Slow day at work.  I spent most of the time setting up the radio SDR on my Surface Go and Android Tablet. I am going to take the tablet with me to tomorrow’s camping trip with my friend. See what signal I can get up in the cascades.

☀️ 83°F – 61°F 😐 | Seattle 

 I woke up this morning to clean air and a recently washed city. It was a nice cool morning drive. I had to deliver unwelcome news to the team that we need to all be in the office Monday – Wednesday.  A few didn’t like the change.  Once I arrived home, I went swimming, played Mech Areana with my son, and read with my daughter.  Since it is getting darker early, I am planning to go to bed and wake up an hour later. 

I am slowly packing for a bike trip with my friend in the Cascades. It will be a 3-day trip and should be fun.

 🌦️ 74°F – 53°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 Air quality is much better. My headache is reducing. I am still figuring out how to streamline my job. Keeping people on track and away from distractions like social media and YouTube has been a challenge.  I estimate 2 hours of lost time a day.

I used to have this issue at my previous job, and I had removed social media apps from my phone. I tracked my time for a week and saw how much time I spent on the phone doing really nothing. I chose to spend my time off the phone and with my kids and work around the house.

 🌤️ 78°F – 53°F 🙂 | #Seattle 

Due to all the smoke in the air, last night I changed out the air filter in the furnace and ran the fan without the heat to clean up the air. I also built an air purifier using an air filter and box fan. It works well enough. Stayed indoors as much as possible.

 ☀️ 83°F – 54°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Smoke is filling the air. The sun this morning was a bright red. I played with the kids for most of the day. The pool is nice a cool at 79°F. It felt refreshing. I fixed my weather station this morning. I need to get it replaced, it’s over 10 years old. Time is going by so fast.

 🌫️ 80°F – 55°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Morning shopping with my son. Spent a lot of time in the candle aisle isle finding a nice scent for the office. I picked Cotton Willow scent. It’s clean and nice.  The pool is still very warm. We got a Red Flag warning starting tomorrow. Expecting smoke and fire.

 ☀️ 83°F – 56°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 I added my new rugs in the office this morning. It’s much nicer than the small piece I had previously. The day has been cooler than previous days and much welcomed. The pool is hovering around 86°F. Stayed up and enjoyed a fire outside and read more pages in the book Tales of the South Pacific.

I have nothing planned for this weekend. I might install an additional power outlet in the office and convert the lights to smart lights, so I can control them remotely.
 

 🌤️ 83°F – 53°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 I was up early this morning venting the house to cool it down. I got all my household duties done before work before the heat rolled in. Jumped into the pool to cool down on a break from work. I ran two AC units in the house to keep it cool throughout today.

My rugs arrived today; I will roll them out tomorrow when the office cools down.

 ☀️ 92°F – 65°F 😅 | Seattle