Monthly report: June 2020

Rushing this out, a little, because tomorrow we hit the road and I know that if I leave, it won’t happen. So, possibly sketchy, but done.

Highlights of the month:

• A car, new to me, and the old one trashed; a shame, because the motor was perfectly fine. Just the rest of it was not.
• New barbecue too, inaugurated with a good steak, thanks to the Thermopen.
• Eat This Newsletter no longer on the site. It will go to Tw and FB each time, and that’s all. Apart from subscribers.
• First dinner out at friends. So pleasant.
• Determined to quit my Italian bank, eventually, and took the first steps to do so.
• Installed Unpaywall, not least because Sci-hub has been no good for me lately.
• Cultural Quickies to the Vatican Museums and the Galleria Nazionale dell’Arte Moderna.
• Gave a Zoom talk to Colorado Grain Chain’s home school stream.
• An evening on the beach, with dinner.

Exist.io

Steps up 1000/day, weight creeping down, sleep 8:05; lower on the month and 30 minutes lower over the past 3 months.

Activities

June:

• Walking with sticks 0
• Reading: 7 (Mostly magazines; could not select a novel)
• Steps (avge): 8874 (up a lot)
• Podcasts: 43.
• 7 Minutes: 13 days and 39 cycles (Not doing the single cycles between times any more)

May:

• Walking with sticks 0
• Reading: 15
• Steps (avge): 7802 (up a good bit)
• Podcasts: 34, but I know some are missing. Only recorded 3 of the 8 episodes of Gangster Capitalism on the NRA, and I know I listened to the whole thing because it was thoroughly wonderful.
• 7 Minutes: 17 days and 39 cycles (missed a couple of days to a brief cold)

Work

Even more paid work this month than last, and it is too much. I need a break, and maybe to turn some stuff down. But there’s always that fear. What if they never ask me again?

Hours logged per month

Percent of logged hours: 2020

Previous years are on an archive page.

Goals

Only four new posts in June, and a couple of older ones, both bread recipes that I noticed people were looking for.

• Sesame oatmeal bread
• A seedy bread of my own devising

Niggles

This remains unlooked at: It would be good to error check the script that pulls in the podcasts I’ve listened to. Why does it occasionally miss an episode when the data clearly show I listened to it?

Final remarks

Very ready for a rest.

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Month	Total	Daily	Admin %	ETP %	Other %
06	171	5.70	26	19	55
05	170	5.67	40	22	38
04	175	6.03	36	18	46
03	164	7.50	38	27	35
02	129.0	6.50	45	17	38
2020-01	89.25	5.25	48	19	43