Inspired by Derek Sivers, this page includes a sample of what I’m thinking about and working on right now. Last updated June 22, 2024.
My family and I just took a vacation to the beach. We stayed in a house that was fashioned after a barn, with decor to match (checkout the consistency of the kitchen design below). The beach is as magical place with its own distinct culture. We found ourselves on an island surrounded by six-seater guerrilla warfare style golf carts. There is a shop called Bubba’s that had been there forever. It contains fudge and all sorts of miscellaneous bric-à-brac. It features confederate flags prominently, despite being owned and run by an older Asian woman. This is the American South, awash in contradictions and unearned nostalgia.
I feel blessed to live in a state that features the ocean and the beach. I feel even more blessed to be able to visit both, something that, just a few years ago, in the grip of ME/CFS, I was not able to do.
We watched a lot of The Great American Baking Show while at the beach house. I half expect to have nightmares with Paul Hollywood and his Siberian husky blue eyes shaming me for undercooking a pastry.
My oldest son just graduated from high school, right after turning 18. I’m still getting used to him being an adult (we’re still working on the driving). When I rented the beach house, I did a double take at the listing of 3 adults on the confirmation, even though I had entered it. The new adult will be attending NC State in the fall, which means he’ll be on the campus where my office is located. I can go and visit him in the dorms any time, which I’m sure he would love.
I passed my AZ-900 Azure exam a couple of months ago and I’m about halfway through preparation for the AZ-104, which is next in the Microsoft Learn curriculum. I would be further along if the tutorial videos that I’m watching didn’t feature rebuilding VMs over and over again.
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