Evie Day 771

Good morning, and a happy Friday to you all. Today is 25 April 2025.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I got some things done, booked a few more work days for May and June, and addressed some travel plans for May as well. I enjoyed a productive meeting with a colleague in Winnipeg and settled in to play with the guys for a couple of hours last evening.

Today will be interesting. Tests at the doctor’s office first, then running by Avis to snag a rental car. I’m going to a concert in my hometown this evening. I’ll get to see Andy McKee again, a guitar player from Topeka who has earned a global following. It’s going to be weird going to Salina – I don’t think I’ve been back since my dad’s funeral in 2019.

My wife let me know what the weekend is going to look like. I’m looking forward to spending some time with kids, and my granddaughter. I might have to break out a guitar and see if I can strum out something Evie can have fun dancing to.

That’s about it, really. Doctor, Salina, Weekend.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 770

Good morning, and a very happy Thursday to you all. Today is 24 April 2025.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I have a weird thing about certain numbers, and although I thought that day 22500 might have some significance, it was a nice, easy-going day.

We had some storms pass through, and Odin does not like thunder and lightning. He insinuates himself onto a leg rest, no regard for any of the other dogs… he moves Rosy and Lily out of the way, just throwing his weight around. He just needs to be comforted during the scary, stormy times. Looks like he could be spending some time in my lap later today, as another round of storms is expected to pass through.

I have some work to keep me busy, and a meeting this afternoon on a project I’m working on. Next week is pretty wide open, with a test teach on Monday morning, and some other work on the horizon.

Tonight, the tribes will gather around the light-emitting diode display, and there will be much happiness and slaying of bad guys around the virtual tabletop. Thursday has worked out pretty well for a couple of the guys, but it may not be permanent. The weekday game night has to be fluid for now. Sundays do not appear to be subject to any rescheduling. I’m just grateful to have some social interaction. I don’t get out much.

I see that the guy that ran a fake university wants to redefine accreditation for all of the other schools. There is something sad, and ironic in that. I doubt he’ll have much input on what happens in the engineering school – the way RFK Jr. talks about kids in the spectrum, I hope he never walks into an engineering building – the number of people that are neurodivergent might cause him to declare an epidemic.

OK, that’s enough. Time to get a pot of coffee on, and think about what I want for breakfast. Today might be a good day for a couple of slices of toast with peanut butter and just enough honey to add a little sweetness to the spread.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 769

Good morning, and a very happy Wednesday to you all – it’s HumpDay! Today is 23 APril 2025.

The day… 25% of the way from 20000 to 30000.

And the dogs go nuts… I really wish companies would quit putting pets in their commercials. I sometimes think it is intentional.

Lisa got up before I did this morning and flipped on an old episode of Columbo. This episode meets the intersection of “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and “The Avengers” with Robert Vaughn and Patrick Macnee. Napoleon Solo and John Steed. And the accused murderer is Dean Stockwell. It is kind of interesting seeing these old episodes.

One other thing… yesterday I shared that I had a training “audition” for a company. It went well.

Time to get a pot of coffee going and make myself a little breakfast.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 768

Good morning, and a very happy Taco Tuesday to you all! Today is 22 April 2025.

It’s quiet here at the house. Lisa is getting a little work addressed before she heads into her office. I’m replying to some correspondence from a teammate in Australia. The dogs are with us on the couch. with Rosy on Lisa’s lap, Lily on my lap, and Odin lying between us, gently dreaming of chaseable country wildlife.

I’m looking at my “days” number. Tomorrow will be a landmark day… 22500. 25% of the way from 20000 to 3000 days. I don’t get hung up on the numbers too much… the average person lives about 28500 days. I like to round up to 30000. When you think about the days one might expect to live, I think rounding up is a good thing.

I have a meeting later this morning, a “test teach” for a training company. I look forward to giving ’em a sample of what I can do. I think the topic will be storage – it’s an easy topic to demonstrate, and heaven knows I’ve talked about it enough in the last ten years.

I look at my workspace and I imagine what it will look like after a couple of changes. Time to optimize my workflow. That also means creating a space between my traditional workspace, the one I use to deliver my courses, and my creative workspace, where I mess around with art, writing, and music.

After that, back to editing and content creation for another project.

Tonight… there will be tacos!

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 767

Good morning, and a very happy Monday to you all. Today is 21 April 2025.

Yesterday was Easter. I hope that folks were able to spend valuable time with friends and family.

Saturday was our little celebration, with a little girl wearing an appropriate dress for the holiday, and she found many eggs left by the Easter Bunny in our living room and dining room. It was wet outside due to intermittent rain, so we kept things in the house. It was a great day to have Evie over. She can light up a room.

Today, I have a couple of appointments and some paperwork to get through. I am also going to tackle the layout of my workspace, doing a hard reset on my main standing desk, which I never stand at. I think I mentioned I picked up a new external display. It’s a bit on the big side… 21.5″ diagonal, and I want to get all of my primary tools on the same desk for better access. That means I need to make a plan. I also want to move the other desk that the display is currently resting upon to another part of the sunroom.

