December 27,
2019
Today my
morning routine was off because of my new habits that I am trying to form, but
I was ahead of schedule because I started my routine yesterday.
My
operations manager asked for the quantities of our work so far for the
Multnomah County Central Court House. The calculation of square footage is
easy, but I have thousands of Kingspan insulation footage to count. I was
working on this all day. I still have four more elevations to calculate.
I went back
to my Thai language app ex, Master Ling, to learn how to use the question
words, which I learned in another app, but he didn't answer my question. I know
that he told me before.
When I was
biking home today, I counted up to ninety-nine in Thai. It takes thinking, but
it is simple.
December 28,
2019
This morning
Jessica read from Luke, saying that Christ sent out his disciples two by two to
preach and do his works. I thought that it was odd that he told them that they
can only carry a staff, wearing sandals and one coat. Why would Jesus have his
missionaries only carry a staff? Maybe it is a cultural thing. It is most
likely cultural. Do you have any ideas? I makes me think about Christ being the
bread and staff of life.
The
completion of calculating the square footage installed at the Multnomah County
Central Court House was quicker than expected this morning. Having so many
things to do, I spoke to my project manager to discover what is most important.
Eclad only that day gave us the information for composing the mullion cut
tickets in order to complete the mullion fabrication for the rest of the
building; however, I quickly found that the information was incomplete.
On my bike
ride home I looked up how to say hundred in Thai. The word for hundred is
“roy,” but, of course, one has to pronounce the R like an Asian, barely saying
the sound yet with a slight roll of the R. It is a little odd to say ha roy sam
sip bad, which literally means five hundred three ten eight, but it works. It
means 538. I can count up to 999 now.
December 29,
2019
Today is
Saturday. I am surprised that I was able to do some of my new cleaning habits,
and I actually left earlier than usual this morning before leaving to serve at
the temple. I usually simplify the tasks of preparation, being a little messy.
I introduced
myself to a new ordinance worker. When I said that I served my mission for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jamaica, I was told that he
served the people that settled Jamaica, serving in Africa. He called them
Kenyan. He said that many Jamaican return to visit their family in Kenya. I
heard on my mission that England colonized the Jamaican country temporarily.
Lucas
Rodgers came this afternoon at two. He almost came an hour and a half early,
but we had a lot of work to do to prepare the apartment. We might be ready to
host a game night.
We actually
did have a game night, and Jasmine joined us. Jessica, Lucas, and I played a
three way game of Magic, the trading card game. I dominated at first, since my
deck was shuffled well. My fortress developed quickly, summoning a colossal 6/6
dinosaur. I also enchanted it, striking Jessica with the first blow. She
actually boosted her health to 23, so she had it coming. The dinosaur had
trample, and the enchantment raised the strength to 9/9; furthermore, I
summoned a spell, growing the dinosaur to a "titanic" size. It
attacked with 13/13. Her creature deflected my attack, reducing the damage
count to ten. I primarily focused my attacks on Jessica because she was a
greater threat. I could have defeated her early, but I wanted to have more fun.
Jessica took the most damage; of course, but she healed herself a lot. When
Lucas and Jessica developed their fortress more, Jessica killed my dinosaur.
That severely weakened my offense. We joked that it would be funny if Lucas
won, but he said that he spared my life to enjoy the game like I thought the
same in the beginning for Jessica. I did defeat Jessica, and I attempted to
defeat Lucas in the same turn. My offense left my resources depleted, and Lucas
had plenty of monsters & resources to destroy my fortress & efforts. He
was astonished by the result of the game.
It had been
two months since Lucas seen Jasmine. Lucas' trials had humbled him permanently,
and Jasmine expressed that she deeply desired to join the game night. She saw
the conclusion of the magic game, and we played a round of, the face card game,
golf. It was a very close game, but I did win.
When Lucas
first saw me as I opened the gate to the apartments, he was very emotional,
since it has been similarly as long as he has not seen me like Jasmine. Lucas
explained how he has humbled himself, repenting. He spoke very eloquently. His
countenance was different.
Lucas asked
for time to speak to Jasmine at the end of the evening, and we let them talk in
our apartment because a private location for counseling together was hard for
them to find. Jessica and I left to hang out in the lobby. When they said that
they were done, we saw them holding hands, a joyous scene as they endured a
most bitter period of time.
December 30,
2019
Sunday was
busy.
