ericmwalk’s statuslog

I have had only one cup of coffee today so far at 4am EST and it is now almost noon CST… I NEED to correct this, please send help! ☕️

Well a fun morning of flying but landed back home in Minnesota and time to drive home and get more work done.

Time to go flying again… Nothing like a 5:30am departure time to start the day right.

Already at work today with 2 meetings down. Where did the night go. 😴

Going to mark this down as a fist as I decided against the car rental for the week as I only need it for tonight and the Uber cost was pretty much the same. So… the adventure continues.

Made it to Boston… Now to figure out the best way to get the last 100 miles… 🤭

Time to fly again because seems like a better option to move than stay in a hotel tonight and not leave till 11am tomorrow.

Missed flight in Atlanta… Let the fun begin as I make my way to my destination.

Landing at 8:30pm and my flight takes off (or so the app says) at 8:50 pm currently no delay on that end 😬

Flying and only slightly worried about my connected flight but I will deal with that in 2hrs 😄

Productive morning… Short run, walked dog, and made an egg, bacon, with tortillas breakfast all before 9am.

Using the quiet Saturday morning to drink coffee (obviously), get a little work done, and catch up on various RSS feeds that I really enjoy and don't always find the time. Yay Internet!

Guess it pays to stay awake at 5am. Had a fabulous cup of coffee and just finished another employee review.

I realized a little while ago that I hadn't had coffee for more than 2 days.... That is when you know for sure you have not been feeling well.

Time to start the drive..

Only working a half day today and really need to focus and get some reviews done!

Never guess where I am again… Go Eagles! 🦅

Watching the youngest swim this morning…

Saturday afternoon, beautiful outside and I will be inside live-streaming a hockey game…

Nervously waiting to hear how Basketball tryouts went for our oldest in high school now…

One of those early evening night where I could really just head to bed right now but no rest yet have a self assessment to complete while waiting for an activity.

Sometimes it just night to start the day with a cup of coffee and going through Reeder to catch up on things. Slow mornings are good.

Day off today… oh wait. Hockey games for the hockey player 2 in fact 🙄.

I can't believe it is already this late in the day. Where did my workday go!

Time for some hockey and I drew the short straw to video.

Ice Draw anyone…..?

Snowing…

I had a good reset this morning on getting so things mapped out for the week after seemingly squandering my time last Friday afternoon till today.

New dad moment that I found myself at a nail salon because my daughter needed her nails done. I can confidently say I have never been in one and the fumes are almost too much for me.

Note I am not getting my nails done but the nice lady asked if I needed anything too. 😆

Playing Mario Wonder with my youngest is not a bad way at all to close out the week.

Time to do some Ice Draw strategy with the group as the kids have practice…

Cutting your run short due to a meeting you had to attend only to find out the meeting got moved in the 45 min you were away from your desk is a little frustrating...

On a rainy day sometimes a good Power Nap is all you need. I think I am refreshed enough to do some work while kids are at activities now.

Such sad news when I got out to the "office" early this morning to find out my trusty Heat Storm WIFI heater does not seem to be heating anymore.

Such a rookie mistake I was planning on working on some things during my daughter's hockey practice this morning and of course the computer is not charged. So now I am sitting in a hallway on the floor to get a charge.

Morning coffee and mapping out a running route. 😃

Watching my youngest at her second ever swimming meet.

Just realized I have tomorrow off of work.. Nice! Now what to do…

Did my first trail run race today and it wasn’t all bad.

Who seriously creates a spreadsheet with numbers that are then shown to add up together but they hard code the numbers instead of actually having a formula to total said numbers up.

Waiting for my daughter at dance tonight and just took a 10 min power nap in the car… I do feel much more energized now that was helpful. 😀

Portland was nice last week but there is something to be said getting back into things now that I am home this week. Everything is setup as I like and my day is slightly more predictable.

I should probably be doing some thing productive but what I am doing is sitting on the couch in my hotel room just catching up on what I can find in my RSS app.

Time to go flying… 🛫🛬

Hockey Dibs (volunteering).. Such a fun way to spend a Saturday night.

Early morning Breakfast club for our Hockey player… Guess I will check emails and see what is happening online for this hour get to be an a rink.

