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Back to work after a week of PTO. Company had some layoffs while I was out (my org is not affected). Home theater receiver died this morning, while I don't have time to investigate -- needs either a factory reset or a full swap-out.

my boss is gone all week, i grad my grad degree Friday, and I'm off to japan the day after that, so so far so good :D

My boss will be out to an interesting trip to Vegas which means I can do some small things I’ve been meaning to do while I had downtime: mainly updating our current workstations to SSDs and organizing for the upcoming project. Speaking of that project: anyone know of any good communities for candles?

I have been sick for almost two weeks. I had the stomach flu then caught a bad cold immediately after (still testing negative). I'm behind on my work and I have a big deadline next month so feeling a bit down. Hoping to be magically recharged and crank out the last of my to do list but stressing that it won't happen.

I'm almost finished with The Choice by Edith Eger. It's been an emotionally difficult read but it's very well written. Looking forward to reading some a bit brighter next.

It's been a rollercoaster... I've been stuck on the step to make cabinet doors for a project I'm working on at home for the last three weeks... but as of last night, it seems like I've broken that barrier wide open, and I finally finished the assembly of four doors, and they all look absolutely fantastic!

On the down side, my kids all got pink eye, and on their "field day" week at school.. Which in and of itself stinks, but the on who has considerable FOMO did this exact thing last year, too, and missed all the stuff then as well. I feel pretty bad for them.

Work is actually pretty cool. But, the MVC architecture for .Net doesnt make a bit of sense to me, and I can't wait to be done with this app so I dont have to use it again.

Doing fine. Today I joined this instance hahaha. I also was able to be productive today, which is nice! I am currently trying to learn a bit of Python and how to use Packet Tracer. It is going fairly good.

Slowly. But it's almost hump day.

Oof I’ve hit the under two week deadline for my final portfolio in school and I’m permastressed. I’ve been finding myself spending hours playing The Long Dark as the unforgiving canadian wilderness is easier than just working on my school work 🫠

I'm waging a losing war against the squirrels for my flower bed. So far, I have saturated the area with Irish Spring soap shreds and sprayed a mix of Repel All/Tobasco sauce on everything. The smell is nauseating.

Does anyone know if those sonic repellant machines actually work?

Ever since I took on a new role at work, I've been busy attending more meetings with Very Important People than before. For someone like me who prefers not have the attention of Very Important People, it's nerve-wracking.

My little boy is just at the tail end of Chickenpox… so that has made it a tough week with long sleepless nights (had to be cuddled all night long) and unhappy days. Thankfully he’s a lot better now.

On the plus side, it has been nice having some solo dad time while mum worked and as he started feeling better we’ve been having lots of fun running around the house and playing in the garden.

Now I’ve just got to get caught up with work.. of course it suddenly gets really busy just as I had to take last minute leave!

Finished work early so I'm happy. It's been a tough week as my chronic back/shoulder pain has been acting up. Thankfully work has been relatively relaxing and got a surprising amount of positive feedback from the directors. What that says for my performance when I'm not in agonising pain I'm not sure!

Going to my sister's to watch her cat for the weekend, should be chilled. I intend to drink the pain away as my meds aren't working.

I stayed at an Airbnb for a friend's bday last night and had a great time singing along to Road to El Dorado (and kept everyone up with my snoring). I'm back home, cleaning myself and the apartment and will shortly be taking a Tears of the Kingdom break.

I'm from Lemmy.ml and replying to this! Isn't federation great?

...my week is going well, btw. Getting some Qdoba today for lunch with the bf.

Adding that to my TBR. I got back into reading 2 years ago, it's helped my mental health so much by replacing social media. Hope your week calms down＼(^-^ )

So far it's going well - I have a bike mechanic stand that I forgot at a venue a few weeks ago that I'm hoping is still there. Life is so hectic with a 6 month old kid and full-time job that I've literally not had the mental bandwidth to lean into the communications game to get it back until today. Fingers crossed.

My coworker broke his wrist pretty bad while we were riding bikes. As a result, I've effectively taken over his responsibilities. Everything in my project is going poorly and the plant I'm working at is in a bit of a crisis. But I'm happy because I'm planning to move later this year to Chicago. I'm excited about the move and excited to work with a different company for the first time since I graduated.