Brother Kuhn
taught our last lesson with the Valiant 9. He can be very explicit in his
lessons, describing the atrocities of Nineveh. Jonah did not love the people
that he was called to serve; however, the Nineveh people loved each other.
Being led by their King, half of the city repented, hearkening to the word of
God. As Jonah did not believe any humbled themselves, he prepared to witness
the destruction of the city on a hill near the city, for God gave him forty days.
The story is a testament of the power of member missionary work.
The previous
day our neighbor, Margaret, invited us over because she had a gift. We meet
with her after church, talking to her for about an hour. She gave us miniature
table cloth. It had a creative design, having birds on a lemon tree. Our
conversation was open and wholesome. She said that she renewed her contract at
the apartments primarily because we are good friends. She has felt more light
in her life, since we have been here.
December 31,
2019
Today is New
Year's Eve. I did many loads of laundry, getting the apartment more in order.
We were waiting all morning because Jasmine and Lucas were going to come over
to complete some courses for Lucas' job. After Lucas finished two courses, we
went to watch Aquaman with John.
I really
enjoyed Aquaman. The villains were well developed. The humor was pure and
great. I like that it did not take itself too seriously, yet the lessons of the
movie related to moviegoers, inspiring their minds. I can't say that about most
of Disney's Marvel films. Most Disney Marvel's villains are not well developed,
and they takes itself too serious. I am actually more interested in DC than
Marvel now. I don't care about Captain Marvel & Avengers: Endgame, but I am
interested in Shazam. I think that the super-hero audience should turn their
attention to DC rather than the new phase of Marvel films.
We were
thinking of going to Wunderland in Beaverton, but we spaced out all evening
until midnight. When we first got to the Ledesma's, I did help Jessica with the
puzzle a little bit. Jessica & I did have good times dancing to Colombian
music, but it did not last hours like in South America. More than two hours was
personal time rather than family.
January 1,
2019
Today I stayed
home all day, finishing laundry.
I was trying
to catch up on completing my journal entries. Most of them are almost complete.
I started
learning the vowels of the Thai language for the first time. Drops is a little
confusing, but it keeps me consistent.
Jessica
& I are trying to decide how to use the new "Come, follow me"
manual. This week did not have a reading assignment. We decided on goals to
make our home more gospel centered. Jessica decided to read the Book of Mormon,
following President Nelson's Womens' Conference Commitment. I decided to
continue reading the Book of Mormon based of President Thomas Monson's final
conference talk a while back, committing myself to discuss the Book of Mormon
daily with Jessica. We also decided to counsel after church on Sunday on how we
will apply "Come, follow me" for the coming week. The manual is still
new this week, and its application is unclear at this time.
January 2,
2019
This is the
only Indian song that I can find that it is organically of their culture that
is fun. The ending is odd, which I skip.
This morning
cycling story is that a bridge was frosty. There is a second longer bridge that
I was worried might be icy, but it was fine.
Today I put
pressure on Eclad to information in order to complete the mullion fabrication
tickets, and I was surprised that I was able to get result the day of the
email. I am not one to put pressure on issued.
January 3,
2019
Today I
complete the mullion cut tickets, starting the assembly tickets.
I rushed
home after work because Jessica registered to attend Institute, and I joined
her in enrolling for the class.
January 4,
2019
This youth
love soap seems to be well developed, but I think that the fantasy of youth
love is harmful. I enjoy the song though, which is the reason that I am posting
it. It was stuck in my head.
I feel sore.
Lately I have been sitting at my desk too much. We have been on a wild goose
chase, looking for missing mullions. My project manager asked me to take the
elevator to the roof and confirm that they are not there. When I was up there,
I got some pictures. They are not professional, but they are unique. The walk
of eighteen levels with an average floor height of sixteen feet, coming down,
got me sore. I walked up to and from the fourteenth floor to check on welding
progress for inspecting too
I did this
after completing the mullion assembly tickets.
Tonight we
are shopping for a dinner with the missionaries. You may recall that I wrote
previously that missionaries in the Portland mission are only allowed to eat
dinner with members if they had someone to teach attending. When we called with
someone to teach, they said that they don’t eat dinners with members even with
a lesson for someone anymore because five to seven is the best time for
missionary work in a day. The work is changing faster that I can adapt. We were
able to have them over for dinner with Margaret, but I am not going to expound
on the supper.
January 7,
2019
Late last
week my project manager asked me to develop turnover documentation. I felt
unproductive today, since I composed only one simple document, going through
five drafts all day, but it is an important one. We need to sign over areas in
order to release ourselves of responsibility.
