The Week #233

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  • ⏰ In an effort to return more balance intention to my daily life, I started leaving my phone downstairs (again). I've experimented with this a few times this year. Each time I've done it I sleep better and because when I got to bed I go to sleep and when I wake up I don't dive straight into social media and slack in bed. I have a calmer mind in the morning and throughout the day.
  • ⏲️ Without my phone next to my bed, I am unable to turn on the heater downstairs and warm it up before heading down. a) That was a manual thing I had to do with my cellphone b) After turning it on with my cellphone I'd have to lay around in bed for 15 minutes for it to actually warm up. This week I took advantage of the timer build in to my heat pump to turn it on automatically 20 minutes before I wake up. It's not a low tech way of solving the problem, but it's a better less tech way.
  • 🥐 I saw a post on Mastodon about kolaches (bread with sausage or other ingredients brought to Texas by Czech immigrants back in the day)  and breakfast tacos...and it made me miss Texas a bit. Wishing I could go to a donut shop at 5am and get freshly baked kolaches and donuts... but breakfast isn't a thing like that here. Alas. I did the next best thing and baked my own. They turned out pretty good. How lucky Leo is to have homemade koalches for breakfast. Definitely the only kid at his school doing so. Either way, it hit the spot.
    Sausage, Sausage and cheese, bacon, bacon and cheese kolaches
  • 🍡 Our neighborhood had its annual mochi making day at the association's building. On offer was 3 kinds of mochi: red bean, kinako, and plain, as well as large bowls of ton-jiru soup. All of it was super tasty. I imagine this event, with everything being cooked outside using propane tanks, is half-community event and half-disaster prep (ensure all the outdoor cooking equipment works and a group of people knows how to use it).
  • 🕹️ Leo's been getting into Minecraft. We keep it on creative mode but it's blowing my mind what he's making each day. Mostly building still. This week he made himself a nice house, then me and house next to it...and connected them (❤️) . The next day I comeback and he's built my wife a house and underground bunkers. Really tempting to get myself a switch so we can make things together.
  • 🎧 On my headphones this week has been No Obligation by The Linda Lindas. I really like the first 2 tracks, but the entire album rocks. The other, by way of a toot was Chappell Roan. I don't usually listen to pop music (or at least current pop), but she is great. Two polar opposite recommendations to end The Week at the start of the week.