I need the Weekend

Posted on May 12, 2026 by larry

Son looking to graduate next week, so I asked for an extra day off.

Need a 5 day weekend. I will get Thursday off for graduation, my regular Friday off and Memorial day off.

Am burned out though. Gonna sleep early.

Weight: 316.0

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Problems with 2 1/2″ Drives

Posted on May 11, 2026 by larry

Another 2.5″ drive giving me problems.

I pulled it out of my mini server frigate box and hoping a USB Seagate will do the trick.

A place that has been giving me fits is my nearstore server. I actually rebuilt it from scratch.

Hit the gym today, felt really good. My may toggle on gym rat mode.

I may push hard in the next two or three weeks.

Weight: 315.6

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Mother’s Day 2026

Posted on May 10, 2026 by larry

Midway through spring and we got our first bar b que of the season.

I don’t think it will be the only one this month, but it was fun. Everyone was here for Mother’s day.

Also called my mom, wished her Happy Mother’s day too.

Weight is up there, but I did hydrate much more than normal.

Weight: 319.2

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Pretty Awesome Run

Posted on May 9, 2026 by larry

OK, I was slow, and I didn’t PR, but I didn’t quit either. But I did run a parkrun 5k

What was amazing was afterwards I weighed in. See below.

I do want to touch on some things

My nearstore server has been having problems with its disk.

It is on a 2.5″ disk and I have come to a conclusion they do not do support zfs well.

Weight: 312.4

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Shrimp Trip 2026

Posted on May 8, 2026 by admin

Did our annual pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and got our shrimp.

Although we did get shrimp, I also got an awesome crab sandwich.

Yummy Crab Sandwich

We left a little later, about 9:30AM but still got there with ample time. Today was a Friday so not that many people.

We got home around 4:30PM and after resting a bit son and I hit the gym. I felt amazing. Really surprised myself.

Weight is lowest since putting into regular database April 2023.

Weight: 313.0

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All City Track Meet 2026

Posted on May 7, 2026 by larry

Went to memorial stadium and saw a bunch of former runners and cheered on current runners.

Weather was great, took time to walk Cedar River.

Work was busy though, I think I have a 3 day weekend, but that is not true, going to have to work and catch up on things.

Weight: 315.0

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Stressful Day

Posted on May 6, 2026 by larry

Had a dentist visit today for a cleaning, funny story, I just got out of a stressful conference call meeting before my dental appointment. It was pretty stressful and I was happy to be in the chair.

After work I had to quickly hit the gym because I wanted to have a surprise visit to my son at PLU.

He needed it, as much as I need a break.

Did have a decent treadmill run, got my heartrate up and I did walk in the twilight of a track at PLU.

Weight: 314.0

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Nice Day To Walk

Posted on May 5, 2026 by larry

Feels like spring is here, had a good time with the wife this evening, went to coulon for a walk.

Weight: 316.4

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Slowly Losing

Posted on May 4, 2026 by larry

Wish my weight would come down quicker. But I have had a great workout.

Also I recognize the need to increase my muscle too, can’t just lose weight.

I felt like I was doing good on the treadmill, but was struggling a bit, my son lowered the speed cause I was struggling.

Weight: 314.8

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Fun Track Meet

Posted on May 3, 2026 by larry

Hoping they do this again when I am physically ready

If I can sub 15 for the mile I will do it next time.

Also worked on a new DHCP Server system called Kea. Interesting set of services.

Weight: 317.2

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