I always find it hilarious every time the girls get some toy and their naming system. Yesterday Marley and Luna got some Hatchimals and we asked if they had named them. They came out with these somewhat generic yet complicated randomly made-up names. Names that they eventually will forget and come up with some other random thing. And when you ask; a thought his name was this?

They come around and go,

Ah, no, I’ve decided to change it!!

😅🙃

Since losing my wallet – again – a month or so ago, the only item I made sure to quickly and promptly replaced, was my debit card. I have yet to replace my driver’s license. Super responsible of me, I know. I have been carrying my passport with me though.

Today, however, was the day I left it in my car. And today, was the day that we went out for lunch, in my wife’s car, to one of our local breweries. One that we have been going for years and probably been carded once. Well, today was also the day our waitress was taking her job way too seriously (😅) and she asked for my ID, (sad trombone), I offered to show a picture of it, which for whatever reason I have, but she declined.

Oh well. It’s okay, is not like their beer is that good anyway (😝).

Inspired by the latest Hemispheric Views pod-radio-show, episode 097 Duel of the Defaults!

So, after listening to what will go down in history as one of my favorite episodes, I thought I would play along and do my own default assessment. I never made sense of Andrew's scoring so I won't be scoring myself.  And all of mine will be iOS, mostly.

Here we go,

📮 Mail Server

• iCloud and HEY

📨 Mail Client

• HEY Email

📝 Notes

• Notes.app, Drafts, and Simplenote

✅ To-Do

• Reminders (personal) and TickTick (Work)

📷 iPhone Photo Shooting

• Long-press on the camera icon/little button

🟦 Photos Management

• Photos App

📆 Calendar

• Fantastical Calendar

📅 Calendar Backend

• iCloud

📁 Cloud File Storage

• iCloud Drive

📖 RSS

• Reeder/NetNewsWire: RSS Reader (backed by Feedbin)

🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts Management

• Contacts (often forget this even exists

  🔎 Browser 

• Safari, and Chrome (Work)

💬 Chat

• iMessage, Signal, Telegram, and Discord?

🔖 Bookmarks

• Omnivore and Instapaper (sometimes)

📑 Read-it-Later

• Omnivore and Instapaper (sometimes)

📜 Word Processing

• Pass

🛒 Shopping List

• Shared Reminder List

🍴 Meal Planning ( as Recipe Management)

• Mela

💰 Budgeting and finance

• Pass

📰 News

When I care to check, News app, and Podcast shows as Today Explained

🎵 Music

• Apple Music

🎤 Podcast

• Currently a battle between Apple Podcasts and Overcast

🔐 Password Management

• iCloud KeyChain

Well, there you have it, This should probably turn into a page for the blog (😂) or should have been a microcast (🙃).

Now, there is one category I would like to add of my own,

📸 Photo Editing

• Darkroom 

What are yours?

My blogging workflow has somewhat changed in the past month or so. Before I would compose and publish, strictly from Ulysses, at least long-form blogs with pictures — or without.

Lately, I have found myself just simply using a combination of Drafts and Mimi Uploader, all from my iPhone 14 Pro more and more. So far has worked well.

For example this post from a few days ago.

Mimi makes it so easy to upload images in bulk and get the markdown links from it for easy use. I selected all the pictures I wanted to post, copy the links to a Drafts note.

Since I am using Jason’s super-awesome GLightbox plugin I just needed to add some simple code to be able to generate a grid-of-images. A code that I have a text replacement shortcut for (😉). Then, I added some text, opened up the Drafts actions drawer, and selected this useful action which I believe was created by Craig, selected any categories if needed, and voilà!

Just note that if you are looking at this blog post with pictures on your mobile device, you might not see the nice-looking grid of images, you might want to use a bigger screen 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Mostly I have been posting short posts without a title but I think I will just do it all from Drafts. When I am not composing and publishing from my device, it is usually on my computer, and I just use Micro.blog’s web editor.

I’m sure someone who may or may not read this will think that this is a lot of clicking around and that there’s possibly a better way to go about it. And that might be entirely true, and maybe one day I’ll change my ways again, but this way works well and for now, this is the way.

Again, for now…

Yesterday we went to what is arguably my favorite store in town. The only bad thing about this store is that I never go intending to buy anything and the next thing I know, I have spent about 50 dollars or more (😅).

Re-Pop Gifts

They even had this enterprise command chair. Luna had no idea what was going on but the guy from the store and I were nerding out about it.

The girls walked out with some cool stuff.

And so did I.

I got the coolest shirt!

Another week down. Here’s this week music rotation.

🎵 It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day - Thirty Seconds to Mars

🎵 ONE MORE TIME… - blink-182

🎵 Starcatcher - Greta Van Fleet

🎵 Brothers (Deluxe Remastered Anniversary Edition) - The Black Keys

🎵 Don’t Wake The Riot - Black Pistol Fire

🎵 Huntdown (Original Soundtrack) - Tommy Gustafsson

Good morning fellow readers and et al! In case you haven’t noticed, it is Friday! We have made it, and you have made it. I just had black coffee, puya, as we say back home, which is rare. If you knew me, you would know I am all about my beloved café con leche or a vanilla latte. I’m basic.

Today I am aiming for the bare minimum and stress-free. That said, it is not even 8:00AM, so anything can happen [😅]. Part of me just wants to take the day off and do some photography or gaming, either would do.

Last night was Trunk or Treat and MArley’s school and that was a lot of fun, it was cold as balls but regardless. Today we are having a freeze warning, I should probably stay home and work from it, where warm and cozy.

I am trying my best to keep it together, but lately, there have been many times that I feel like I’m at a breaking point. I love my job and I enjoy what I do and let’s face it, I am the best at what I do [🙃]. However, in what we do, a team of two, it’s not enough, expectations are high and we are spread thin.

Maybe this is part of why I’m having trouble sleeping, I think. I don’t know, I got new sleeping pills prescribed today, and l hope they’ll help.

Also, we have a new intern, maybe I should start delegating and take some stuff off of my plate. That’s a conversation that my boss and I need to have.

Wow! I can really tell the difference today after having a “normal” night’s sleep. I feel like my normal self, not grumpy or trolly-ish 😅🙃, I am focused and motivated. I might even bust out a workout once I get home!

Also, Luna had her first school field trip yesterday and we visited The Boise Morrison-Knudsen Nature Center and I was lucky enough to join and have that connection with nature. Over 119 pictures were taken, and I am excited to go through them and share them.

It feels good!

I am still reaching out to my doctor, though.

Yay for Trailer-Taco-Tuesday! In other words, we had Taco Tuesday in the “office” today.

Today is pharmacy tech day! Annie is a pharmacy tech and then some.

Today is new comic books day and League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1 is out!

At work, it was a very busy day, with lots of data to process. That meant do not disturb on Teams and that lots of music!

Here’s today’s rotation.

🎵 Lo Que No Te Dije - Gale

🎵 nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana - Bad Bunny

🎵 Smash - The Offspring

🎵 Godsmack - Godsmack

🎵 Nevermind (Remastered) - Nirvana

🎵 Something Like Human [Bonus Tracks] - Fuel

Also, yay for stickers and video games with instruction booklets, like it’s 1985 😅!

According to my sleep tracking app, last night, I had 6 hours of sleep which is more than I would normally get these days. And yet, it doesn’t change the fact that I feel exhausted and with no energy. Something is not right. A setting in me it’s off.

Part of me thinks is work-related but I used to manage work just fine, again, something isn’t right. I haven’t routinely exercised in over a month due to the lack of energy and with that, motivation and I am not happy with that.

Is it some sort of burnout?

Whatever it is, I don’t like it!