I actually have something fun planned! My now-former employer offers public short-courses in various hobbyist topics. These usually fill up quickly so I registered for a dining etiquette course this Saturday a month or so back. Not an employee at this uni anymore but I am still allowed to attend the course so
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Mostly just cleaning my house. I never really finished moving last summer and shits just thrown everywhere 😅 I finally got everything off the floor, threw it in a basket, and vacuumed a couple times. Now begins the process of finding homes for everything in the basket.
My cat sheds like crazy even with daily brushing, so the situation was dire
Hiking
Playing wirh argo cd in my home lab. :)
Still getting over a cold so taking it easy. Hopefully making soup and bread, doing some Polish, reading and watching a bit of telly and a wonder around the garden with our cat.
I have tons of family events so not much will be done except that. I'll try to fit in a session of duet Delta Green with my SO and some prep for my new One Ring 2e table (any ideas are welcome)
Playing the Oblivion remaster and hanging out with a friend. He comes over and him, my wife and myself play Mario Party and chill. I’ve been sick for the past couple days and feel like I’m coming out of it, so I’ll be recovering too.
I came up with a nice little fingerpicked chord loop today, so I hope to get a rough recording of it over the weekend (once I've practiced it a bit more).
I've also made great strides with my conlang recently, so I hope to continue adding some more vocabulary. Also, I need to write out some sentences I intend to say in the conlang, to give it a proper test to see if it holds up to the pressure. Also debating whether to add /aʊ/ and/or /ɔ̹ʊ/ as diphthongs.
I have loads of pieces I need to 3D print for the storage rooms Skådis boards to finally clean up the mess that's been building over time.
Saturday is babysitter time for family and Sunday is hopefully BBQ day.
Wish everyone an awesome weekend !
I wanna continue building my Barbatos Gundam maybe even work on Full Armor. Play some games, ensure that my slskd setup is working correctly now.
Perhaps even go for a walk outside, weather here is amazing rn
Today I'm going to the statue of liberty and the 9/11 memorial, tomorrow I'm just going to wander NYC until my mom heads for the airport then I have a 6-7 hour trip home. I work Sunday night so that wipes most of the day out for me.
Go to gym (skipped whole week), re-start working on old 3d printer (full of dust and it's a super cheap copy of prusa mk2 so it will need a lot of new parts printed or bought), maybe go for a ride around liman with friend.
Gonna be playing warframe :3