The only interesting photo I took this week, and it was actually just my brother spamming my phone when I left it sitting.

Depression, my car wouldn't start and spam... yep, it's February.

Adminisk8or

02/05/2023

It's been an even longer winter week than the last. So much of this week I spent trying to tie up loose ends on a project that should've already been easily done, but essentially consumed the greater portion of my time, this week. I am grateful to say it's nearly over, though.

This week certainly began interestingly, when I left Monday morning to start my car in single-digit temperatures, and found it wouldn't start. I spent a good 30 minutes trying to jump it, and finally somehow got it going, though I wasn't sure how. But I soon learned the reason. And it's a rather amusing one- my battery terminal. It's not so much that it was corroded or messy; rather, it just wasn't quite snug. It's odd, because with what light-to-moderate knowledge I have of electrical engineering, I assumed that as long as the metal was making contact around that post, whether it was snug or not wouldn't make two licks of a difference- but sure enough, when I went to replace the battery terminal later that day, I discovered my car started without so much as a complaint. Go figure!

Besides the battery and a long project at work, this weekend was also unfun- not that it had any right to be, but both and I my wife found ourselves in a depression on Saturday, for who knows what cumulative reasons. I was actually blissfully unaware- or unblissfully unaware, would be more appropriate- of her depression- I figured she was just tired after having gone skiing. But she came into my office and suggested we spend time with family that evening, and having no care or energy, I said "yeah, I guess so". It wasn't until later that I realized she was in far worse a state than I was, and it was hard. I will openly and gratefully confess that it was then by God's power and intervention that we both were helped out of that state, and evil spirits (or bad vibes, or whatever you prefer to call it) quickly left. I just share this experience because although depression is not an unsolvable conundrum, I deeply believe with God's help, in some cases, it can be greatly reduced. I say helped, because for those who suffer with clinical depression there's a lot more going on than the occasional day, and medication or whatever else may be prescribed should obviously not be ignored. But I digress.

Besides depression, I finally have mailing working on my website, which is super exciting! And yes, it took hours or less for me to discover the importance of spam filtering. What I have isn't perfect, but I think it oughta slow down those who don't have the time for research. If you're going to sell me something or try to phish, I at least want to give you the chance to learn something yourself, first- otherwise, that would be selfish of me!

And otherwise, the cold days of February come and go, along with occasional dumps of snow. Until next time, see ya!