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The weather wasn’t very good today. It was rainy and a bit cold. The temperature was lower than in previous days, around 20–22 degrees during the day. In the evening, the average temperature was approximately 18 degrees, and the forecast predicted around 16 degrees at night. So today I decided to skip my biking and drive to the village to celebrate Eid al-Adha. I’m sure it’s much more fun than riding my bike in low temperatures and getting cold.

After my workday, in the evening after dinner, I usually try to walk or just bike. So today I decided to clean my bike from the dust of yesterday’s trip and ride across the forest. But it wasn’t enjoyable enough; on the contrary, I felt annoyed and uncomfortable because of the surrounding habitat.

Today I spent more than two hours just watching YouTube Shorts. It pulled me in so strongly that I completely lost track of time. But I found an interesting channel with English-speaking prank videos, and I especially liked one short. I watched it many times and honestly lost count. It also reminded me of something from my own life when I mispronounced an English word.

Finally, today was Saturday, so I was able to take a little break from work worries and just relax. Luckily, I didn’t spend the day at home. Instead, I had a trip to my relatives in the Sabinsky district, where we spent approximately three hours. Of course, it wasn’t a whole-day visit because this time of year is quite busy for gardeners. Our relatives had also arrived from the city and were busy with their garden routine. So we didn’t want to take too much of their time or disturb them for too long. But at the same time, we couldn’t reschedule this visit for several reasons, so we decided to visit them today.

I woke up to the sound of a lawn mower machine, and the weather was a bit cloudy. Of course, I noticed it while I was still lying in bed, and honestly, it felt a bit unusual, maybe even a little sad, to see such a cloudy day. But that’s not the main thing that happened this morning. The most interesting and sad thing happened after my morning routine, when I started my work meeting with my colleagues, and during the meeting I listened to real Tatar swearing. I even heard some words for the first time, and it was hilarious.

Finally today they shared the final results of the challenge. But it wasn't what I wanted, and my expectations were a bit different. Because they decided to share only general information without clarifying results for each participant. Instead, they shared some blah-blah-blah text about how it was nice and had special feelings. In my opinion, it felt like the hosts didn't take my reports seriously, and during the fifteen days I couldn’t see my name on the results list. Of course I had hopes until the end, but it didn't happen anyway. Still, I didn’t know how many points I reached, and I didn’t have the opportunity to compare them with my colleagues’ points. So today I decided to count it myself and celebrate my 45 points.

After work, I had a great opportunity to drive my car across my district and visit a village near my city. Luckily, it wasn’t a long trip, and in total it took about twenty minutes both ways. But it was really enjoyable, even though the distance was short. Especially for me, since I really love driving. And the weather felt specially made for car rides — it played the main role in the whole experience. During the drive, I even noticed that the car didn’t feel like it was driving. On the contrary, it felt like it was flying above the road, bringing comfortable feelings without any extraneous noises.

In this post, I mentioned that I tried to repeat my bike ride route by walking. So today, I decided to compare my experience while I still don’t forget it. Honestly, my experiment was interesting and a bit stressful, but it showed me that walking is a much more labor-intensive process than bike riding. Of course, I already understood that before, but I didn’t really understand the numbers behind it — how many calories I’d lose, what average heart rates I’d reach, and other interesting parameters about my body.

Well, I want to begin with my work worries. In this post I wrote that I couldn't finish my task successfully and spent so much time on it. So I had some worries about it, and I had some doubts about what my team lead would say. Luckily, everything went great, and during our daily meeting, he just asked some questions that I responded to. In my opinion, those answers satisfied him. Also, he shared some observations that he noticed about that task, and it helped me too. Overall, today I was a lucky guy because I didn't ruin my morning.

I made one mistake because I went for a walk at 29 degrees. In my opinion, I picked the hottest time of the day around lunch. Also, I didn’t take water and didn’t cover my head. At first, when I walked across the forest, everything was okay. I didn’t feel anything unusual. I walked among the trees and enjoyed the shadows. But when I left the forest and walked around the open field under the sun, I felt that something happened to my fingers. My hands became red, and moving my fingers was a bit difficult. And I had a very strong feeling that I needed to drink water. Of course, it was unpleasant and a bit scary. I had never felt anything like that before.

Yesterday I promised to share the challenge results. Unfortunately, the person responsible still hasn’t shared all of them. She only announced who won and sent some messages about how cool everything was. But honestly, I can’t fully agree with her, because during those fifteen days the rules changed multiple times. Some participants even left the challenge, and I think that’s understandable because, in my opinion, it wasn’t honest enough. I just kept sharing my reports because I had already started and didn’t want to leave it halfway. And of course, it didn’t really bring me any extra difficulties. The responsible person promised to share all the results on Monday, so I still hope to look through them and share them here.

The day wasn’t productive at all, and I spent my whole workday without any success. During the day, I got completely stuck on my task, and as a result, I couldn’t figure it out. Honestly, I really tried, but everything kept going wrong, and I just couldn’t do anything. Also, I needed to write a mini report about my task, and that didn’t go well either. Instead of a full report with results, I just described all my steps for nine hours. Of course, I’m not sure about the report, and I’ve no idea what my team lead will say about it on Monday.