Subj : Re: Stage 4 COVID
To   : The Godfather
From : calcmandan
Date : Tue Dec 17 2024 09:11 pm

On 15 Dec 2024, The Godfather said the following...
 
 TG>  ca> Sorry, I just got this message - not sure why. I did then, and still 
 TG>  ca> network engineering. Still working from home too. At this point, I ca
 TG>  ca> imagine going back.
 TG> 
 TG> It's ok, I don't read messages daily, to many to keep track of and I get
 TG> too tired early these days.
 TG> 
 TG> I didn't work from home but had sold my business right before COVID, so I
 TG> spent a couple of years at home.  Most of that time was spent helping my
 TG> kids with their homework (as their schools were closed) and or playing
 TG> around on BBSes while drinking too much beer.  
 TG> 
 TG> Going back to work was hard to do, and I would imagine going back to an
 TG> office would be as well.  I prefer it over zoom calls, and feel I'm in
 TG> much better health all around than I was during that extended time off
 TG> personally.  BUT, I miss being home.  I see far less of my kids and have
 TG> far less time to spend on hobbies or just being outdoors.  Enjoy the
 TG> ride!
 TG> 
When the gyms were closed I got fatter. Right before lockdown I had gotten closer to a six pack than ever in my life.

Once they opened again I hit the gym pretty hard. Then I got injured. I'd recover then get injured again. IT's been quite a ride.

My work got more productive with work from home, namely, our teams calls allow us to meet impromptu without needing a conference booking, which can often take weeks.

Anyway, I'm at the cusp of a six-pack again. This time I'm far more muscular than before. This time I'm doing tons of fasting between cycles of powerlifting and normal weight lifting.

I can't run anymore.

So, it's diet and exercise. My wife is happy now too, pulled herself out of a pretty bad funk. So did I.

Launching my bbs has helped me too. Now I'm busy setting it up graphically and all that jazz. Still need to connect it to the echonets, which is a looonnnnggggg lllloooonnnnng process. I had no idea.

My board is going to be pulling tons of data via api calls, so it's going to be a portal in a sense. Looking forward to seeing it mesh together as I progress. Alot of learning and begging for help in MRC.

Anyway, that's all for now.

.... Hard work never killed anyone but why take a risk?

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