I found myself with a cough and a congestion this week. It was only three weeks ago that I was sick. Now I'm sick again. I've drank nearly a bottle of Nyquil in a month and had some pretty weird dreams (and awful nightmares) for it. Thankfully, I've gotten over most of it and this time around it was a much briefer stay.

I dove into doing some more self-hosting on my Raspberry Pi before going all in on a bigger, more powerful server. I set up Actual Budget, Paperless NGX, Forgejo and Ghost. Self-hosting has long been pretty intimidating, but now that I've just tried again and again with a few different services, it's become a lot more approachable, and I'm satisfied with that. It’s been fun.

This week, I’m determined to be a bit more rigorous with my life. I tried the rowing machine at the gym and want to try to do that, even if just for 10 minutes, to get some exercise in. Losing my exercise time (whether due to being sick, or childcare) has caused my mood to plummet the past month. So, I’m determined that this week, I will get up early, get to the gym when it opens, row for 10 minutes and then go home. It’s the habit I want, not the hard workout.

I did get a bike ride in with a friend on Saturday night. We made it down to the lake under a nearly full moon. We sat on a bench and watched it rise, watched a party boat, lit up with strings of yellow lights, drift silently across the lake.

This week I read Men I Trust, a beautiful comic (painted, too!). It was excellent.

On to another week.