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Andy Arthur

After getting COVID at the end of 2024 and sleeping through much of the holiday season, πŸ›Œ it's good to be up and back at my game again. It's cold and dark this time of year, πŸ₯Ά but I figure focus on learning and working, while counting down the days until Punxsy sees or does not see his shadow. 🐻

Jacked up on this Monday β˜•

No LSD but that song by Country Joe and the Fish is good for a Monday as I drink too much coffee and pop caffeine pills as I’m ready to get moving as I return to work after the holidays and the COVID which is why I honestly don’t remember much about the holidays.

That cold ❄️ feels good on the face, as I go for my morning walk. 🚢 Cloudy ☁️ day out but it’s getting lighter out as morning approaches. My hands πŸ‘ are cold because I’m trying to blog while walking in the cold. I’m glad to be back at it, I think I’m going to start doing morning walks again even if it is kind of dark. Maybe evening walks then retire to the heated blanket in bed πŸ›οΈ to read. Especially on cold dark nights like tonight will be!

Bread 🍞 and 15 bean soup is cooking down in the kitchen along with spaghetti squash. Lots of good eats after I get home 🏑 in the cold tonight. Probably won’t stay up real late but I want to study Qt slots and signals more. I’m finally starting to understand responsive design in Qt but I still find it a bit tricky to fully understand passing data around between windows plus the many wonderful data structures that make up Qt.

My brake bleed was a failure at the bike 🚲 but I’m not ready to give up yet. Might have to order more brake fluid but I want to learn myself. πŸ”§ I really got to get up to Troy Bicycle Rescue and get to know those folks so I can learn the skills to be better at maintaining my bike. It’s going to be cold this week so I don’t expect I’ll be riding much and I thought about going to Troy on Wednesday if they’re open but I’m concerned about it snowing β˜ƒοΈ and I’m not going to drive in that.

Confusion Flats

Confusion Flats is located in the Independence River Wild Forest and Otter Creek State Forests, and it's a series of sand trails and roads that are popular with horseback riders and off-roaders.