I am finding myself wanting to pick up more paperback books again… However, that also means I need to find time to actually read such books and not just listen to books. 🤔

Under the lights Cross Country meet for our oldest and youngest tonight.. Let’s go! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Need to drop a kid off at work and take another one to wish a happy birthday to her friend and then… I think it is me time to go find a place to run.. 😃

Probably the numbers guy in me but just seeing a pie chart with out any percentages in a small screen just irritates me. Also, when the person presenting it is a treasurer of an organization.

Finish off the night with the late show at Seinfeld tonight.. Should be fun.

The day seems like it's still just getting started time to watch my daughter play some hockey.

Time for some rivalry football.. Iowa vs Iowa State… Let’s go Hawks!

Seems like a good morning for a run…. I think…

I have realized over the weekend our family has way too many chargers and charging devices… Yet, we can never find one for our phones or devices when need be. How is this possible.

Who was excited to wake up super early today to get their son to school to catch the bus to a cross country meet?

Wonder how many times I could have in my stats.. At the Ice Rink again..

Sitting in a training today considering finally pulling the trigger on a new desk top for my standing desk. I have always wanted my desk to be a little deeper as I always kick the wall. A little longer wouldn’t be the worst either since it is a little cramped since I can’t sit in the center with my computer hidden underneath one side.

The most annoying part of bee stings for me is the days after itching that occurs. Also, I have gotten stung more times this year than I feel like my entire life so far.

Saturday night plans you ask? I can be found at the rink till 9pm as there is two games tonight for Mads.

Work… what is work when you have a Friday afternoon hockey tournament game.

Today is one of those days I look fondly at the couch in my shed office wondering if I should take a quick nap.

Here I sit drinking a hot coffee (that is delicious by the way) and complaining about how hot it is outside.

Time to get back on the road again today and head home. Was a great time in Iowa with family for the wedding.

Well the bees got me again weed eating around the house (Eric - 0 Bees - 3, that is the overall times not the amount they have stung me 😔). However, now I know where they are and it is a big nest in the ground so I can fight back. 🐝

I am not going to lie when I say I like that it is 53°F out this morning. I wish I would have done something but drinking coffee and getting some work done suites me fine right now.

Well this has kind of turned into a long day of work. I am ready to leave the shed now.

Rainy day at the camper means time for some movies 🎬

Ok it is time for our Puppy “Big Darbs” (Darby the Doodle) to go check out the lake. We will see how this goes 😬

Enjoying the morning drinking coffee and catching up on a couple things before everyone else wakes up.

I am going to assume I broke my email this morning transferring some of my main domains over to Porkbun. Not that they did anything wrong but I am positive I probably configured it incorrectly.

Some days you get to the end of a long day and decide to lay down and take a quick 15 min nap before making dinner… that day is today and I now feel more refreshed.

Changing my work Windows password right now… I am going to assume this will lead to lots of things not working and frustration for the rest of the day. I am not quite sure how this process doesn’t work smoother as it is 2023. 🤨

Confident I spent more time than I should have updating my blog theme / layout. Still need to tweak it some more but I think it is an ongoing process that is never truly finished… Or maybe that is just me.

I really enjoy using my iPad Pro for all things not work related but it makes me feel like I want a MacBook Air or something to fill in some of the gaps. However, I also feel like this iPad could handle what I need if it could only run MacOS.

Well it has been too long that I have been away from my actual work desk at home and even though I am not quite ready to start the week it is good to be sitting in front of it again as I have missed my big monitor and quiet office.

Ready to call it a day already. Weeded the flower / rock beds, sprayed the yard for bugs, vacuumed out my car, gave a dog a bath, and yelled at Best Buy Geek squad for the 3rd day in a row as no one knows anything 😖.

Guess my shed “office” automation of all lights out at 10pm works pretty well as I am now trying to turn the lights back on…

I seem to be down a rabbit hole of trying to to figure out the Strava API in conjunction with Apple Shortcuts. I think this is quite beyond my skills.

I am so far behind in all things personal related these days. I would have thought a week of work travel would have caught me up on some of that but most of those nights were spent working 🤷‍♂️

Time for some more flying…

Someone behind me just asked the flight attendant if they still handed out puke bags 🤔😬🤢

Feels like a cruel joke that my early flight today got delayed and now instead of getting to my destination at 2pm it will be 11pm.

