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Week Notes, 2025-03-16

The Bear Blog ecosystem has a Discovery feed that shows off recent or trending posts. One style of post I’ve seen over and over again is a weekly recap, like a journal entry to sum up the week that’s passed. As someone trying to get back into a regular writing routine, this type of post is just what I need to re-establish my skills. With that in mind, here's my first of hopefully many weekly recaps.

(Note: the format of entries was largely inspired by the notes written by both Kerri Krueger and Notes by JCProbably.)

Weekly Features from March 10th - 16th:

🦠 I spent the majority of the week recovering from a sudden bout of flu, which hit me on March 6. It wasn't until Wednesday 03-12 that I felt "normal" again, prompting me to celebrate with a tasty Side Project stout.

📲 On Thursday 03-13, I took over the weekly on-call rotation for the first time since I was hired. By sheer coincidence, this shift almost lines up with my start date of 2024-03-18. As of this writing, I have received two calls, one of which was solved by the user later on, with the other involving a Security team's intervention.

🛳️ My in-laws are finishing their month-long boat cruise of Hawaii, Kiribati, and French Polynesia. Unfortunately, they are no longer on the boat, but instead are landbound at a hospital on the Marquesas Islands. Along the way to French Polynesia, a round of flu spread through the ship, affecting both in-laws. During her recovery, my mother-in-law developed breathing issues that were beyond what the ship's doctor could handle. She, and similarly afflicted passengers, were sent to a field hospital on the Marquesas. As I write this, plans are underway to escort her and my father-in-law to a larger hospital in Tahiti. Once she gets the all-clear to fly, the in-laws will fly home sometime this upcoming week.

Other Things to Note from The Week That Was:

📺 Watching:

🎧 Listening:

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💫 Creating:

🗄Organizing:

🧪 Testing:

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