I was able
to publish a QC Report by the end of the day.
January 8,
2019
Jessica and
I reviewed the suggestion of "fearing not" from 'Come, follow me.' I
realized that fearing man and God have opposite effect. The fear of man begets
odd actions, but true fear of God inspires righteousness and meekness.
This week I
have developed the criteria to sign off a floor; however, my project manager wants
me to do it by elevation. I can't even turnover the first floor that we
constructed the facade to. I began to sign off the criteria, but it is
difficult. This is my thirty-seventh week working onsite.
My goal for
the day is to do a QC walk, since I have not done one since the week before
Christmas. The hardware installation is excellent, but our water and smoke seal
installation is inconsistent.
Jessica had
a Cub Scout preparation meeting this evening. Arranging a carpool, she let me
stay home to continue organizing the apartment. I have a goal/habit to throw
away five things a day. I am starting to have to dig around. Trevor thinks that
it is funny, exaggerating it to throwing away all my possessions; then, I would
become homeless, picking up trash.
Today was my
last day of my ear medication. When I originally brought it home, I was
approached by a confused Jessica, examining the medication. It was eye
medication. I went back to the urgent care doctor, and she said that the
medication will still work to resolve my small ear infection. I took me a
couple months to realize that the infection was not going away without
medication. I did not hurt that much.
January 9,
2019
I worked on
composing Quality Control Reports. There were two three day weeks, and I did
not have time assemble documentation for reports for two short weeks. I am
preparing a report for both three day weeks, and I also began the QC report for
last week.
Conversing
with engineers/a company to resolve a request for information is interesting.
All stakeholders come with very different perspectives. If our operation and
mindset are similar, we would be competitors rather than a client or customer.
We would not hire them, if we did not need their product. The company would not
have a product, if it did not resolve a designer’s need; therefore, none of the
entities have similar operations because they would not be needed otherwise. If
they do, they would be competitors and not work with each other. Don't expect
people who operate differently to understand and agree. They will approach
things differently, and each entity's service is needed to complete the
project/product. The incorporation of each entity's contribution is the key to
resolving issues according to my experience today. We need people to provide
different services and products, or we would all be competitors, not working
together. The unity of many entities results in a product/project that one
entity or many like-minded individuals who compete cannot create. The
combination of entities to resolve an issue will achieve a bigger picture
success. The owner/customer typically needs and provides the means for bigger
picture success. They may not know what they need/want, but the bigger picture
success will be needed. The collaboration of many unique entities can achieve
the things, where no individual understands all parts. This collaboration
requires skill and critical thinking. It requires human inaction and an
exchange of thoughts.
January 10,
2019
Thursdays
are crazy because we go to Institute.
Today was a
good day for Quality Control at work. Hoffman wanted to go over all of the site
visit report items. We closed many items, and discussed candidly on how to move
the rest of the items forward. When I had a lot of pressure to resolve them. I
felt paralyzed. My best effort was not developing the documentation, proving
their completion. I would try to analyze each item to ensure that I understood
them correctly, figuring out how to complete them.
January 11,
2019
Today I did
a quantity take off for the connection plates of the Eclad mullions. When my
operation manager looked at the quantity, he was surprised at the high amount.
My laptop
was shutting off randomly a couple weeks ago. Our IT service provider said that
the battery is causing the laptop to shut down. I got a new battery on Tuesday,
and the computer only shut down randomly once, when I was using the laptop
without a battery during the two weeks. (Did you know that you can use your
laptop without a battery?) It started shutting off again with a new battery,
and Elcor is going to fix it at their facilities.
January 12,
2019
Serving in
the temple, I got to engage in friendships more. The brother, who served in
Africa, is the owner a concrete contracting company, and we talk construction.
A brother from institute is slowly engaging e-commerce, and I follow up with
that, since I know a little bit about it.
In the evening
Alex Meldrum & Lucas came over for a game night. We played "Tower of
Madness." Its theme is similar to Betrayal, but it is not as explicit.
Jessica totally dominated. Alex & I were thinking about doing the alternate
way of winning, but we were not deliberate enough to change the course of the
game.
January 14,
2019
Today was
slow because I transferred my files to another work laptop.
