I went to the mall with my son for a walk. We spend time talking about pretty much anything and everything. Got some snacks from Daiso before heading back home. Spent the rest of the day playing games and watching TV.
⛅ 27°F – 16°F 🙂 | Seattle
It snowed for most of the night, but very little snow stuck. Hail still covers the neighborhood roof tops. It is very cold outside. My fingertips started to hurt on the drive to school to drop off the kids. I wore gloves when I picked them up later in the day. It was a beautiful day, with clear skies and clouds moving across the sky. I wish it snowed more and had enough on the ground to play in.
Work went smoothly. I got everyone to get going when the first started. It showed may the afternoon. The rest of the day I was decluttering my things. I got rid of more clothing that I haven’t worn for a long time.
Played games with the kids and had Mc Donald’s for dinner. It was a treat for the kids for helping around the house and all the things they did this week without any hassle.
🌤️ 20°F – 10°F 🙂 | Seattle
It was another hectic day at work. We got through it, but I need to get people moving earlier in the day, so we don’t have a collapse in the afternoon.
We were expecting snow fall early in the morning, but it didn’t happen. It started to hail at 2:30 pm and snow by 4:30 pm. Me and my daughter went outside to play in the snow/hail. It was an amazing site to behold. Hail swirling high above us until they become to heave and fall on us. We spent the rest of the night drinking hot cocoa and watching the snow fall from the Livingroom window.
🌨️ 40°F – 25°F 🙂 | Seattle
I have all my battery packs and electronics fully charged in case the power goes out in this winter storm. We are expecting below freezing (6°F) and some snow accumulation. We have plenty of food, so we don’t’ need to venture out to obtain any. The city is very mountainous, the roads is very steep and hard to drive in icy snow conditions. It’s best to stay home and enjoy the snow. I am thinking of having a BBQ outside like I normally do in these conditions.
Another busy day at work. Meetings, meetings, meetings. My typical Wednesday.
On the drive home you can feel the cold coming in. Once home the kids were excited for tomorrow’s snowfall. They talked about how fun it will be to play in the snow and make snow forts.
I headed to bed early incase if there is a lot of snow tonight and I need to clear the alley so my wife can drive to work. If it is really bad, she will be taking her PTO. I’m lucky that I have the ability to work from anywhere with an internet connection.
☁️ 38°F – 34°F 🙂 | Seattle
I was awakened in the middle of the night by my wife indicating that the ceiling in the bathroom was leaking. I spent 35 minutes locating the leak. It was coming from a sewage vent pipe from the roof. The rainwater ran down the pipe and into the bathroom. Once the wind died down the water stopped coming in. There was some water that came in, but not very much. I dried the area and left the ceiling in the bathroom open to dry what is left. I will place the board back up tomorrow. Work was hectic. A lot of things to do. Once I was off work, I relaxed and watched tv before I made dinner. I did more laundry to end the day. I am very tired and can’t wait to go to sleep.
🌧️ 44°F – 36°F 🥱 | Seattle
I had a good day at work. The team is doing well, and I got all my tasks completed today. The house is ready for the upcoming storm. I worry about the high winds and heavy rain. The roof doesn’t do well in high winds. I am hopeful that it will keep the water out.
🌧️ 40°F – 39°F 🙂 | Seattle
I got out of bed around 7:30 am and headed to the living room to get the day started. I watched some tv with my son and played a game with him. I was much more tired than I thought and fell asleep for another 2 hours. After waking up from the nap, I felt a lot better. Watched the Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals by one point. Afterwards I helped my son make dinner. More of a supervisor than actually doing any of the work. He feels more comfortable in the kitchen. We loaded up the dishwasher and watched some more tv before bed.
☁️ 43°F – 38°F 🥱 | Seattle
I did another full day at work. I can see the progress I have made with the Wiki and the Presentation Slides. I am introducing more information in my weekly meeting to be sure everyone is on the same page and up to date with the goings on at the company. I am testing out a new text expander software called aText. It looks better than what the company is using but I am not able to import/export between them. I will need to spend time manually copying everything over. It should take about 2 hours to do.
In the evening I started a new after dinner routine. Instead of watching tv or playing video games, we do something else. Each night is something different. Tonight, we played a board game and on Sunday will be Baking something. It was nice to have the TV off and no music. Just use talking and having fun. This year I am making big changes to what we do or what we purchase. I want more experiences and less watching TV. We are going to start to get out of the house more like we did before Covid. I still need to figure out something to go to this Sunday. Tomorrow I am going shopping and getting the house ready for the below freezing temperatures coming this coming week. I am expecting power outages.
🌧️ 47°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle
Work went well. I am really pushing to get more stuff done at work. The Wiki is coming together nicely, and all the little pieces are grouped up and ready to be put together. For dinner I made Lentil Soup from scratch. I forgot how easy it is to make. It came out great and the kids loved it.
🌧️ 47°F – 43°F 🥱 | Seattle
My sleep from last night was horrible. I didn’t want to use PTO, so I got up and headed to work. I am glad I headed into work today, some little issues arose but they were relatively easy to resolve. So, I worked on the company’s Wiki to make it relevant and made a home portal for my team. It’s not ready for prime time yet. I just need to clean up the portal and make it visually pleasing. That will be gotten to tomorrow. I went home and relaxed on the couch putting all my ideas for the new year in a notebook. I want to do a lot this year. I just need to fit it on my calendar while giving myself personal time to relax.
🌧️ 49°F – 43°F 🥱 | Seattle
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