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😎 The weekend was very different from our usual programming. We didn’t visit my in-laws this time, as I had a work event in the city. And the movieStars had a party to attend. Mine was also a party, so we had a theme going for the whole family. I did my thing (poorly, I might add), went to pick up the girls, and the little one threw a HUGE fit. She just didn’t want to leave. At all. The following morning the weather had turned, it was grey, dark, depressing. We did have a visit from a friend just arriving from Vienna, and my brother-in-law and wife also showed up. Good. And, still, spending a whole day at home with tinyMovieStar does not get easier, she has a LOT of energy!

📺 Finished Madoff, Represent as well, and some That ’90s Show, but I believe I’ll stop watching this one. It’s just not up to the level of the original, or maybe I just remember that one wrong. Also Collateral, another police show from the UK. We do like British TV. A couple of episodes of Cunk on Earth too. It has it’s moments, but can’t seem to find it as funny as some of the reviews made me believe I would. I do laugh, and it is clever, but… Undercover will probably be dropped too, can’t see ourselves watching three seasons of a show that is moving so slow for us…

💝 Valentine’s Day came and went, we had lunch at the usual Mexican place. We love it, so why not keep the tradition going? Love & Tacos & Margaritas. Sitting right next to us was a very young couple, sweet kids. They were worried about the bill, taking their time carefully adding up what they’d like to have. The restaurant isn’t cheap. I would have loved to pay for their bill, but this is not the month to do it. Sadly.

📷 Work has been slow. Very slow. Weeks go by without a single assignment. I haven’t done a thing for tv in a while. Not that it’s a particularly well paying job, but it was ok to get one of those from time to time, mostly from foreign crews. I believe some of my contacts have left the game as well, and I did tell them a couple of times before I wanted more money to keep doing it, so… I still don’t like/can’t really sell myself, so it’s only natural that I’m working a lot less than I should.

🍲 We drove to my brother-in-law’s and had dinner with them, and my in-laws. tinyMovieStar missed them a lot, so we thought a mid-week meet-up was perfect. It was. Poke bowls for everyone, and the usual crying session when it was time to leave. We didn’t stay too long, as they had theatre tickets, but it was good.

💻 I’ve been thinking about a new computer for a long time, as my laptop is now very old. I’m surprised by how good it still performs, all things considered, but it’s a 2012 machine, so I’m not sure how long it will keep on ticking. Still runs Lightroom pretty well, but I’m finding out I’m missing on a lot of apps because it’s stuck in Catalina forever. Or is it? I’ve seen people talking about OpenCore Legacy Patcher for some time, but I’ve been too scared to try it. If something goes wrong with it, I’ll be left with no computer to do my work. As previously said, it’s not a lot these days, but still… Reports are encouraging, though, so I keep considering it. Having no funds to get a new one if something happens is the biggest issue. Maybe I must fix that first!

🛒 With everything money-wise in mind, I’m thinking about setting up an account somewhere, and sell some prints of a few photos. I’m trying to find a place that offers a good balance between quality, affordable pricing, and delivery options for both sides of the ocean. I’ll pick a few photos to get started, but hopefully will be able to offer whatever photo people might want. So, if you’ve been thinking about a particular one, you could have that hanging somewhere. Neat? Hopefully so. God knows I have a ton of them lying around.

🤖 Inspired by Jay Holler’s automatic posting, I thought about trying to build a Shortcut that would post to a Mastodon bot. Something is not working though. I can get it to post manually, but the automation is not working as it should. It has location and weather data in it, and always comes up short, throwing errors while trying to post. Hmmm…

🎙 Podcast listening took a back seat this week, but a surprise was waiting: Darknet Diaries is pausing for a few months, and an episode of Spycast showed up instead on their feed. Liked it.

🧚‍♀️ Carnival at kindergarten happened on Friday, tinyMovieStar went as a princess/fairy mix, all pink and make up on. She was having mixed feelings as we left home too, wanting to go, but also wishing she could just stay home and play with us. Those went away as she got there, and saw everyone wearing their masks.

🏁 All things considered, it was a strange, and long, week. Glad it’s over.