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Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Went to bed late, then couldn't sleep. Woke up late, but before noon.

Waffles, dishes. Tried to replicate some OE addon issues. Did my federal taxes, like an adult. Installed battery tracker on the Evo. It's flippin' cold out there, like 0F. Spent silly money at Wawa. ST:SA, YouTube.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Decent day today. Woke up tired, but went through some PRs then had time to concentrate on a chewy set of problems. Nothing super fun or satisfying, really, just liked having the consecutive time to get a bunch of necessary code written. No meetings. 🎉

Jersey Mike's for dinner, YouTube, DDR.
February 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Stayed up late watching DS9, then couldn't sleep. I pushed my alarms and 10am meeting an hour before falling asleep.

Had my (now 11am) meeting, then another, with coworkers to set up their sprints. Barely got some tickets set up for myself before a quick lunch, then the sprint start meeting.
February 6, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Fixed a few problems today instead of getting tickets ready for next sprint. Whoops. But it's okay. Sprint retro today was fine. About as ordinary a day as we can get lately.

Picked up the Polestar in the afternoon. Had leftover pizza for dinner. Then some YouTube. Yawn.
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Couldn't code yesterday, had PRs to review, bug tickets to write/investigate, then sprint demos and preplanning.

Square pizza for dinner (Evo started fine, yay!), then some YouTube. Napped on the couch an hour before bed, then went straight to bed.
February 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Back to work. Mostly quiet day, with a few people out sick, and I was keeping my head down getting some tickets done.

Eventually I was pinged about some change being made. I asked some questions, and obviously upset the other party by them. Why do they seek me out only for me to aggravate them?
February 3, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Got stuff done around the house today. Bills, laundry, some cleaning. Posted another repo on GitHub.

Panera for late lunch/early dinner. Evo started w/o jump pack after charging all night, yay.

Watched third ep of Starfleet Academy. On paper I shouldn't like it, but by the end of the ep, I do. 🤔
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Went to bed late, woke up late. Started making breakfast with the bird on my shoulder. Left the house to visit my dad, but the rear tire on the Polestar was completely flat. Refilled it, then went to start the Evo, but its battery was too low. Jumped the Evo, limped both to the tire place.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The end of a difficult work week. At least it didn't seem to drag, I always felt a day behind where I actually was. Maybe because my sprint's always a little behind. Having lots of 1-on-1 convos with coworkers, just supporting each-other. Everyone's a little short-tempered, top to bottom.
January 31, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I should get to bed earlier. Not much to say except a bummer of an all-hands meeting today. 2025 was not good for us. I'm not encouraged things will turn around this year.

Five Guys for dinner. Started putting things on GitHub, hope to continue that.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Not much to say. Managed to catch up on most of my pending non-coding work in the morning, and despite a couple meetings and a D4 patch, got some coding tickets done after lunch. Hope to do more tomorrow.

Stayed home, tho the alley was plowed. Leftovers for dinner. Jet Lag finale. A little ONI.
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Another day of little coding. Reviewed PRs, got sidetracked by folks changing Jira configs, then finally did my 2025 self-evaluation and set goals for myself and my team for 2026. (Yes, I have a few devs who report to me, kinda. It still feels weird.) Developed a late-day headache.
January 28, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Still frustrated by work. Feel like I do 7 inconsequential things in a day, have 10 more things to do, and I can't concentrate or move the needle. Got a bit snarky with someone about cutting corners and regretted opening my mouth about it.
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Snow daaaay. Slept in, cleared the driveway of like 8" of snow, did laundry, played ONI. Cleared driveway again after sunset for another 6" or so (though the alley's unplowed so why bother). Eggs, toast, and beans for dinner. Little more ONI, watched Starfleet Academy ep 2, then YouTube.
January 26, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Lots of running around today. Winter storm tomorrow.

Slept in a bit, woke up, had a waffle, then out to pick up Instacart groceries. Ordered a cheesesteak from Primo to pick up on the way home. Why does it take them like 40 minutes to make a couple sandwiches?
January 25, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Woke up a little late. Reviewed a bunch of PH project designs and specs. Met to go over the (lengthy) project design process, but I had a good attitude through most of it. Asked more PH spec questions in slack, then some PRs after 6pm. All of that to say, made zero progress on any of my own tickets.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Woke w/headache again. Should've had more water after last night's DDR.

Sprint prep, met w/boss and co-lead for decent discussion. Still a little doom-y. Survived gauntlet of sprint meetings.

Leftovers for dinner. Tried calling Dad, busy signals, emailed. YouTube. Lil' ONI to end the day.
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Only put half the sprint together today. PH meeting in the middle of my day that offered no help. Sprint retro that felt like a wake.

Exhausted, had some Panera comfort food for dinner, and watched Jet Lag, then late night DDR to wring out any remaining nervous energy.

I want less stress at work.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Put out various Midnight prepatch fires in the morning, then sprint pre-planning and demos later. A whole lot of talking and I still don't know what we're doing. Gotta put together a sprint tomorrow, somehow.

Pizza for dinner. Watched Clarkson's Farm. Set up Undermine for Midnight, only to find...
January 21, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Cleaned the snow off the Evo and took it to Dunkin. Company holiday, but caught up on some tickets for PH P2 and API docs. Finishing those, played some ONI.

Moe's for dinner. Some YouTube, then took the bird out since he took his treat barrel off its chain and threw it. 😅 Lil more ONI. In bed at 1!
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Didn't do shit today. ONI. Jesus.
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Stayed up late last night... slept in. Plowed driveway, did bills, played ONI. Considered putting shatari on GitHub, but didn't wanna clean it up. Wawa for dinner. Had to jump start the Nissan to move it when we got home - too many cars up in here. More ONI after that. Just no energy to do anything.
January 18, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Not much done at work today, brain couldn't get in gear. Have Monday off, but plan to work a bit then anyway to make up for today. Had dept town hall, things not as bad as I feared but still not great. Just, ugh.

Jersey Mike's for dinner. Watched S1E1 of Starfleet Academy. Surprisingly not bad!
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Worked on capstone talent support on the Midnight talent calc. Got Jira admin access (woo!) and cleaned up the new ticket screens.

Leftover Olive Garden for dinner. YouTube, and DDR. Man, not much going on.
January 16, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Wrote a handler for failing to reach nether subdomain. Finished BNet PH API documentation. Had 1:1 w/boss, feel less doom-y now. Blizz finally updated capstone talent nodes in beta, will have to fix soon.

Olive Garden for dinner, ice cream after. Jet Lag. DDR. Not a bad way to end a day.
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM