I missed my October post! The first monthly post I missed in 3 years! That’s how crazy my October was. Work was insanely busy. I was working constantly to test and ship a feature on time, and on the side I was also swamped with end of year process stuff.
Anyway once I met all those deadlines, I promptly jetted off to Rome for a family trip. We spent 5 gloriously sunny days there, then it was back to NYC where I drudged my way through work while battling a major vacation hangover that I combatted with multiple $9 matcha lattes. I got back on a plane about a week later, this time for a trip to Japan. Great food, great vibes, and then I flew back to my hometown for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I was in fact on call for Thanksgiving and there were in fact major outages while I was on call, so I had kind of a terrible holiday weekend, especially since I still had jet lag from Japan.
So yeah, that’s the October and November recap. Upcoming: I’m home for the month of December, so I plan to eat a lot of my mom’s cooking. I finally got myself an AI coding assistant subscription — personal projects are about to go crazy. Ski season is coming up and I am so not ready (mentally, physically). I’m also preparing to start running again. Not thrilled about it, but I’m considering running another half this spring which means the time to lock in is now. Other things that are loading for 2026: my Goodreads goal, vacation plans, and glow up strategy. Still working on those though.