430am wake up time this morning it might be a long day. Send coffee ☕️

The next 24 hours is going to be a long one with little sleep, car travel and an flight. Tired just thinking about it. 😄

Doing some work pool side at the Community Center while our youngest does some swimming.

I realized this morning that a book I started listening to I am pretty sure I have listened to before. However, I am wondering if I ran out of time and never actually finished it as I am tracking with the story but don’t remember how it ended, so I guess I will just listen again.

Well I guess I have procrastinated long enough and I should finish my Taxes today.

If anyone needs anything I will be sitting at a dance competition all day to watch eight 2 min performances.. We’ll let’s go. 😄

Sushi Friday!

Wish I didn’t have to work or attend meetings this afternoon because there is a lot of basketball that could be watched right now…

Making some updates to a non-profit website that they decided to quickly launch on Sunday night 🫣

Testing out some.pics that is part of the omg.lol empire by uploading my first . Honestly, I continue to be impressed by everything that is offered and looks like more to come! Great work @adam.

Today is Tuesday but wish it was already Friday after the busy weekend of activities and start to this week. I hope to use this next weekend as a catch up. Oh and there is tons of College Basketball to watch!

District Hockey Championship Game is about to start in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. Let’s go girls! 🦅

First up 8am basketball. Let’s do this Eagles 🦅

It all comes down to this weekend for the Hockey and Basketball season… Let’s go!

Flying…

Already at the airport for my early morning departure… Need to find some coffee but no place is open 😑

Not happy I somehow woke up at 3:30 am and can not fall bask to sleep. Might make for a long day.

It is an hour earlier where I am now and I still work up at 5:45 am local time. I guess we should find some coffee.

Great win for the Eagles today.. Now rush to the airport as I gotta catch a flight 😱

Another big day of district playoffs for Hockey. Time to take down the Hornets… 🐝…. 🦅

First game of districts playoffs starts… Now with the puck drop! Go Eagles! 🦅

Rainy walk to the “office” today… What month is this again because today it feels like April.

Woke up this morning to a black screened iPhone. Guess there was maybe an update that went a little off or something. Thankfully a hard restart got it going again.

It has been a long day of basketball watching and driving home. What an exhausting weekend…. Is the weekend tomorrow?

Up early today partially because I couldn’t sleep and the other part is we drew the short straw of the 8am basketball game. But first… Coffee!

6:15pm it is snowing and almost dark out so this makes sense right?

Still no real snow yet today and not to cold at the moment. I should just blow off my 1pm meeting and get a run in 😆…

Probably should have done this last night but trying to make sure all the technology works for the kids eLearning day today.

Kids don’t have school today but I have a mountain of work to get done… More coffee and then I will head to the shed office to focus.

Guess what time it is… Hockey Tournament Weekend… Let the games begin tonight! Go Eagles 🦅

I have only had 1 cup of coffee today… Yep 1 and it is 1pm 🤯. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Trying to clean up my work email which is a complete mess. I am not sure how this always gets so out of control but this morning seems like the best time.

Archive... Delete... Archive... Delete... Delete... Delete...

Let’s play Hockey… 🦅

So glad it is Friday and that the day is done! After a hockey game coming up I might have to find a drink.

I have spent too much time tonight working / looking at PHP code and doing all all of this from my iPad. I am not sure if any of this is right…

Oh no, I am getting really distracted today looking into RSS, XML, and JSON feeds.

Wednesday night Hockey… Let’s go!

Nice work @adam on continuing to build out and make small changes to status.lol!

Already on coffee number 3 today 😳

How did it happen that it is already Monday again? ☕️

Time for some early morning basketball. Let’s go Eagles 🦅

What is this.. am I going to a gym?

Some Friday night hockey starts…. Now!

It's Friday! Who is excited or has big plans?

Well it has been 10 days so probably time to move my body again and attempt a run on this sunny day.

Why do I find myself looking for new keyboards on a chilly afternoon?

