Weeknotes 3, 4

I got a bit behind on week notes due to the holidays, but I'm back!

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I had the week of Thanksgiving off between finishing up at my previous job and starting my new one. C and I went up to LA to hang out with my family. We had thanksgiving as a family, and then the next day had a big potluck with a bunch of family friends and my brother's friends which was a ton of fun. Notably, my mom's best friend made Ghormeh Sabzi which is always a treat.

Here is a photo of my parents' puppy, Tux, just taking it all in:

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I upgraded my working area! I had a small standing desk before and just never had enough room to comfortably fit my laptop, monitor, desktop, etc. I had a lot of crap just on the floor next to my desk which made the already cramped and messy room look and feel even worse to work in all day long. I got a standing L-shaped desk and it's been amazing. I still need to get some better under desk storage, and obviously put stuff in the shelves, but already I feel like I have room to breathe.

The most exciting thing I got was an Ergotron monitor arm. It's made a huuuuuge difference! I got an utrawide monitor a few years ago because I got am M1 MacBook for my job, and it didn't support more than one display attached at a time (still one of the most insane things ever imo). The ultrawide monitor has served me well, but it had huge stand, taking up a good 1/4 of my desk space. Eliminating that dead space has been huge, and being able to easily adjust my monitor's position or orientation has been great.

I'm looking forward to getting some more pinboard accessories to hang things and just generally organize all of my things finally!

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I started my new job at Givebutter this week 🧈 It's always really overwhelming to start a new job, but so far it's been good!

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Lastly, Court and I decorated for Christmas this weekend. It's sooo cozy in the apartment now 🎄

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Notes:

• Apple Music Replay came out this week, and no surprise that Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party was my AOTY
• Finished playing Ratchet and Clank on my steamdeck and it was as suuuuch a fun experience!! Super fun game and a great experience on the deck. I'm so glad I got the steamdeck. I'm playing Dispatch now. I like the management game aspects but the story so far is eh.