Baltaç District

Here I’ve shared some moments about how I was fired, and since that day I haven’t looked at the job market. I didn’t even update my resume because I had no plans to start working again. But today, a few messages from Telegram caught my attention. They came from my former workplace's channel, where they had forgotten to remove me. Unfortunately, after a few minutes, they realized I was the odd one out, and I was removed from the channel.

At 1 AM, when I finished my tasks and started getting ready for bed, I noticed lightning and heard loud thunder. It felt like the thunderstorm was directly over my city, making so many scary sounds. But the lightning was especially adorable because it flashed across the sky, leaving bright flashes that illuminated everything in the darkness. Honestly, it was really dark since the streetlights were turned off and the sky was covered with dark clouds.

I spent my whole day optimizing my blog's pages, and honestly, it made sense to spend my day on that. At the same time, it was also a productive and really interesting refactoring of my codebase that helped me improve my programming skills. It gave me unexpected but successful results, and I finally reached my goal according to Google PageSpeed. I also noticed and could actually feel how my pages had started loading much faster.

I arrived in the village at around 4 PM and immediately started washing and vacuuming my car. It was a mess both inside and outside, even though I don't use it every day. All four passenger floor mats were dusty and covered with frozen mud after the trip to the forest to check on the wild strawberries. Some parts of the carpet and seats were also smeared with some dirty, undefined substance. But the outside wasn't that bad. The rain over the past few weeks had basically washed it off, so it looked much cleaner. This time, I decided to clean it properly by myself, as I had a good opportunity to do it out in the village, surrounded by nature.

During my outdoor activities, when I rode around the meadow, I noticed about twenty horses with their babies in the green field. The babies were actively jumping around their moms. Even when I came closer to them, they didn't seem scared of me. Probably I was much more scared than they were, because horses can be unpredictable when they have babies. Fortunately, all those horses just lifted their heads to check who was coming and then calmly continued eating the grass. So I took it as a good sign to take a few pictures for my blog collection.

Today I completed another 10K during my bike ride under the hot sun while a fresh breeze blew directly into my face. Of course, after yesterday’s rainy weather, the ground was still slippery. So I decided to ride along the highway instead, without going through the forest trail or any country roads. In my opinion, it was the safer and more comfortable choice, even though I usually enjoy riding through forest trails. Even though I only used the highway, I still managed to complete my planned distance successfully.

Yesterday, I finished my day with a bike ride around my city after a very busy day, which I mentioned here. Despite ending the previous day with dry weather and a colorful sky, this day was absolutely crazy. It started with a rainy, foggy morning, with the temperature around 10 degrees. On top of that, it rained non-stop throughout the entire day under gray clouds, which made the day feel more like an autumn day in the middle of summer.

During the day, I rebuilt the wooden floor, which had dried out over the last ten years, and cracks of about 1–2 centimeters had appeared between the boards. Also, the floor made loud creaks whenever anyone walked on it, and even worse, it had started to sag. So I disassembled all the old boards, cleaned the nails out of them, and built a new floor. Of course, I used the same boards because they were still in good condition and looked pretty good. Even the smell of the type of wood used for the boards was still strong and pierced my nose. But this time I used self-tapping screws instead of nails to fasten the boards, as they are much more practical and convenient to use. Now the floor has no cracks or creaks, and walking on it is much more comfortable than before.

Today the weather was a bit chilly. The temperature during the day was only around 18 degrees, and from time to time the rain made the ground slippery, which made my outdoor activities impossible. So instead, I spent the day at home, finished the second Harry Potter book, and rewatched the movie too. It made me realize that it took me much longer to finish the second book than the previous one, even though it was approximately the same length. The difference was only about thirty pages, but I skipped a few days without reading because I was busy with other routines. Honestly, I had planned to finish it in about eighteen days by reading at least one chapter each day.