Still makes me sad when I receive mail for my dead mom. Nine out of ten times it is a late bill or some kind of advertising. But what do I expect, it's only been eight months.

Football starts in half an hour, let's go! I was good all week, had some ice cream yesterday. I deserve a treat. I think, maybe pizza with cheesy crust 🍕.

Not gonna lie, listening to my current audiobook feels very tedious, feels like work. But I also don't want to chuck it out. I am 3/4 done.

I'd forgotten how much better South Park is when you watch it on release. The episodes are so steeped in current events. The satire just hits differently when the topics are still fresh.

Well, guess I was wrong the other day. I really hope then that today will be the final day with AC in the (home) office.

iOS 27 is a mixed bag for me. It's more responsive & fluent on older iPads, but abysmally slow on an old iPhone. Colors and contrast are all over the place. Meh.

I really crave a Döner right now. But being the responsible adult that I am (haha), I will raid the freezer instead.

New NFL season started! First year that I really missed it. Let's hope the Patriots have a better year this time.

Just canceled my preorder of Marvel's Wolverine. I have read and watched 5 reviews, and 14 to 18 hours of shallow gameplay is not worth the 80 €.

My company's stock only knows one direction since last week: down. I should have sold, but I thought it would rise to former heights again. Fuck me.

I can't seem to wake up today. My brain is foggy as a fuck right now.

Love the weather today. Cloudy, lots of wind, sometimes rain and only 18°. Hope it stays that way. Fuck this insane summer.

Exercise kicked my ass today, phew.

Color me impressed, UK! Not only is the process to apply for an ETA very convenient, it also took them only a whole minute to approve it. Holy shit 😳.

Tax documents not only gathered and sorted, but now also sent to my accountant. Fuck yeah!

I just played almost 13 hours straight "The Blood of Dawnwalker". Only interrupted by bathroom breaks and dinner. The atmosphere and story of this game are just superb. The hours just flew by. I am really tired now.

Finally finished gathering my documents for the tax accountant. Been procrastinating on this since Oct'25.

I don't even know why I feel so sad and nostalgic today. Hits me more than it should. Maybe, because it is another "last". Another thing that "ends". Truly an end of an era.

Day 5/5 of my "level 0" 25 minute exercise routine ✅

Day 4/4 of my "level 0" 25 minute exercise routine done. Takes time to level up - and even more to create a habit

Yearly eye checkup done. All is well, eyes are getting old but are perfectly healthy.

Day 3/3 of my new "level 0" 25 minute exercise regiment. 🥵

Day 2/2 of my new "level 0" 25 minute exercise regiment. Kicked my ass a bit but I feel accomplished.

"Ich kann, weil ich will, was ich muss." – Immanuel Kant

Looks like my LG OLED65C17LB from '22 has shit the bed. First the red status light was blinking from time to time, no it doesn't turn on anymore. Fuck!

Little impromptu demonstration at work went well, even though I had a little hiccup at the beginning.

Another day with 33°. And the weather forecast pushed out the first cool day to Sunday – and a bit warmer than expected. For the love of god, turn the heat off.

Another season in World of Warcraft has started. My gear was pretty good, now it has all been reset. A part of me wants to start grinding again, the other part could not give a single fuck. Two wolves, eh?

Another day on the hamster wheel 🫩

… off to sleep now…

Shit, I wanted to be in bed 1.5 hours ago. But I couldn't rest before I hadn't finished this last outstanding issue.

Burning the midnight oil… why I am most productive at nights?

Made some changes to the admin backend. I think I solved my issue with the emoji picker. Should all load more quickly now.

I think I have now found the right domain names for my several projects. At least I hope so.

End of August will probably be my last work-related visit to Frankfurt. It will be a full circle moment for me. Starting the infrastructure in 2011 and retiring it 15 years later.

My projects are finally getting some traction and more and more gets finished. Finally! Took me long enough – I started to get frustrated.

I really can't wait for the temperatures to finally drop. It's forecasted for Saturday. Hope it stays cooler for a while.

It really takes up to a week until the temperature drops inside my apartment. And it is only June. Ugh.

I need to finish the splitting of my blogs and the theme redesign rather quickly now, it's been so long everything starts to look like shit again.

Friday and Saturday will be brutal with forecasted temperatures of 38° to 40° C. RIP me.

This heatwave is already unbearable, and can fuck right off, but we will have another week of 33° to 40° weather.

I am not ready for the heatwave that is coming next week. Hope it will be tolerable again the week after as I have to travel for work.

