My son-in-law's training keeps getting postponed because of quarantine. Idiots leaving base causing lock-down delays. They were supposed to be done in February, but now they won't be done until sometime in April. My daughter is due in mid-April and is freaking out that now they won't be moved into their new place out west and she will still be here with us instead and her husband most likely will miss the delivery. I feel bad for her, but she did marry into military. I'm sure traveling west will be a lot of fun with a three year old and new born. I'm thinking that I might take off two weeks to drive them out and be an extra set of hands to help. We'll see what happens over the next couple of months.

Last night my wife and daughter were talking about all of this and my grandson snuck downstairs while they were occupied. He came over and sat on the couch with me while I was watching a documentary from PBS about Fiddler on the Roof. He just sat there and watched with me. It was so nice. He watched about forty minutes before his eyes drooped and his head slumped. All was right with the world from my view.

Good health to you all. Life is good.

Well, the heat has put a cramp in the roofers. They're about half done and haven't shown up yet today. :( I haven't fared any better with any of my house projects. On the plus side, I got to go into the office yesterday for the first time in two months! I really miss the separation of home and work that the office provides, but I don't miss the hour commute each way.

I have taken the family's old Mac Mini and beaten it into submission. I installed Proxmox on it and have been setting up various containers to selfhost a bunch of services. Currently trying to get HAProxy to shuttle requests to the various containers so that I can eventually access them outside home.

My oldest child still remains employed although his girlfriend was furloughed for COVID. Luckily his meager income covers their big bills, although he still needs our help each month so they don't starve. Middle child ran off and eloped. This makes my wife super duper sad, but I understand why she did it. I am sad that she posted it to facebook before telling us, but again I understand why she did it. Her husband seems like a good dude and I wish the two of them great joy and success in their marriage. The youngest has been given the choice by the school to home-school, distance learn, or attend in person classes for the fall. She is eager to get back to school; my wife and I are conflicted. She learns best in school, but COVID.

Overall, life is good. We have our health, our jobs, our home, and the bills are getting paid. What more do we need?

Beyond joining Hubski...

Family: Saturday evening got to keep my grandson overnight. It is quite the experience when you look forward to an infant spending the night. As a parent, you treasure the nights when the infant stays with someone else. I often come home from work to find my wife fawning all over our grandson. // My son didn't get his license until he was in his twenties. So Sunday I got to spend an hour with him showing him how to change the various break light, turn signal, and parking light bulbs. He also filled his windshield washer resevoir. Good bonding moment. // My wife signed us up for a farm share this summer. First batch of veggies came in last week but we were so busy we didn't have a chance to cook anything. Ended up giving most of them various family members. I kept the chives and romain lettuce for us and made some salads.

Work: I continue to love my job and the people I work with. The organization is going through a tough time right now financially, so they have been making a number of changes and attempting to button up some of the holes. A lot of changes.

Friends: I went to Burlington Vermont with a bunch of mountain biking friends the week before, but not to mountain bike. We camped out on North Beach and rode bikes around town hitting the different breweries. It was a gorgeous day out and the company was awesome. This was our second annual rail trail brewery tour. I can't wait to see what they plan for next year. // Tonight I am going to a friends house to play some cribbage and perhaps a game of Ogre (pocket version from a few years ago). He usually has an incredible selection of IPA's to choose from. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Community: Spent Saturday at an all-day event with the youth athletic team I coach. The kids performed well and ended their spring season on a high note. I am going to miss those that are aging out of the program. But, in six weeks the next batch starts!