Mary's life
in raising Jesus Christ is very limited, but her example of pondering her
child's life is emphasized. Two scripture references in Luke say "But Mary
kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart." (Luke 2:19) "His
mother kept all these sayings in her heart." (Luke 2:51) Mary probably
told Christ's disciples her account, saying that she did not understand at
first, but she came to understand over time by pondering. Pondering is a key to
revelation from Holy Ghost.
Joseph F.
Smith is a testament of this precept, for he wrote "As I pondered over
these things which are written, the eyes of my understanding were opened, and
the Spirit of the Lord rested upon me," (D&C 138:11) I am a pondering
person too, and I would like to add my testimony to this principle. My truths
are realized through thinking. I know this not sympathetic; however sometimes,
when I hear people struggle on receiving answers, I ponder 'If you just think
about it, the answer will come. It doesn't have to take years.' Maybe I have a
gift of the Spirit.
January 15,
2019
The
Multnomah County Central Court House is currently being evacuated because a
natural gas line broke. Since this is the case, I am writing in my journal.
This morning
Jessica and I discussed our impressions of individuals, who had interactions
with the newly born Jesus. Mary inspired me. We read about how she would ponder
the previous day.
Cycling home
from work today, I was socially pleased to enjoy my first experience, where I
recognized a fellow cyclist. I was surprised to see Steve, a ward choir member,
pass me.
17 January
2019
Today I was
working on getting caught up on the QC reports. My work on it was odd because I
thought that I really needed to work on catching up on productivity, since I
finally got the productivity pictures, and I also thought of the need to work
on the QC items, since I finally got good feedback.
My CEO asked
me about production later in the day, so I think that it was good that I caught
up on productivity.
18 January
2019
Today I did
a survey of all the remaining connection plates to weld completely. My new
laptop is more bulky than the previous, and my arm started hurting. It took me
all day.
19 January
2019
In Habitica,
there is a feature called Tavern, where you take a vacation somewhat. I put my
character in the tavern, since the nineteenth is our date night, because we
were married on the 19th of March, 2016. Those who read my journal probably
read about this monthly. The tavern in Habitica stops damage from missed daily
tasks. I was busy all day.
I got to the
temple at 6 AM. Jessica & I attended the 1 PM endowment; then, we did
sealings. In the evening, we ate at Gastro Mania. After we watched Solo: A Star
Wars Story.
Gastromania
was so good. It made me feel like I have been deprived all my life. It is
probably because there was a lot of oil on my dish. The grilled octopus was
incredible.
The Hans
Solo movie was good. The characters were all well-developed except for Hans
Solo. Everything seems to come so intuitively & easy for him that it is
ridiculous.
20 January
2019
We did a
Family Home Evening, discussing the light of the world, in a dark room.
I am
disappointed that I am trying to remember Monday on Saturday.
I
implemented an idea to split my Habitica tasks among my two accounts because my
personal account was progressing too fast for my party. I put my home tasks on
my home family account, which is on my tablet, and my mobile tasks are on my
phone & personal account. I am a healer in my family account, which is
good, because we are taking damage in our current quest.
25 January
2019
We are
trying to complete up to the slab of level 10 this weekend, so I scheduled the
remaining inspections for Monday.
Jessica said
that she wants to make pizza, so we are figuring that out to night.
26 January
2019
Today was an
awesome day! My service in the temple was productive. A temple coordinator told
me last week, when I feel comfortable with the first stage of my initiatory
training, I could tell him that I am ready for the next stage. Since I knew the
ordinance from my service in the Oakland temple, I was able complete my
training yesterday.
Last week
Jessica said that she wanted to make pizza. On Friday night I had our bread
machine prepare the dough, and we baked it at 6 PM with Jasmine & Lucas. It
was a good thing that Lucas' brother worked at a pizzeria. It was rough working
with the dough. We bought tomato sauce, cheese, pineapple, and Canadian bacon. WinCo
only had a 12" pizza pan while the recipe said that it works with a 16''
pan. It turned out very well. One thing that I liked is that it did not burn my
mouth. It is annoy how hot pizza straight out of the oven typically burns my
mouth.
We went to
stake conference in the evening. The third awesome thing of this day is that I
ran into a couple alumni, who I am friends with. We were able to catch up,
which was exciting.
28 January
2019
Last night
was crazy because I found a random phone in the middle of the road, cycling
home. The screen was damaged, but it was not cracked. The phone was oddly
receiving many calls from a gym, which was not answered by a person when I
returned the call. Another phone number called when I arrived home, and I
answered the call. It was the husband of the phone's owner. I sensed fear and
precaution in their voices. I arranged for them to meet me at my apartments.