It really was the right decision to not cancel the trip. I am not over the moon elated, but my mood is better. The change of scenery, fresh air and breaking out of my old habits is good for me.

I am totally weird. I have a lot of "Fernweh" and at the same time I am not very excited to leave home. But I decided not to cancel my long weekend trip to Flensburg. I guess I just need to get over the hump. I will enjoy it once I am "on an adventure".

Brought my car to the cleaner and body painter. Won't get it back until Saturday. I feel so naked without my car.

Linkedin is hiding the dark mode in their preferences. The default is "ignore" instead of "system". WTF?!

I just realized that I can sleep in tomorrow! Woohoo!

Tomorrow I will have my first BBQ this year! Meat, sausages and salad are in the fridge, beverages are on ice. I am so ready!

Had a very productive day today. Finally completed a couple of errands: fetched a package, threw out a old balcony bench, got the A/C and the fans from the basement and did some grocery shopping.

I keep thinking today is Saturday. The additional day off is meddling with my brain.

Always an adventure when traveling with Deutsche Bahn. But today it's not the intercity transport but the local railway traffic for a change.

I want Stanley Tucci to take me on a culinary trip through Italy. Everything he eats looks so delicious.

What should I make for dinner today? I have no clue. The fridge is full of "nothing to eat".

So tired of everything lately. Even the smallest tasks take a tremendous mental effort. Little interest in anything and hard to concentate.

Just booked tickets for Thomas Bergersen in April 2027. Seen him a couple of years ago with "2 Steps from Hell". It's gonna be fun!

Had a nice dinner with an old friend who I hadn't seen for seven-ish years. It was a fun night out. To be continued… and hopefully more regularly.

Grief sucks and often strikes out of the blue. I am definitely an ugly crier.

This weekend was fun - the Stay Forever convention was good. Maybe I'll go to the one in Hannover in October, too.

Time to go home! Can't wait to sleep in my own bed again.

The pizza was delicious but I never ever want to eat again.

Haven't been up this early in years - lirerally.

Getting up at 07:00 ist torture. Ugh. The convention program better be worth it.

Had to make changes in my brokerage retirement account – some overlap in ETF. Drop in revenue these days scares me shitless. Need to remind myself that I'm in for the long game. There will come better times!

On Friday I'll go to a retro gaming podcast convention. It's gonna be an interesting schedule and access to a lot of retro gaming consoles!

Another Monday, another work week has begun. But it's a shorter one, there's a holiday on Friday!

Sitting on the balcony, drinking coffee and listening to podcasts. A little oasis of calm & quiet.

Trying to get into "The Sopranos" again. Last time I stopped watching mid Season 1. It is definitely a very slow burn.

After the cleaning today, the balcony is sparkling again!

Let the weekend begin!

If the weather holds, I might have the first BBQ of the year this weekend!

I would so much vote for a 3-day weekend. "Feierabend" can't come early enough today.

19° Celsius today. WTF. I am not ready for spring - and especially not ready for fucking summer!

Had a small sense of accomplishment and success today. Hasn't happened in a while.

Not sweating is expensive. Just paid 250€ to refill the car A/C cooling agent.

Cleaning, backing up, deactivating and resetting my mother's old phone. I don't think I can sell it just yet… I am not ready.

I got the "Monday Blues" already. The weekend went by to quickly. There should be a three day weekend.

I really cant make up my mind what direction I should take with my blog. Ugh.

My girlfriend went back home today. I miss her already. It's just a couple of weeks until I see here again, but the house feels so empty right now.

That was certainly a day. Too much context switching and a lot of information to absorb.

I will never be able to eat again... EVER!

A new restaurant opened up and I am looking forward to trying the new Asian buffet tonight. 🤤

After a while I just couldn't sleep anymore, even though I was tired as fuck. No matter how I tried to position myself, my back still hurt.

Slept extremely badly. After 05:00 I woke up every 60 to 90 minutes. Ugh.

My girlfriend made a pasta chicken casserole. I will never be able to move again. God, was that delicious!

I love bacon, but it does not always love me back *burp*.

"Feierabend!" - The day was very draining, and I do not even know exactly why. First days back at work after a while are always weird.

First day back at work after PTO is always the hardest. Ugh.

Just fixed a bug with the RSS feeds. Should look much better now.

Have a mighty need for a Döner Kebap right now!

I can't focus anymore. I need to go to bed now.

Very interesting podcast episode, but I will finish the last ~15 minutes tomorrow. I am really too tired…

This just went live – v1.0 deployed! I hope I did not forget anything and everything works as expected.