So, chats about work today and tomorrow, paperwork followed by research and editing, then a little exam prep. I’ll have a pretty busy week.

Lisa and I might have to pick an NBA team to follow in the playoffs. I like basketball, but I’ve always preferred the college game to the pros.

OK, time to make some coffee and look at the day ahead.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie 764

Good morning, and a very blessed Good Friday for those who practice some form of Christianity. Today is 18 April 2025.

Yesterday was a busy day, with work, meetings, and fun. We squeezed in an extra module yesterday afternoon, so we’ll finish up class a little sooner today. After that, I had a meeting with a gentleman about some editing and reviewing work I am doing on some technical topics. Last night, after dinner, I gathered around the computer display to hang out with the guys for a couple of hours.

Today, get the trash out, write a bit, eat some breakfast, get on with the day.

I have to admit, I have enough going on that it is currently distracting me. I’ll be back on Monday, after a weekend of bunnies and Easter baskets.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 763

Good morning, and a happy Thursday to you all. Today is 17 April 2025.

Sorry about not writing yesterday. I had a deadline and a couple of other things that required my attention, so I had to align my focus along that path first.

The class I’m teaching this week has gone pretty well, even for a topic I haven’t dove into for some time. Funny thing, this delivery has reinvigorated my interest in the PowerShell scripting language, which is a good thing.

Tonight I’ll get my tabletop yayas out, hanging out with the guys, and slaying some big bads. It’s always a good time, and a nice way to relieve some stress.

Right now, we have some thunderstorms rolling through, and when the thunder claps, my dog, Odin, is frightened. He is not a fan of thunder and lightning, which is a touch ironic considering his name. Odin turns 5 this year, but the weather can turn him into a little pup again.

Time for me to get my act together and take care of my morning responsibilities. That pot of coffee isn’t going to make itself.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 761

Good morning and a very happy Taco Tuesday to you all. Today is 15 April 2025.

Another day for a short note.

I’m delivering a class this week that I haven’t taught in quite some time, and it’s a joy going back through and reviewing some of the content that has faded away into oblivion in my noggin. It’s good to review the old stuff every now and then.

Yesterday was a good day, and I should’ve mentioned one thing… Sunday was a good day for the tabletop group. We didn’t have as many guys around the table, but we did have a good time, and I certainly had some fun. We have several different campaigns going on, and in this particular game, I’m running a grumpy dwarven cleric that likes to solve problems with his warhammer. I got three really good licks in at the close of combat to eradicate a foe with ill intent. The dice were kind.

I picked up a little more work with a short turnaround, so after class today I’ll be reviewing changes to the objective domains for a certification exam. It’s a good hour of work, and these days I don’t shy away from a gig. I can’t say I have much choice, really. I filed for unemployment in February and have yet to see a single payment hit my account yet. Funny – a few years ago someone committed fraud on my unemployment account, and now the Kansas Department of Labor has tighten up security so much that I can’t get access to those funds. There’s an irony in there somewhere.

OK, time for me to get something to eat and get focused on the day ahead.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 760

Good morning, and a happy beginning to the Western work week to you all. Today is Monday, 14 April 2025.

I’m going to be brief, I’ve got work to prepare for…

This week I’m teaching a scripting class, and I’m excited to teach the material. I haven’t taught a class of this nature in some time, and I am looking forward to it.

We had a productive weekend around here, between work and household responsibilities. Gracie and Evie came over, and it’s always a good time when my granddaughter is around.

Yeah, I’m not going to be very productive this morning. I need to get focused on the class.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all.

Evie Day 757

Good morning, and a pleasant Friday to you all. The end of the Western work week ends on April 11, 2025 this week.

I hope you are well.

I finished up my cloud solutions architecture class yesterday afternoon. The folks I had in class were great. One of the things I’ve noticed about the “expert” level courses is that the scores for those evaluations are generally a little lower than the scores for fundamentals or admin style courses. There’s no real hands-on in the class I taught this last week, just case studies, and I think that can work against the scores, but it’s also rather necessary for the class.

Today I have a few things to attend to. I have a meeting online with a prospective customer, and then an appointment with my doctor. I kind of messed up… the Teams meeting is at 10, and the appointment is at 10:40. I think I’ll head into town around 9:30, settle into a coffee shop close to the doctor’s office, and then have a shorter trip to see my GP.

After that, lunch and prep time, with the possibility of meeting with Gracie and Evie later today, after Gracie is done with her day at the school district.

Over the next few days, I will be focused on Powershell… I have a class next week teaching it, and for me it’s a lot of review. I still need to go through all of the exercises, even if they are all “copy and paste” commands. I’ll put together a little guide on the commands, what the do, and what are the optional parameters that can be passed.

Now, it’s time to get a pot of coffee on, grab a bite, take my meds, and get the trash out for the regular Friday pickup.

I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.

Peace y’all