Kayaked Silver Springs today with a small group from the college. Clear water, long quiet stretches, and good conversation on the drive down. Ordered filament tonight — ready to start iterating again.
Quiet day at the office. Lunch with a coworker. Evening walk. Spent the rest of the night laying out gear and prepping the kayak for tomorrow. Not polished — just ready.
Long day at work. A holiday parade passed the building in the morning. In the evening, I went to the Gainesville Hackerspace for the first time in years. I talked through a microcontroller project I've been developing and was invited to present it next month.
Quiet day. Campus deserted. The town feels quieter.
Built a simple camera extension for an upcoming kayaking trip. Tested clamps, poles, and reach until it felt right. Sometimes the work is just finding the simplest version that holds.
Walked to a coffee shop without a laptop and sat for a while. Later: Target for a few house things, yard cleanup, painted the exposed columns, set up the Christmas tree. A day of putting space back together and being part of the room.
Graduation crowds filled the campus today — loud, temporary, celebratory. I threaded through on my way out, back to quieter work.
Worked through a simple photoresistor circuit in the morning. Lunch with coworkers at the dining center. Walked the neighborhood in the evening and watched planes cross a clear sky.
Brought holiday cookies to the break room and most of them disappeared by afternoon. Finished a big site migration, took a short walk at lunch, and kept the evening simple: dishes, a cleaned bedroom, and a quiet reset.
An evening of cookies and conversation. New faces, easy laughter, and a little warmth on a cold weeknight.
A campus walk with a colleague. A surprise gift card on my desk. A kayak invite confirmed. Even this stickered flyer — small signs that the day wasn't lived indoors.
Rainy Sunday. Further organized the guest room as a studio. Began clearing long-term storage. Swapped switches and cleaned cables. Small repairs moving things forward.