Bike riding

Yesterday's optimization of my blog performance bothered me until this morning. So I tried to give myself another chance to fix it. But it wasn't successful again; I couldn't get any good experience from my try. Maybe it was a bit worse because I broke my blog, and as a result some sections didn't work at all. Of course I spent so much time to fix it because I couldn't leave it without my attention. After all these manipulations, I finally calm down, and I don't want to try it again. Overall, I came to the conclusion that if it works, then let it work; don't try to fix it if you don't want to make adventures on your head.

Today, I spent the whole day trying to optimize my blog speed and improve its performance. But it wasn't a good idea to spend so much time on it because I didn't get enough good results in return. I was also forced to roll back some of my fixes related to photos. I figured it out a bit late and didn't notice that the modern image format WebP had changed my photo colors and made them look dimmer. That wasn't acceptable at all, so the better decision was simply to restore all the photos from the backup I had created before I started manipulating them. Naturally, nobody would notice the difference unless they compared them to the originals. But for me, it mattered much more to keep the photos as close to the original versions as possible.

Yesterday I had a busy and challenging day, so I was able to go to bed early at 11 PM after sharing my post. I don’t even remember how I fell asleep so fast when I dropped onto my bed. Unfortunately, it didn’t really help me wake up on time, because I was exhausted and hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours. Of course, it made me feel sleepy during the day, and everything seemed a little strange. So next time I need to be smarter and not skip sleep if I don’t want to feel the same way again. Overall, my oversleeping gave me a great opportunity to rest from yesterday’s worries and recover my energy.

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.

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.

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.

Today the day was calm, and I didn’t have any issues like yesterday. So I had a good opportunity to spend this day without worries and comfortably finish my workday. However, the weather didn’t make me happy. Since the morning and during the day, the sky was covered with clouds. But the rain didn’t happen, and that was much more important because I planned to ride my bike after work. Also during the breaks, I cleaned my bike’s chain and lubricated it with special oil.

Everything happened when my uncle arrived at the traffic police office and tried to submit the documents. But the police officers didn’t accept them. Instead, they just declined and said that he needed to make an appointment. Of course, he was ready to make one, but it already wasn’t possible. All the available slots were occupied, and the next available appointment was only tomorrow at 5 PM. However, this arrangement wasn’t satisfactory, and we had only one option left: use the offline queue.

Well, the morning was a bit challenging and unusually rushed because my uncle decided to visit us so early in the morning to complete some important tasks related to his car. Really, his tasks were very important, and I can understand him. So I couldn’t ignore him and got up from bed at approximately 7 AM. But the most challenging thing happened when I tried to print some documents with the printer, and honestly, it was really frustrating for me.

This Monday wasn’t usual for me. While my previous Mondays were workdays, today I had a day off and spent it following my usual weekend routine. The weather was unpredictable, though, and by the evening the rain had already started. Despite that, the temperature felt much more comfortable — around 15 degrees — and the wind wasn’t as chilly as yesterday. By the way, my bike ride happened under the sun, so I had a great opportunity to enjoy what was probably the last sunny day for a while, because the forecast says the rest of the week will be cloudy and a bit rainy.