Slow.

Falling behind on my projects, but I’m making progress.

It’s been constant learning and a test to my patience as I figure out how to do this whole reporting thing.

It’s been trying.

But, I’m making it through. I’m making progress and I’m getting somewhere.

It’s just not happening as fast as I want it to happen.

Part of it is my fault and part of it is just how it is and I have no control over that. I just need to be patient and let things ebb and flow at its own pace.

Patience.

My hamartia.

Life.

What’s been happening?

It’s been a long ass fucking month, but it wasn’t until yesterday, the last day of January that I had my first “Fuck Today” day.

Work.

Always work.

It’s a trying day of waiting and waiting and waiting and trying to understand how data fits together.

Sometimes I do wish I knew more about Media so I can just do it, but alas, I don’t.

But definite big progress was made and I just need to verify and confirm on Monday that the Power BI file works on my laptop and then do a demonstration.

Once that is finished, I can turn that over and focus on the things I need for the project, how to figure out the messaging and spending.

The model is taken care of through the nomenclature as is the messaging, but I need a translation table for both.

Spending will take some time.

But, that should be it for Programmatic though.

Thankfully.

Chinese New Year.

Happy New Year.

Year of the Rat.

I think it’ll be a somewhat good or okayish year for me. I don’t know for sure, but sure, maybe.

I spent New Year’s Eve at Uncle Joe’s with the family and had a great time and enjoyed the food as always.

Then I spent the weekend in Fresno with Gifu and Sister and the fam.

Phinny was down for work and Amy, Maggie, and Soung too.

I haven’t seen them in a while, so why not.

Overall, the weekend was good. It was good to hang out with them again and catching up, but man, sometimes family is just too fucking much.

Glad I went, but definitely glad that I only spent a limited time there.

Just too much.

It does seem like 2020 is shaping up to be Year of Family.

I’m going to San Diego in a few weeks to do some hiking and visit 7th Uncle. I haven’t seen him in a few years and needed to go visit and wanted to for a while now.

I won’t be going home this year for the summer, or I may. I haven’t decided yet, but I think I may go to central Oregon for the family weekly thing and possibly do some hiking.

I’ll only go for a long weekend or something and plan a small road trip with hiking and what not.

No Pickles unfortunately.

I’m going home for April for Qing Ming and to get the whole old house situation taken care of and then I’m off to Chicago.

Year of Family.

Definitely.

It’s funny that I do go through phases of doing a lot of family thing and then there are years when I’m like…fuck family. I’m on my own.

But the year had just started. I got a few trips lined up and am looking forward for more.

Ahh to socialize….

It’s getting easier.

I’m going out a little more and it’s just getting easier.

I got dinner recently with Courts and there was a going away happy hour a few weeks ago.

Happy hours are getting easier and easier and it all depends on who’s there.

Surprisingly at the latest I got to talk with Hfritz.

I was always curious about her. It’s always those seemingly quiet ones that piques my interest.

She seems cool and got that quiet self-confidence and she’s cute.

But overall, we’ll see how this year will go in the social front.

I don’t know.

Wing it, I say.

Ebb and flow.

My style.

2020.

It just started and it’s already galloping.

Where will I end up?

I guess we’ll see at the end of the year.

But please, it’s been a rough few years, go easy on me.