Today I awoke to the sound of a snow blower. It was a dreaded sound when you are all snuggly in bed. For those not living where it snows this means there is work to be done. I laid there in bed with my eyes still shut not wanting to arise. I eventually got up and threw on my clothes and jacket. Put on my headphones and laced up my boots. I threw my leaf blower on my back and got to work. I have a commercial leaf blower that makes quick work of snow removal but there is one catch. It has to be cold. In the fall the snow is wet and that makes it difficult for the blower to do much other than make really good snow balls. I was able to get a lot of the snow moved so shoveling was light. If the snow falls but melts later in the day it is not cold enough. If it falls and stays frozen through the day then the snow blower can move that snow all day long. Anyway, in total it was 7K steps. Samantha wanted to get the house cleaned so I vacuumed and mopped the kitchen, living room, and dining room floors while she was busy upstairs. I then cleaned some of our fabric sitting chairs with one of those wet vacuum cleaner things. Um... every time I use this thing it is both amazing and gross. This is where we sit. We wear regular clothing right? yet, the color of the water is BLACK and the smell... oh my goodness... the smell! Let's just say, it wasn't the smell of cookies.
Afterwards, the Christmas season has everyone running errands so we were with the masses at Walmart which is not my most favorite of places but makes for some interesting people watching for sure. It is about 8pm now and I have about 8k steps. For me, that is a lot. My kids are all out doing things tonight so Samantha and I are going to watch a movie and just have a calm moment once Claire is down for the night.
On a different note, I'm involved in a local IT group here in Utah and it looks like I am going to be teaching them about Machine Learning which is a big topic. Everyone is interested in this as a subject. Because I learned this topic at school this has made me the local expert which is very unsettling. I mean - sure, I have taken classes on the subject matter and yes, I do understand it but probably not well enough to teach 200 people! I suppose the comment that Stephen Covey said is true - when you teach once, you learn twice. I'm working on how to teach it in a lab environment.
Anyway - To all that are reading this - I hope you all have a blessed evening. Until later -