When the lady arrived, she was grateful to have her phone returned, but she
told her story to a neighbor. The phone was stolen from the gym locker. The
thief cut her lock. I suspect that they could not access full functionality of
the phone, and they threw it out the window.
We pondered
the cleansing effect of water and fire/heat, learning about how ovens clean
themselves. The method is to burn the contents to easily wipe-able carbon with
excessive heat. The receiving of the gift of the Holy Ghost is also known as
the baptism of fire, cleansing our soul.
Jessica and
I spoke of cleaning things with water. If people don't continually clean their
dishes, they could get sick. Uncleanliness can represent sin, but what are the
spiritual illnesses? I thought of doubt, pride, and entitlement. These
spiritual illnesses are contagious, but man can develop them in isolation, if
they are not careful. Man tend to forget their faith without the continue
effort of cleansing their soul.
The best way
is through faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, and baptism by immersion in the
church, having the authority to administer the ordinances of salvation. That is
the initial cleansing of the gospel, but man need to continually sanctify themselves
by following the covenant path, leading to the temple ordinances. The sacrament
is a weekly ordinance, renewing all of an individual's covenants. Faithfulness
to this practice is most important to remaining clean. Nurturing their
knowledge of God by reading the scriptures is another key to feeling the spirit
and maintain our spiritual immune system to doubt, pride, and entitlement.
Daily prayer and remaining faithful to the commandments of God are other keys
to retaining our spiritual immune system. I am realizing that maintaining our
immune system can be represented by our temple recommend or testimony. Let's
continue to work on our personal spiritual cleanliness.
29 January
2019
I am
thinking that reading about my work is boring. I scheduled all of the remaining
inspections for the slab of floor ten down today because we committed to
complete it last weekend, but the commitment may have been unrealistic. We
completed only about five of twenty-six.
The field is
developing quality control turnover standards, and I am composing them,
starting the documentation this afternoon.
30 January
2019
I was
distracted by mullion needs today, but I accomplished my goals at work. Goals
seem to be different from responsibility. My responsibility has reflected in
construct documentation, and it is incomplete. Procrastination compounds work.
31 January
2019
Today was
busy. I am surprised tomorrow is Friday. The week has gone by fast. I went on a
QC walk with SRG, RDH, & HCC.
The walk was
brief. They pointed out some good things.
We went to
institute in the evening. The lesson was a most inspiring one about missionary
work. I learned that people are more receptive when people are 100% a
missionary. My casual attempts have felt overbearing or not authentic. People
tend get defensive when I approach people about the church, having
"two" sides or an awkward attempt. A missionary perhaps
"fake" side, which rarely comes out, and my personal example. I tend
to be a listening type of person with an accepting & comforting humor. I
try to be interested in people being a true uplifting friend.
1 February
2019
Cycling home
in the rain, I bike mostly up hill. Shoe covers & waterproof bicycle pants
work great at keeping what they protect dry; however, I question waterproof
cycling jackets. What is the use? I get home soaked anyways; instead of water,
my shirt is drenched in sweat. It only makes sense if your bike ride is chill.
2 February
2019
The temple
is closed for maintenance for a few weeks, so I have time to write in my
journal.
Habitica
kept me focused for a couple weeks. I was incredibly productive, but the shine
of the new me wore off. I may be because I pushed my limit too much. My habits
are different and more consistent due to Habitica, but I let some things slide.
The apartment is half clean, an F; maybe, but it is better than before.
I felt
inspired to start a new blog about two weeks ago. I call it 'Once Upon a
Precept' because the line upon line or precept upon precept Blogger URL was
very popular basically any combination of those phrases are taken already. It
is a daily blog because it is my scripture study journal. I have over 300
entries on my Ids account, and I thought that I basically have an unlimited
source of content, which I do. I think that 'Come, follow me' keeps my content
more current. I like to edit my notes to make it easier to read &
understand. Some articles I may get carried away with, but I like to keep them
simple, since it is daily.
I want to
make my journal blog daily too, since I know that I can post daily now.
One thing
that I have been writing about is my practice of counting in Thai. I reached up
to 999 in my last update. I can count up to 9,999,999 now. Thai is interesting
because there is a word for ten thousand & one hundred thousand. I
developed a way for me to remember the order and name of each number. The
learning aid is inspired or chosen because PMS exists. I don't know what it is.
