Starting Garage Cleanup

Three day weekend coming up, and I got plans.

I plan to clean up the garage.

It is in dire straights.

I went through it a bit today and it is clear I need to gut the garage then bring things in one at a time.

There are a few things I am scheduled to do, but in general I am committing a bunch of time to the garage.

Weight: 335.4

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Cleaning Up Closet Connections

I had goal to clean up some wired connections in my closet.

I did it and it looks better but not great.

At least this I made use the 3D printed stuff I worked on.

Weight: 335.0

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Good Timing Today

You know how some days you have bad timing, today was one of those with good timing.

I got my 3D printer restarted right before the tree trimmers came and my meeting were done and tree trimmers were done right before my PT. I got to my PT in the nick of time and after that got to HOA meeting (ok they did not attend) and I got home in time to finish some scheduled work and watch a movie or two with my wife.

Busy but great timing.

Weight: 335.4

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Improving Skills

First it was just printing something, anything.

Then it was printing something useful.

Next was printing multiple items in different orientations.

I am at the level of modifying prints now.

I like where I am at in regards to my skill set, advanced a lot suddenly.

Weight: 335.6

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Lot Done Today

Got up early to watch my son run. It was amazing he finally cracked a 20 minute 5k. I would like to do that some day.

Afterwards ran some errands, got some print 3d and replaced the wiper blades on one of our vehicles.

Knees still hurting, not getting a lot of walking in.

Weight: 335.0

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First Practical 3D Print

Here is the first practical item I printed on my 3D printer.

It is a bracket for my older HDHR, and it fits!!

Too cool. It is a milestone.

Watched son run a 1 mile. He did it in 5:41 not bad.

I almost hit 10k steps today.

Weight: 334.6

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Caught Between Generations

It was an extremely tough week, but it ended with this exchange which made me smile.

So my mom calls me said she wants a radio for her birthday.

I said "ok", 

then she said, "the one I can put tape inside".

I am stunned at this point, so I said "I don't think they sell those anymore."

She then said "what do you listen on now then CD?"

I literly can't speak for a second.  "Radios don't come with those anymore either"

So she said "just buy it at Radio Shack."

I am more stunned.

I told her "Radio Shack closed years ago, I will get something for you on Amazon.  "

I then said "I thought you want to come here for your birthday"

She said yeah, "can you send me money, just in case I want to eat something on the plane."

Then I reminded her "planes don't take cash anymore."  for context she doesn't have a credit card

We spoke some more and we will figure it out.

After I hung up and my son comes in saying he heard all that, then asked me what Radio Shack was.

I had to laugh at what just happened, it made me feel good.

I just HAD to update my post. A friend Ronzell actually fixed my 3D printer

First Good 3D Print where the XYZ are pretty clean. Took over 2 years for it to print out a clean print.

Also he was interested in my CNC that is not even unpacked.

For future reference it is a SainSmart Genmitsu CNC 3018-PRO.

Weight: 336.0

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No Walk Today

Work kind of shifted my schedule today, didn’t get a good walk today.

So close, 6000 steps, but didn’t get time to do an evening walk.

Maybe tomorrow.

Weight: 336.0

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Let Down My Boss

Kind of a heartbreaking day today, I was reprimanded by my boss today. I made a mistake, but the thing that hurt was I let him down. I pride myself with the quality of work.

A lot of things lead to my mistake but in the end, I my workflow is faulty.

90% of the time a like my job, but today I was reminded that the 10% exists.

Weight: 338.8

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Finally Sleep and Walk

Not sleepwalk, but a good sleep and a decent walk.

I slept from about 11PM to 8AM, so it was a good sleep. Fitbit said I slept for 7 hours 19 minutes. Felt more but it was a good sleep. I scored a rare “good” sleep.

Walked in the evening, and it was a tough one even though it was only 2 miles.

Weight: 338.2

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