Week Notes – Mar 11 to Mar 17 2024
These are some of the things that happened in my life lately:
- 🩺It was my first full week after I tested negative for COVID-19 and I’m still having some headaches and I still wake up with my sinus blocked. It’s worse in the morning, but after I take an antihistamine and Ibuprofen I feel better. I will monitor it for one more week and see if the symptoms persist. Limiting screen time helps as well.
- 📚This week I changed my blog font to monospace.
- ⛸️Ice Skating lessons are over, but I still plan to go to the rink public sessions on Sundays until they are open.
🏃♀️Outdoors running season is open! We are having afternoons with temperatures around 10C, so me and my partner went out for our first outside runs of the year:
Mar 12 – Tuesday: 5.18km / 37min 44s
Mar 13 – Wednesday: 5.20km / 36min 57s
Mar 15 – Friday: 6.19km / 43min 55s
📖I finished a romantasy book that I wasn't enjoying too much (A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout). I could have stopped reading it but I really wanted to see where it would go, because it's a prequal to a series I've already read. Note to self: I'm tired of vampire-like stories for now.
📖I'm 18% in the book The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield. It's advertised as a thriller but honestly, I got bored with it. Maybe I'll finish it next week. I will give it another try.
♟️After looking more into Chess I found out it's not what I was looking for. It's a very interesting game, but I found it to be too much cognitive work and I wasn't having fun with it. Which leads me to my next points...
🎮I looked into options for games that would make me relax. Right now, I am tired of the huge triple-A games with realistic graphics and high stakes. I was looking for a peaceful experience with a bit of a challenge. Something like the old SimCity's came to mind. But I had the game Banished on my Steam, and I played it again. That's the vibe I was going for. I searched for similar games and found 2 more: Dorfromantik and ISLANDERS, which are described as “peaceful city builders”. So I played Banished for a while up until I could get through 2 winters without letting the villagers die. And today I played Dorfromantik which is such a lovely and calming game! I haven't tried ISLANDERS yet, but it seems it's the same vibe.
🎮I mentioned my quest to find relaxing games with my partner and he mentioned Stardew Valley which is next on my list!!
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By Noisy Deadlines
Minimalist in progress, nerdy, introvert, skeptic. I don't leave without my e-reader.