4/22/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day at NMT. I worked on some things for safety and then I hosted my last process safety course of the year. After that, I helped out with Junior Design practice presentations until it was time to catch the bus.

On the train rides, I knocked out two writing projects.

In the evening, I stopped by the gym and did some lifting. I changed up how I do my lifting a few weeks ago, and I like the way I’m doing things now.

After the gym, I did some shopping and then hosted a Varsity Tutors session.

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4/15/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working at NMT. I commuted down to NMT on the train and bus and knocked out a project for Upwork along the commute.

Once I arrived at NMT, I finished up and delivered my last process safety lecture for the semester. I will refine these in the upcoming months. Then, I attended a safety meeting and helped out with Junior Design.

In the evening, I commuted home and made more progress against another project. I dropped off the Ranger for a repair and picked up the Malibu. I’ll post about those later.

When I arrived home, I hosted a Varsity Tutors session. Then, JoAnna and I sat up until 1 listening to music.

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4/3/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day at NMT. Actually, yesterday was a mess all around. My original plan was to commute to NMT, then drive the Malibu home. Then, today, I would drive the Ranger straight into Magdalena so I could leave early with them. That gave me yesterday evening to get ready for the next week of travel.

Instead, I got behind and missed the train. I returned home, packed up and then drove the Ranger to NMT, and stayed the night in my office.

At NMT, I taught my last section of instrumentation lab for the semester and filled out some paperwork.

In the evening, I worked on a few Upwork projects. I still have a lot of catching up to do.

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4/1/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working in Socorro at NMT. I started out the day by working on some paperwork that I needed to catch up. I had a lot of that to do. Then, I taught a section of Process Safety class. This week was about electrical safety, lock-out tag-out and a few other similar topics. Then, I helped out with Junior Design. I met with each group and got caught up on what they were doing and where they had pain points.

In the evening, I commuted back to the Albuquerque area. I knocked out a project for a client and made some progress for an Upwork contract.

I went to Calibers and did some shooting with my .45, and then to the gym to do some lifting.

In the late evening, I did a little shopping and housework, but I didn’t get done all that needed to be done.

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3/27/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I commuted down to Socorro on the train and the shuttle. Along the way, I did some work against an Upwork contract and took a brief nap on the shuttle.

Once I arrived at NMT, I started out the day by running around and doing some inventory checking. I still have more of this to do today, unfortunately.

I had lunch with my brother. It was good to catch up with him.

In the afternoon, I taught instrumentation lab. This time around, it was really frustrating. I am going to have to rework some of this course for next semester.

In the evening, I commuted home and then met JoAnna at Tucano’s for a day-late anniversary dinner. This had been our plan all along, (I didn’t forget). We had a nice time there, though this time around, they had very few steaks, which was surprising.

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3/25/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro. I helped out with Junior Design, taught a section of Process Safety and also went through the first batch of annual safety inspections with the college safety officer.

I drove down to NMT in the Malibu and brought the Ranger home. I had some big things that needed to be picked up, and the truck was the vehicle for the job.

Other than that, it was an uneventful day. I managed to get one article out for a client, but didn’t get much else done. I’m starting to slip behind again…

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3/11/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro. I taught a section of process safety class and knocked out a few projects around the chemical engineering department.

I learned that we will be on remote days at Magdalena on Thursday and Friday due to the basketball championships. This means I have to get everything square for my Magdalena bake sale things today. That’s a mess I’ll talk about some other time.

On the way home, the train never made it to Belen to pick us up, due to a wildfire near the tracks. Instead, the transit folks sent a bus that took us from Belen to downtown. It cut into my work time, and I don’t have nearly enough of that to finish all the things on my To Do list.

In the evening, I went for a really weak 1.5 mile run. It’s almost embarrassing at this point, but it was better than nothing.

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3/6/24: Daily Post

Happy Birthday, Mom!

I spent the day split between Magdalena and NMT. I started out the day by doing a little tutoring at Magdalena High. The 7th graders are reading Hatchet, so they read two chapters, and then I made up a quick activity for them where they ranked some tools in usefulness after a plane crash. I did this back in 7th grade, too, so it was good to carry on the tradition.

In the afternoon, I went to NMT and taught a section of instrumentation lab. I also spent some time trying to troubleshoot a microscope and computer system. We will be ordering a new computer, but I will need to make sure everything works before we order it.

Along my commutes, I got a few things knocked out for some Upwork projects, though I have more to do. I need to get organized on these…

In the evening, I came home and hosted a Varsity Tutors session.

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3/4/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro. I taught a section of process safety and then helped out with Junior Design.

Even though the NMT day was uneventful, I had a pile of work show up throughout the day for Upwork. I went from holding on like two contracts to three more starting up and another Varsity Tutors student. I need to play catch up now.

I was super frustrated. I bought new earbuds, as my old ones fell out of my pocket while I was walking and I stepped on them. I bought a new set, plugged them in and then left them plugged in at my desk at work. This meant I didn’t take them to the gym, so I didn’t work out at all.

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2/26/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro working at NMT. I drove down, as I decided to swap vehicles, so I took the Malibu down and brought the Ranger home. As such, I got to leave home a little later in the morning, as my first responsibility at NMT was at noon. I ended up staying until late at night, arriving home just after midnight.

I did meet with the Tech Amateur Radio Association, which was good. I am their faculty advisor and don’t often get to meet with them.

Even so, I wish I could say it was a productive day, but it wasn’t nearly as productive as it needed to be.

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