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g5w  ·  1302 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 2, 2020

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Spent part of Saturday working on trim for the hallway. Had to make a cover for the radiator at the top of the stairs using bits and pieces of leftover wood from other projects. After cutting the pieces I realized I screwed up a couple of the cuts. Managed to put it together, but then dropped it and it fell apart. Spent way too long pulling nails and rebuilding it. Final result is .... okay, but at least it is done. Sapped my energy for doing anything more for the day. Then Sunday the weather was so nice I decided to take the wife kayaking at local lake, then dove into yard work finishing a bunch of cleanup that got left after the big spring projects. Yard looks so much better without all of the piles of twigs and branches, but got so little done inside. This weekend we are going away so won't get anything done. Humbug.

Family

This weekend is my mother-in-law's 80th birthday, so the family is all going up to celebrate. Everyone is camping out in the yard and establishing social distance zones. At least I have an excuse for avoiding certain folks.

Local schools have decided to go full remote until October, then review infection rates before deciding when/if they are going hybrid. Someone managed to pull the right strings and the school got a grant to buy every student a laptop, that they get to keep even after schools are back in the building full time. Very generous. I wish every town/city had that ability. Now I just hope my daughter's teachers are able to a better job of remote teaching. In the Spring they just assigned a bunch of reading and YouTube videos. My daughter struggled terribly with that approach. She needs more interactive lectures and to be able to ask questions.

Work

Just hosted my first online training for new staff. Normally I do one-on-ones with new staff, but today I had a dozen in a Zoom session. I always feel like I overwhelm them with information, but it has proven to be very helpful for staff to get a high-level training so that their future trainings can build on it. Otherwise they get a bunch of super specific trainings (well spaced apart) that have no context. I just feel bad that the have to listen to be drone on in my monotonous voice for two hours.

In the end, a good week. Some progress on projects at home (even if not the ones I intended to work on). Some relaxing time with the wife. And the weather is turning to my favorite season. As much as I hate raking leaves, I love the colors and the cool days. Time to get the firepit ready!