Friday, May 22, 2020

Post apocalyptic fish tank removals

Had a weirdo dream that was different enough that I remembered it when I woke up.

It was some dystopian, "after society broke down" type dreas mscape with roving bands plundering for resources, but we still had fish in a bunch of different sized tanks.

The bit I remember was having to do an emergency transfer and submerging a medium sized tank in a giant "could fit a billiard table and a few friends" sized tank, but when we pulled the medium tank out and carried it to the table, it was warping and twisting. Kept thinking it was going to shatter.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Ten kay, so close!

Had the chance to do another 10km run today, recorded. Don't always get a chance to have my phone on me when we do these longer runs.

My old personal best was 1 hour and 30 seconds. The long term goal is to crack the one hour mark for 10km but didn't quite make it. Was carrying my camelbak with about 2L of water and drank about half of it, but also had a little Flip 4 bluetooth speaker which added a bit of weight, though not much.

Todays time was 1:01.08 - 38 seconds off from my personal best. Though that time was done in 2018, two years of cream and wear & tear on the knees.

The highlight is that I managed to do it without dropping to a walk. In 2018 I remember I slowed down to a walk a few times, so my running speed must have been higher. Still, not too bad. Finished the run about eight minutes ago and I feel like I could go run some more (I'm not going to).

Thursday, May 14, 2020

First time in charge

Got dropped in the deep end a bit at work, ot volunstabbed to be in charge on an assessment. I managed to get through it with a few issues, but was good to have done it.

Should be a bit easier next time.

Monday, May 11, 2020

Fare thee well

I'm sorry we couldn't provide a better home for you. I'm sorry the other cats picked on you. Hopefully your next home will be your forever home.

Monday, April 27, 2020

Piano progress

Can't say I'm too happy with my current progress, but I'm doing better than I thought I would. It would be so much better to get actual proper lessons from a human, but it'll be a long time before we can afford that.

By my math, so far I've done 20 sessions across 50 days, though that includes 14 odd days that I was away for work. Making slow progress though still can't play a full song (Twinkle twinkle little star doesn't count).

Friday, April 10, 2020

Leaky leak

Fish tank had the filter pump pop a bit off sometime this morning. Net result, about 30L of water pumped out onto the ground.

Took a few hours of moping and cleaning to get everything sorted out. Still have stuff out on the line drying.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Home again

Bit of a drive, now home with the family. Pets have gotten bigger, fish have gotten more colourfull and life is good.