Commuted to my office every day this week, which is unusual for my hybrid schedule, but my employer expects a certain number of office days each month and with Thanksgiving around the corner, I’m getting my office days earlier in the month to make up for the PTO later.
Used the extra commute time to catch-up a little (I’m months behind) on my favorite podcast Roderick on the Line.
Had a family emergency that pulled my wife away to take care of her parents.
Solo-parented for a couple nights due to the aforementioned family emergency, and it went great, better than I could have imagined. I suspect that my wife and I are getting played by the toddler. When there’s only one parent around for a while, I think the toddler understands that the rules are more firm and there are no second opinions.
Bought a SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player from a guy on Craigslist. I haven’t had that much time with it, but my initial impression is mixed. Getting a dedicated MP3 player is part of a broader project of rethinking my relationship to music, media ownership, and Spotify. Even if the Fuze+ doesn’t end up being what I want, it’s a start.
Abandoned Good Omens, picked up Foundation’s Edge instead. I’ve been in a reading rut the last couple months and I hope that another Foundation book will kick-start it.
Tried Ubuntu on my Debian laptop. It felt a lot more polished even though it’s 90% of what I already have. I’ll probably switch to Ubuntu at some point.
Used a marinade recipe from The Chicago Diner cookbook to make a fake bacon out of tofu. It was great, the first time I’ve had a BLT sandwich in over 20 years.
Speaking of food, the annual Thanksgiving day hosting planning and preparations have begun in earnest. As usual, there will be more people than can comfortably fit into a two bedroom condo, but at this point, my wife and I are veterans of transforming the space and making plenty of food.