Reflections On 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by larry

On initial reflection, did not feel like it was an accomplished year for me. I thought I would be lighter, in less debt, more healthy none of which came true.

There were two non work, but non vacation trips one to Toronto the other to Hawaii both to deal with family issues.

Got a colonoscopy, that was “fun”

So lets get on with it

The Bad

  • Bad habits came back
  • Ended year with high credit card balances
  • Worked out less
  • No good reason why I weigh over 340
  • Been busy and too tired to work out
  • Installed 48TB of disks but not getting used
  • Garage Cleaned but got messing again

The Good

  • PT Actually helped, not hurting any more walking
  • Upgraded most servers to Rocky 9
  • Learned ansible
  • Cholesterol and BP normal
  • Got off Steriods
  • Son finished XC with a PR
  • Started shooting again, not a bad shot at all
  • ESXi host upgraded
  • Got into 3D printing
  • Got into Tasmota

Biggest news of the year, no malignant cancer

So, 2020 and 2021 were disappointing, 2022 and 2023 weren’t bad but not great either. Hoping that these come in pairs and 2024 will be a rocking year.

Archives are almost done, just going through validation. But personal note for next year, make sure outlook is synced up before backing up and messing around with back end.

Just want to note on weight, I did weigh in at 350.4, but at about lunch I was able to get it down to

Weight: 349.4

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Day Done Early

Posted on December 30, 2023 by larry

When I am done with this post, all that I set out for today is done.

I can relax the rest of the day.

Did an unofficial parkrun, which go my steps in.

Also did 10 floors completing fitbit goals.

I feel like I can chill now.

I am working through archiving for the year. Pretty much done. Tomorrow will be bigger.

Weight: 347.2

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Last Day of Work

Posted on December 29, 2023 by larry

Didn’t feel like work today, but I did.

I don’t think anyone was around either.

Did the final financial reconcile and prepared for next year, now I am going to really do the dirty work of archives.

Ate something and did not feel good, had to rest.

I think I will go to bed early today. Gonna try and do parkrun tomorrow.

Weight: 347.8

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Closing in on End of Year

Posted on December 28, 2023 by larry

Tomorrow really starts the archiving and cleanup to prepare for next year.

Office needs some cleanup, got 3 more days.

Figured out some technical stuff today, found out how to create multi boot in Windows 10 with VHD

Tomorrow going to prepare goals and plans for 2024. Saturday and Sunday will be finalize the archives.

Weight: 351.2

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Working Out Make Me Sleepy

Posted on December 27, 2023 by larry

I think I need an outlet to burn up some energy.

I hit the gym today and felt really sleepy afterwards.

Like my body needed to burn up some stored energy.

Need to tie that in with diet and I think I can make it.

Weight: 349.6

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Year End Archive

Posted on December 26, 2023 by larry

Feels more like year end cleanup, which it kind of is.

Got a few things archived already, I am ready to begin archiving more.

Looks like Saturday I will lock the archives and validate.

I thought I was going to do more work, but I chilled most of the day.

Would like to clean up office a bit more before new years.

Just barely kept it under 350

Weight: 349.8

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Merry Christmas 2023

Posted on December 25, 2023 by larry

This was a good Christmas Season, house was decorated more nicely.

We had a good time, I got a poster I have been trying to get for a while now, I finally got to hang one in my office.

Got a cool goat gun too. AR-15 replica, want to put it next to my marksman badge.

Went to casino again, like last year, lost, again like last year.

Still had fn

I really wanted to just chill out, got another day to to that.

Build a 2022 server and found all the drivers. Going to document the build by rebuilding.

Before it goes live need to check the RAM, with that said, this got 16GB of RAM, the extra RAM came in and it is no slouch.

Tomorrow starts the annual archive as well.

Weight: 348.6

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Christmas Eve 2023

Posted on December 24, 2023 by larry

Another Christmas is about to hit us, gonna be a late post so posting early before I begin the festivities.

Will update when it is closer to midnight.

But man last minute.

OK this is an updated, just got home from my sister place, was fun as usual.

Played some games, watched some football, Broncos game was exciting but they lost.

Seahawks on the other hand won, combined with a Viking loss and they have control over their playoff destiny.

Weight: 347.4

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Weird Kickstart USB

Posted on December 23, 2023 by larry

I had an old Rocky 8 kickstart which I modified to also install Rocky 9

But after I installed then booted it spewed a bunch of errors started spewing some errors.

I kickstarted on other media similar install and it booted clean.

Weird.

Weight: 349.4

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Start of Winter Vacation/Archive Week

Posted on December 22, 2023 by larry

I still have work next week Wednesday, but I technically have 4 days off with traditionally quiet week between Christmas and New Years.

With that said, this the start of Annual Archive Week, it used to be closer to the New Years, but I noticed the past few years took more time than that.

So after Christmas, I will start my annual Archive.

Side note: Posted this technically at 11:02PM which WordPress interpreted as already the 23rd. So backdated it a few minutes to reflect real day of post.

Weight: 349.0

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