About a month ago, I got strep throat from one of the kids and went to the doctor to get something for it. During my discussion with the doctor about being allergic to penicillin, I was likely not allergic to it at all/now. When I was diagnosed with it back in the early 1980s, they used a different delivery method for the antibiotic which was what I was more than likely allergic to, and not so much the penicillin. ...
Over the weekend, Nicole and I decided to clean out the garage, and in doing so, I fell through the attic stairs. Thankfully, I was fine for the most part; I scratched my leg on a nail, landed weirdly on my foot, and hit my back against one of the steps, but all in all, it could have been worse. Now to add replacing the attic stairs to my ever-growing project list… it’s always something. ...
The " vacation" is over! I accepted a role with UTAC as an IT System Administrator at their Northville, Michigan office. This will be a fun and exciting change from the world of Linux and Web Hosting,, which I have been immersed in for what seems like an eternity. Not only will the responsibilities change, but I will also now report to an office outside my home for part of the week. I am looking forward to the commute as I figure it will allow me to get caught up on some reading ( audiobooks), and this also gives me a reason to dust off my Spotify account and perhaps upgrade to the premium account again to avoid some commercials. The interactions with people face to face are also going to be a change from the previously random Zoom/Google Meet meetings that I was accustomed to as well! ...
So while these pictures are anything but epic, I figured I would snap a few as well as a video showing the flooding taking place in Tacoma Hills ( Well outside my front door and the neighbor’s yard). The lagoon is also the highest I have ever seen, and based on how full the river is, I think it will be a few days at least after the rain stops before it returns to normal levels. ...
The other weekend the kids were out of the house, and Nicole and I did some housekeeping; along the way, a project came up to build something to hold sports medals and trophies. Using some scrap wood that Nicole had from another project and purchasing some hooks, I could put together a shelf that would hold the trophies and allow for the hanging of the medal. While working on this and altering the scrap wood shelf, it reminded me of the times I used to tinker in my grandpa’s garage when I was younger and how doing so really allowed me to build things. At the time, I would never have thought that taking things apart to see how they worked would give me a better understanding in the future of not only making something out of nothing but repairing things such as the time the pull start on the mower broke. ...