Wednesday, July 22, 2026

ANA Y5 D51

Scream

It wouldn't let me create under my other account today? WTH?

Busy day at work. Got pulled into meetings. Got some hardware. Finished my data dictionary. Ordered pizza for dinner. 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

ANA Y5 D50

Still screaming.

I did some research yesterday. My ears may be because I am fat. Seriously. Blood flow and all that. So now we lose weight and see if it goes away.

Did a good amount of work yesterday. Did my first plant level demos. Wrote a data dictionary.

Made chicken for dinner. 

Monday, July 20, 2026

ANA Y5 D49

Scream

Laundry. Cleaning. Gaming.

Sunday in a nutshell. 

Sunday, July 19, 2026

ANA Y5 D48

Scream.

Frustrating day yesterday. Head hurts. Kid is doing better. Went in for follow up and eye looks good. Just needs to recover. Made fish and chips for dinner. Streamed for about 4 hours. Went to bed. 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

ANA Y5 D47

Back to screaming. Some day I would just like two days in a row. Is that asking too much? Just two solid days.

Kid's surgery was a "success". They ended up doing a band over her retina as it has a high success rate for someone her age with a much less intrusive and restrictive recovery time. They also took a laser to her other eye to reduce the risk of this happening again to that one. 

Did some more work yesterday. Fridays are turning into "documentation" days. Good use of my home time. I captured a ton of information to share with people as this is a growing project. Made burgers for dinner. Inside as the AQI was still well over 300. It was 744 on Thursday so down a bit, but not enough to be safe. Neither of us could breathe well. 

Chore day. Woo. 

Friday, July 17, 2026

ANA Y5 D46

Silence. Will take it.

The Canadian wildfires are really affecting us. The air outside smells like a campfire. Nothing but smoke for miles. I felt like I was back in SoCal all day. Any time we tried to go outside we couldn't breathe. It's bad out there.

In bigger news, the kid is going in for surgery today. Her retina has detached in her right eye. She is having a gas bubble inserted which will push it back into place. I am freaking out about this. I will know more later.

Had more traction at work. Now have direct IT support and them wondering why I am not in their group. Very surreal. This whole week has been surreal.  

Thursday, July 16, 2026

ANA Y5 D45

Screaming bad this morning. Really loud and painful.

This was a good week in office. I got a lot done. Got traction on my project. Got multi department exposure. Have more meetings about deployment today. All to be ruined by my stupid head. So tired of it. Just want to rip it off. 

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

ANA Y5 D44

Silence. Power out. Typing quick before battery dies. BIG day yesterday. Much done.

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

ANA Y5 D43

Silence.

Back in the office yesterday. I took for granted how quiet it is working or being at home. So many beeps and boops and noise all day in the office. My head was killing me all day. But I did manage to get through multiple meetings and social encounters. I built a new app. I got a PM assigned. I survived. Made chicken cheesesteak for dinner. 

More of the same today. 

Monday, July 13, 2026

ANA Y5 D42

 Screaming

Of course my first day back in the office and it's screaming. Why wouldn't it be? At least my last off day was good. I had a good quiet day. Recorded videos, did laundry, played outside, mowed the lawn. I was productive and calm. Now it's all gone.