I honestly feel like I needed in order to realize what sort of shit I keep missing.
Of course, I type this but also realize I have yet to master anything at the new job, just get good enough to make it acceptable and it's been almost a year that I've been here. I gotta git gud.
So I guess it's another excuse for me to be awol from here, but I still have so much more I need to commit to muscle memory.
The people above me in NIH continue to leave me confused as I thought we had the contract renewed but I just dealt with another new hire asking me questions about the contract that I have 100% no idea about. I'm just someone with boots on the ground with no idea about what's happening on a grander scale. It ends in a month which means if I don't keep the job then I'm going to figure out some things to trim. We'll still be fine, it just means saving up for that deposit gets slower.
Well nothing comes for free. Not now of all times and definitely not for the barely-successful, so off I go!
Despite this, I took another trip to the Bronx Zoo as I needed the excuse to take more photos. Every time I visit there's something funky I can catch that I missed a previous time. This time it included owls feeding on mice. Photos to come, just too busy to work on them right now. Feel free to nag me if you want to see them sooner. It's not all owls eating mice. Just, uh, some.
I needed to learn a few more things anyway. I also am tempted to buy another lens but set myself up a benchmark for when to splurge because I feel like a spendthrift these days anyway. Readjusted some of my contributions to the rent so Michelle can build up her savings as well now that she's debt free as well. There was some big spending these past few weeks for the sake of gifts because I seem to be stuck believing that if I don't feel like it dented my paycheck then it isn't a good gift. Yeah, I need to get out of that but at least the relatives aren't complaining lol. Kids liked their gifts by the way, though they are now also going to be good on stickers for a loooong time.
I'm working on some other things here and there but it's mostly been work. I spend Friday from 10am workday into Saturday at 4am straight fixing some problems that I realized I kept missing thanks to a more strict client that is more demanding but I honestly feel like I needed in order to realize what sort of shit I keep missing.
Of course, I type this but also realize I have yet to master anything at the new job, just get good enough to make it acceptable and it's been almost a year that I've been here. I gotta git gud.
So I guess it's another excuse for me to be awol from here, but I still have so much more I need to commit to muscle memory.
The people above me in NIH continue to leave me confused as I thought we had the contract renewed but I just dealt with another new hire asking me questions about the contract that I have 100% no idea about. I'm just someone with boots on the ground with no idea about what's happening on a grander scale. It ends in a month which means if I don't keep the job then I'm going to figure out some things to trim. We'll still be fine, it just means saving up for that deposit gets slower.
Well nothing comes for free. Not now of all times and definitely not for the barely-successful, so off I go!