All I know is that it is a girl thing, and it messes with their emotions. I
also add an R to the left, and an L on the right of PMS; RPMSL. Some things are
backwards in the Thai language, so R, standing for 'right' hand, and L for
'left' hand is backward. L is not on the left, and R is not on the right of the
acronym PMS. R stands for 100, which is pronounced Roy. The 'R' is rolled, but
it is a very quick one. P stands for the word phan, which is 1000. The H is
less emphasized. The ph does not make an F sound, or you will bring your
significant other into your high digit numbers. 10,000 is pronounced 'muen'.
The U is weird in this word. I don't know an English word to illustrate the
sound. 'San' is the word for 100,000 dollars. That word is simple, and
1,000,000 is simple too as it is pronounced 'Lan'. I like to practice the
number 1,234,567 or ๑,๒๓๔,๕๖๗. It is pronounced Neng Lan Song San Sam Muen Si
Phan Ha Roy Hok Sip Jet.
๑ = 1 (Neng)
๑,๐๐๐,๐๐๐ = one million (Lan)
๒ = 2 (Song)
๑๐๐,๐๐๐ = one hundred thousand (San)
๓ = 3 (Sam)
๑๐,๐๐๐ = ten thousand (Muen)
๔ = 4 (Si)
๑,๐๐๐
= one thousand (Phan)
๕ = 5 (Ha)
๑๐๐ = one hundred (Roy)
๖ = 6 (Hok)
๑๐ = ten (Sib)
๗ = 7 (jet)
R (100)
P (1,000)
M (10,000)
S (100,000)
L (1,000,000)
I actually
think counting in Thai is more simple than English. Many things are simpler in
Thai.
Today we had
a lot of laundry to fold. Jasmine & Lucas visited for about an hour &
half before we went to visit Alex Meldrum for a game night. We made pizza for
the second weekend.
The bread
machine that prepared the dough last weekend did not sound good during the
process. I think that is because I used wheat flour instead of baking white
flour. The dough was thicker than the recipe's design, causing the gears in the
machine to skip. I was thinking of putting an extra quarter cup of water, so it won't
skip. I ended up putting an extra half cup. This dough did not cause the gears
to skip, but it was very sticky. We made a Hawaiian pizza, putting crushed
pineapple and Canadian bacon on it. We bake it for about 20 minutes, and I like
how it does not come out scolding hot.
We played
Fireball Island with Alex. He brought it twice to my apartment, but we didn't
play it until yesterday. I think that this game is the most fun thus far.
4 February
2019
Today no one
had something urgent for me to do, so I walked all the floors to see what
inspections that I need to do. I have been so busy. My inspection tracker was a
little outdated. I plan to do 60 inspections this week.
5 February
2019
Cycling in
the snow to work this morning, I felt my heart beat race because the road was a
little slippery. The snow made my usually chill morning bike ride into an
adrenaline, extreme sport. Someone called me brave.
I received
the updated documentation to complete the assembly & cut tickets from Eclad
this morning. When I was about to release them, I realized that some errors
were not resolved.
I scheduled
29 welding inspections for today, but 15 failed due to our welder being sloppy.
When I biked
home, I could rarely the spot snow on the roads, but it remained on tree
branches, highlighting the beauty of the scenery. The snow accented the depth
of nature. These experiences remind me of my desires to be a landscape painter.
I wish that God is collecting the paintings of my heart.
6 February
2019
Today I was
thinking about how I love writing so much that I looked up writing jobs on
Craigslist; then, I realized that my job is so writing oriented that I basically
already have a writing.
Cycling the
day after snow is more dangerous than the day of the snow because water
freezes. I did see ice, riding my bike to work, but it was easy to avoid. I
spoke to a cyclist girl, and she said that she slipped yesterday on the snow
day, and I said that I slipped, hitting my hip last year, the day after snow.
I completed
some assembly tickets but not all because my information has discrepancies.
7 February
2019
I was told
yesterday to do turnover inspections for level nine down today. I did floor
eight and nine. The climate is very cold. I haven't recovered, yet my lunch in
my generously warm cubicle is an hour long. I think that only one of fourteen
elevations passed; if that.
PSI did two
levels of torque inspections too.
8 February
2019
I completed
the interior turnover forms up to level 9 today. The climate was so cold that
my heartbeat got off rhythm. I didn't feel well for an hour or so.