I haven't worked from the Shed Office for almost 3 weeks now. This just feels wrong and might need to be corrected tomorrow when everyone goes back to their normal places. 🤞

Soon this will pass but another day watching my daughter play hockey from the comfort of my couch and not at the rink 😔

Game night for me and one of the sick ones that can also touch the pieces 🙄

Well, this is kind of cool that there is now a way to respond to a .. Well done as always @Adam!

Sitting in the living room last night and we hear a loud pop. I know immediately what happed but walked to the garage to check. Fast forward I am now waiting in a 4 hr window of time for the Garage Door people to show up to replace the broken spring.

No better time than now (9:45pm) to put on a jacket and grab my lights.

Not surprising it is time for more hockey…

Time to do some driving again…

It is going to be a long day with two 3.5 hrs driving stretches at some point. Just keep the coffee flowing.

Good news.. Car is ready from the mechanic bad news I have now bought all new tires for both our vehicles in the past month 😖. Well better find a way to go pick it up before it closes 😉.

Trying to update my omg.lol page but now I have a meeting I need to attend 😄

Rounding the night out with a dance performance at St. Kates

Next up on today a basketball game.. Of course. Go Eagles 🦅

First up today…

One more meeting for today… It has been a long day of meetings but then I need to do that actual work 🫣

Still a winter wonderland outside today... Kids school went from a 2 hr delay to an e-learning day. This could get interesting again with a full day of meetings. Wish me luck.

It is snowing like crazy here today again… Looks at schedule to see when I can get outside in this fun weather. Found a 2 hour free block after my 12:30 meeting. Game on!

Back to work and the kids are back at school... Time to see what I have missed during my time off before the onslaught of meetings later this week.

Starting the New Year off right with a cup of coffee and a quiet morning of going through photos and making sure they vet backed up to the appropriate places.

It’s go time! Let’s play Hockey! 🦅

During the quiet morning before everyone wakes up I am struggling to figure some website work for the non-profit I have been helping out for years. Glad I have some coffee 😉

Hockey is on the agenda for all afternoon and evening.

Should be an interesting day today.. Kids school got canceled, family came into town early due to weather, cleaner scheduled to come today, plumber coming to finish the bathroom, and the fireplace people are going to finish that install.

Seems fitting stayed up late to shovel the rink and put some water down only to find out it is going to snow all day today. Thanks weather 😖

Family Christmas Exchange and Meal

With this amazing weather of -5°F today I have to think my backyard rink is continuing to make ice.

Not surprisingly it is snowing again.

Two games done and they are 1-1 so hopefully they can pull off another win!

3 Basketball games tonight and the first one is staring now and I think we will be done by 11 😳

Still watching the snowfall and thinking of how much damage this is going to do to the backyard rink 😑

Dealing with contractors that screwed up installing our shower upstairs is not the highlight of my morning.

Triaging emails this morning before I need to get more kids moving off to school and the bathroom people show up.

Building some random iOS shortcuts because for some reason I tell myself I need them.

Still watching water fill my backyard rectangle up and praying there isn’t a leak… Also, testing out the beta status.lol app 😉

Probably should be sleeping but rewatching videos of my son’s basketball games to do the stats for the coach 🫣

Might be a snowstorm outside but the school choir concert will continue

Time for some Live Football

Work up this morning to my Smart Thermostat telling me for the last 2 hrs our house heater has not turned on. Looks like this day is going to get a little derailed.

Early morning basketball today. Really hope these boys can pull this one together as there were some close tough losses yesterday. I will do my part drinking coffee at this hour..☕️ Let’s go!

Time for more basketball

The little one has a quick dance performance…

Now on to some Hockey

Time for some basketball

First up today bowling…

Going to be a busy day today but first coffee…

Homemade Pizza night..

It is hovering around 15°F… Seems like the logical time to get outside and run. 😁

Time to watch some Hockey

Love it when a meeting gets canceled and I get an open block of time!

Glorified Uber driver.. I mean parent 😁

Seems to be snowing again…

Doing some database work...😱

Ice Drawing….

Time to get back to work this week after a week off. Too bad I seemed to have picked up something as I feel miserable today.

Just seems like the perfect time of year to get outside…

Taking the Doodle in to get her monthly shot… Poor doodle :(

Trying to get the Shed office warm… Currently 51°F

Running….

Time to mess around with all of the statuses….