Been Sleepy All Day

Not sure what is going on with me, all I know is my body is telling me I need sleep.

Been dozing off at my desk a few times.

After work, I took a look at my LED project, chatgpt got me back to modifying code, I really thought it was just a configuration issue.

Weight: 308.2

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Memorial Day 2026

I Tried, I Failed. If I were to score a day, Saturday would be a win, today would probably been a loss.

I tried to get a weird LCD display working, it failed bad

Test 123

I tried a lot of things and it just did not work. Maybe another program not WLED would work.

But I did learn a few things, I have to keep an eye on power and voltage drop.

Power Supply For WLED

I did work out early today, but still got my steps in late. Gym closed at 11AM today, got my workout in though. Looks like 3.5MPH at 2.0 incline for 30 minutes is what I will be shooting for.

Weight: 307.6

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Finished Overdue Tasks

Finally painted the deck, well at least the main part, it has been long overdue. Still need the railings and trim but at least those normally don’t impact traffic.

Another thing was cleaning the dining room, an the living room (mostly).

Its good enough.

Administrative note, was out late, could not post from my phone so posting now and back dating it an hour.

Weight: 309.8

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I did it

Huge goals met, first off, with the help of my son, daughter and some planning I was able to meet my goal of sub 50 for the 5k. Such emotional joy. I didn’t think I could do it, watching the video of me coming in, and I looked slow, but I gave it everything I got and I made my goal of cracking 50min.

My day was not done though, after the 5k I was still at 306.2 had a bit more to go. I walked a mile with my daughter, I consumed very little, I spit a lot.

Yet when my wife came home I was only 306, so she went and walked with me for half an hour and then we went grocery shopping.

Before dinner, my son saw me weigh in at

Posted this on facebook with the caption “Been struggling but I am ok now”

So happy both with accomplishment and relief. Milestones are rare, this is my first double milestone.

Weight: 304.8

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Feeling Close

Wife joined me working out at the gym today. It was fun and motivating. For most of my treadmill run she was walking on the treadmill next to me. But I was able to clock 3.5MPH at a 2 incline.

I am confident I will crack 305 in the next week or two. Before Summer ends.

Tomorrow I want to see how I perform on my 5k.

Weight: 307.8

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Little Projects Getting

Got the kitchen fixed, got the Kitty Zilla printed, got my daughter’s cosplay going.

Deck is painted, been a busy week, gonna clean up before Labor day and then work on the WLED project.

Been busy, so tired.

Weight: 307.4

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So close

Just weighed in today, super busy, but so motivated.

If I wasn’t so busy with other little things I had do to in the evening (mainly catching up on work) I think I would have cracked my 305 goal.

Last time I was under 306 was June 13th 2020.

Weight: 305.6

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Weather Changing

Need to add one more coat of paint on the deck. Then I can call it good at least for the year.

I am beat up though, not so much tired, but having a hard time breathing.

Makes me wonder if it is the weather change.

Weight: 307.6

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So much going on

I got a lot going on and not enough hours, luckily someone I know helped me out with painting our deck and it really helped with my time.

Here are just three things I been working on

Working on an LED display for my friend locally, a Godzilla Dinosaur for a friend in Hawaii and cosplay parts for my daughter.

That is not all, fixed the stove, and have a lot of backlog work to deal with.

But hit a new milestone

Weight: 306.6

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WLED on a HUB75 128×64

Trying to get WLED to display on a HUB75 128×64 display.

The Waveshare SP32-S3 RGB Matrix Driver is perfect for that, or so I thought.

The module does not seat properly.

So back to the ESP32-S3 N16R8

Weight: 312.0

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