In the
evening Jessica & I watched "Mary & the Witch's Flower. The film
felt like it was only thirty minutes long. That may be a sign of how good as
well as how simple it is. The characters and story are all very simple.
"The Little Broomstick," the book which the film is based on, must be
for children. I think that this movie would be great for children.
9 February
2019
Today is yet
another Saturday, and I want to attempt again to publish at least forty days of
journal entries.
Last week I
rediscovered a secret to deeper sleep, which most people would not want to deal
with. During high school an Olympian visited my "promising" cross
country team. I became inspired to become a health freak by his teaching;
however, my sleeping secret is not learned from him. He taught the class that
no matter what we do; we will wake up dehydrated from sleep; therefore, we need
to drink a lot of water in the morning. This tells me that our body utilizes a
lot of water in the highly beneficiary process of sleep. Sleep is most glorious
when an individual goes to sleep early and wakes up early. I expect most people
would reject my idea; however, I found that drinking a large glass of water or
two until I feel hydrated will make my rest more deep and vivid. When I wake up
in the night to use the restroom, I feel rested. I do not suggest turning on
the bathroom lights or any lights, and don't look at your phone. This is crazy
I know. I wake up in the middle of the night finding that I have hours more to
sleep; plus, I already feel great. Drink another large glass of water and go
back to sleep. I may wake up a second time to do the same thing, but I have
another glorious nap before the alarm goes off. I let go of this habit last
week, and a lack of hydration weakens my sleep. Water is like the energy source
for deeper sleep for me. I also use water to help keep myself awake during the
day, if I was not punctual on sleep. Last night I was so excited to write about
this, since I have time today, that it messed with my sleep, but I still slept
deeply.
Today I did
my taxes. The only thing that I confirm how much that I invested in my Roth
IRA. I might as well delete it, since I am not getting any benefit from
reporting it.
One thing
that may seem illogical is that I am very public about my life as a blogger,
but I use DuckDuckGo, a private browsing and searching; plus, I sell my phone
screen to S'more as advertising space for 10 cents a day, and I sell my mobile
use data for 5 cents a day with Mobile Performance Meter. I am talking about
this because the Brave browser had such a big update that I had to download and
install a new browser.
Since I was
going to transition to a new browser, I decided to download a browser that that
DuckDuckGo has partnered with. The browser is called Vivaldi. My experience so
far with Vivaldi feels like Linux because the browser has many customizations;
furthermore, Vivaldi has a very large community network. They gave me a new
email address, inviting me to blog. It is enticing to start fresh, ditching
Google. Vivaldi is based on Chromium. Vivaldi doesn't feel like a corporation
trying to squeeze every penny out of me.
10 February
2019
During
Sacrament, the ward choir sang 'The Lord is my Shepherd.' Steve and I were the
only people that sang bass. Steve is the cyclist that I mentioned previously. I
felt like I upheld the bass section. Jessica upheld the Sopranos as there only
two as well.
A several
weeks ago Jasmine, Lucas, Jessica and I went to Wunderland as we hoped to do on
New Year's Eve. Wunderland is a nickel arcade, and it has a movie theater.
Wunderland gave each of us two dollars free to play games. Jessica started it
off, jumping on a light jump rope game. She lost in like three seconds, but she
kept jumping. Jasmine, Lucas, & I watched her jump until she realized that
she lost a while ago for fun. There were a lot of silly games that we played
like punching ducks and balancing boxes on a platform. I indulged in a couple
rounds of racing games. One annoying thing is that I think that the game is
programmed to give me third place because I got third both times, and my
driving sucked. All four of us challenged each other to a coordination, reflex
game. Jessica & I played each other, but we tied. Jessica played a hop
scotch game a few times. When we finished, I wanted to treat everyone to watch
the movie "Spiderman: Into the Universe"
'Spiderman:
Into the Universe' was good, funny, silly, interesting, and cool. Only three of
the several spider-men were developed well, and the other were a little too
silly and unnecessary. The story and villains were well developed. I recommend
it.
Afterward we
discovered, the restaurant, 'Sweet Tomato' spontaneously on the way home. We
all really liked it. It is an affordable buffet, costing only about 13 dollars
per person. It is vegetarian. We all pigged out. I ate at least two luxury big
plates of salad; plus, a couple other plates of food. Jessica and I are
planning to go there this weekend for Valentine's Day.
I wanted to
write about this weekend because it was a full day, and I didn't write about
it.
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