I made the equivalent of 1 week wage in like two hours today.. money can't buy happiness but I feel good about it anyway.

Friday marked 5 years of sobriety from alcohol for me, which was nice. Then on Saturday I went to my city's pride parade. I asked a friend to come with me, and another friend if they wanted to play a round of disc golf afterwards, but both cancelled. This usually means I wallow in self-pity, but instead I got geared up in my gayest outfit, and enjoyed the festival anyway! it was like 100 degrees, but I was proud to see so many happy people having a great time in one of the most welcoming, accepting environments ever.

I have been trying since January to get a teaching job in Portland (I live in Dallas) for the next academic year, and this week I was offered positions by two different school districts. This weekend, I have been working out which job to go with, I think I'mma go with the one that pays a little more, might be able to offer funds to offset relocation costs, and has less trafficky access to downtown and Vancouver (I have friends in North Portland and Vancouver.

So yeah...got that figured out; tomorrow I'll be looking for an apartment, taking my kids to Terry Black's for some world-class barbecue before Texas is forever in my rear-view mirror, doing some packing, and playing some THPS 1+2.

I finally got a looper guitar pedal I've been wanting and after a couple 12 hour shifts finally got to mess around with it this evening!

Visiting my grandma for her birthday.

The heat hasn't killed me yet

You won't believe it, I got up and went for a run! Yay!

Elden Ring's DLC

Testing out my meshtastic setup and seeing friends.

swimming

Got to spend some time with my son and he got to meet his newborn sister .

Helping the in-law hang some lights in their new place.

I love rainstorms and got a doozy yesterday, that was pleasant

cooked fluffy rice with no burnt ends!

I redesigned a mechanism for an automata I've been working on for over a year for the fourth time, and now it's like half the size and way more reliable then the previous prototype.

Swimming! The summer heat is here (it was 98F/36C today) and the neighborhood pool is open, so there is no better place to be in the afternoons.

Got a session of Pathfinder in with my group who seems plagued by the scheduling monster. Always glad to get a session in when we can.

Water park!

Redoing the spark plug wires on my old truck and pulled off the valve covers and cleaned the rust off and painted them.

They’re looking real pretty now. Excited to get everything put all back together.

A few rounds of discgolf!

Nearly finished with some gift art!

I finally saw beardyman live yesterday! It was an absolute blast.

I got a good deal on a projector that I used to set up a home theater in the basement complete with ambient lighting, couches, and even a mini fridge. Now, I'm just waiting for the weekday to start so I can go to the store to pick up the cords I need for the sound system. Been playing my PS5 on it and it looks amazing!

I've been celebrating the Midsummer Day with my family. Here in Finland, the whole country basically closes down for the weekend and almost everyone heads to the countryside. Fire officials had banned bonfires this year, so no 'kokko'. Lots of good food and even greater company, plenty of swimming and enjoying the sauna!

My son caught his first fish! A 3 inch bluegill, we have an incredibly adorable photo!

Also, to quote another poster in this thread...

And thank you for the question! I include this opportunity to share my joy as a good thing that is going on with my weekend.

I hit the balmer-peak twice today

Finally got web workers to work in WASM