5/10/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro. I did a bunch of lab work, mostly clean up and shut down work for the semester. I also worked on some reading and some paperwork.

In the evening, I went to the senior banquet for the Chemical Engineering students. It’s always a good time. One of our alumni spoke (class of 2013) and we had some really good food. After that, they had the awards ceremony. I was awarded a certificate calling me the “Master of Chaos” and a Galileo thermometer.

In the late evening, I drove back to Rio Rancho. I parked in an empty area near my house and watched the aurora. It was faint, but the camera captured it.

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5/9/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working at Magdalena. I drove down to Magdalena in the Crown Vic.

A bunch of students were out for field trips, so we did some catchup work and prep for the next assignments when most of the students had returned from the field trip. In the afternoon, we watched the middle school play (Alice in Wonderland), which was a lot of fun.

In the evening, I went to the annual FFA banquet at Magdalena. I had driven them to an event or two this year, and I advised them off and on when they wanted to practice their recitations. I was awarded a plaque for helping them, which was really nice.

I returned to my office at NMT that evening, and hosted a Varsity Tutors session. I also did a little work around the department before falling asleep in my chair.

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5/8/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day at NMT. I worked in the labs for a bit, cleaning up and organizing post semester, and made sure all of my grades were submitted. I keep coming up with new ideas to improve the labs, and I get excited initially, but I’m so far behind on other things that I don’t ever implement them. And, in spite of being excited briefly, my energy is sapped for some reason I can’t understand.

In the afternoon, I commuted home. I decided to go to Flying Star and try to work out some sort of plan for next semester, as well as the next few weeks. I thought I got it worked out, but I’m finding myself unmotivated. I don’t understand why.

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4/29/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working at NMT. I had my plans changed several times, based on when meetings moved around, but overall, I had a productive day. I was able to close out the junior design lab, making sure each group cleaned up their workspaces and properly labeled and stored all of their chemical waste.

On my commute, I knocked out an article for a client. I am reaching a slight lull in projects, which isn’t a bad place to be in May before I go chasing, but I will have to stay on top of finding more opportunities.

In the evening, I went for a 3.94 mile run- I tried for four, but my treadmill timed out before I could get there. I ran a little slower yesterday as compared to Thursday, but I also went biking on Sunday. I updated the biking page to reflect that ride.

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4/26/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working at NMT. It was their junior and senior presentations and so it was a busy day. I helped get the food arranged in the morning and then attended all of the sessions.

Outside of the presentations, I chatted with several students and professors until well after 5. I drove back to Rio Rancho in the evening.

I did not get much done yesterday. I have been updating my to do list, and was a little disappointed how little got finished yesterday, but it was still a busy day.

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4/25/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I drove down to Magdalena and tutored all morning and afternoon. Their semester is winding down, and there were also a bunch of field trips, so I didn’t have many students. In the afternoon, we had our annual “spring fling” where we met with some students and parents about the AVID program.

After Spring Fling had ended, I drove back to NMT and helped the juniors and seniors with their final presentations, which they delivered today. Five of the six groups showed up and got help and did a practice run-through.

I spent the night in my office, as I finished with presentations around 1:30 AM.

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4/24/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day working at NMT. I did some inspections and then met with a safety committee about improving laboratory safety on campus. I have been making changes and developing my program for a while, so it’s always good to get more feedback on how to improve.

Besides working at NMT, I have about caught up on my Upwork contracts. I wrote a few blog posts and caught up on some other personal work along my commutes.

In the evening, I went to the gym and ran just over four miles. It was good to get in and run. I have not been running as much as I would like, but I am glad that I get to do it sometimes.

When I returned home, I ran a Varsity Tutors session and then went to bed.

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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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4/19/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day in Socorro. I worked at NMT all day, including attending a department meeting, grading and performing laboratory inspections.

Along the commute, I finished up an Upwork project that has been on my list for quite some time.

In the evening, we went to a heavy metal concert. There were three bands, the middle band was the one I wanted to see the most. The opener was Necrogoblikon, which I’d never heard of, but they weren’t bad. The second was DragonForce. We saw them back in October and had a great time at the show. The third was Dethklok, which was fun. Dethklok was really loud, perhaps the loudest concert I’ve been to in fifteen years or so.

I’ll talk more about them sometime soon.

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4/17/24: Daily Post

Yesterday, I spent the day at NMT. I hoped to get more done, but I did do a bunch of work in the department. I updated some signage and did some inspections, though I have more to do there.

I have struggled with getting enough sleep the past few days. I keep napping off and on throughout the day (mainly the shuttle rides), and then going to bed late. I need to get this under control ASAP, as I have not been very productive.

I did make a little progress against an Upwork project.

The big accomplishment, if you will, was getting my logs submitted for the New Mexico QSO Party amateur radio contest.

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