As described in a recent post, the new baby in the house has turned my
schedule upside down. I've had to re-prioritize my schedule and accept
that I simply can't do everything I used to be able to do -- at least
for a while. A lot of my horseplay on public access unix systems has
been one of the casualties, unfortunately. I do have a few projects I
will still try to push through to stability though (e.g. Linkulator)
I started up a Linux Users Group in the Spring, and I've had to hand
over the reins to another member. While it is bitter to step back,
especially so soon after starting it, I am really happy to see that it
picked up enough members and momentum that it will carry on without me.
So for the past few weeks, I have been coming to grips with the fact
that I simply have to let go of a number of fun activities for now.
This has honestly been a big source of anxiety and frustration for me.
But this is not a sob story. The flip side of this coin is that the new
baby is doing really well. She is about 10 weeks old now and she loves
to smile. It seems like her development is moving in fast motion and
nearly every day she does something new. She smiles a lot, and the way
her eyes and whole face smiles will simply melt your heart. She makes
all kinds of baby sounds, so we're pretty sure she's going to be an
early talker. And once in a while, when she's in a particularly good
mood, particular things will set her off laughing with the sweetest,
purest laughter you have ever heard.
So while I've had to make some time allocation trade-offs recently, I
really cannot complain. Less gopher, less tinkering on the command
line, less interactions with many of you in gopher and pubnix space; but
this will all return eventually.
I did make it to another museum recently, the Udvar-Hazy Center, part of
the National Air and Space Museum. Awesome, awesome museum! I intend to
make a post about it over on sloum's colorfield.space as soon as I have
a little more free time.
