All right, so today was interesting. It was my first day back at the gym, which is pretty exciting. But it's only been like a month and a week, not quite two months, so not too bad. I was excited that I was ready.
So I woke up and I was kind of frustrated because I woke up at like 8:30 and I was like, oh, I'm gonna wait until 9 because I'm building all these Home Assistant automations. At 9, my lights go on, my diffuser turns on, the overhead lights gradually turn green, and then my curtain light turns bright green, and then my printer goes off. I was excited for it but it didn't work. So that was kind of annoying. I immediately woke up a little bit pissed about that.
I've really been digging deep into the Home Assistant stuff and I have a lot of different automations, a lot of different parts to it. I've got all my lights. I've got the arcade that's automated. I added in a Coral automation yesterday. Awesome. I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to use it for. I think I'm going to dial it down so that I don't have half and half or double automations. Like everything I could do with voice, I shouldn't need to be standing or sitting in front of the TV gesturing to do things with the TV. So I'm kind of thinking about how I want to do that. Right now it's just an air guitar and a couple of other things. But yeah, there's a lot going on. A real lot going on.
The last two days I was just drunk. Like hungover drunk. I didn't know... still did get a lot done today though. I was begging for a day off. Did not really get the day off. But yeah, I started out with the gym.
Walked there. When I got to the gym I went right to it. It's Leg Day A, which means that's a glute and calf day. So basically the lying leg curl. And it's always so frustrating when you get to a new gym because you never know where everything is and you look like an idiot. You look like a total moron looking around.
At first I wanted to do the hip thrust but I could do the manual hip thrust and then I'm usually gonna take up like a squat rack. So every single person in there is a fucking personal trainer. I started out with a lying leg curl, a chrome leg curl, because that was what was open. I was looking for a sitting one because I really love the way that everything kind of looks, muscles. So I hate that. But yeah, that was okay. I moved on.
There's this awesome donkey kick glute machine but I didn't do it because I was pretty tired from the last month. I'm 187 pounds. I started out as 210 two months ago, so I'm losing weight at a pretty good rate. I'm doing really well with that.
After the gym I kicked some ass and I jumped into the jacuzzi. I was gonna try to use the steamroom but there's a sign in front of it saying out of service. I think they're just being cheeky but I wasn't really too sure. And I was gonna go in the sauna but there were three men in there and I was a little bit intimidated. So I just went into the jacuzzi and I felt pumped and I put a toe into the cold plunge and I was like, wow, that's fucking cold. So I didn't do it.
A lot of the information I look up says like you should just do it a lot. If I do it before I work out then I have to work out wet. And I don't think anybody wants me to work out wet. Speaking of which, there's like this whole towel service thing and sanitizing wipes. There's like wet towels that people are carrying around. I grabbed a dry towel because I'm a fucking moron. Hate that. Just so awkward. Like, do I ask? Stupid.
I sat in the jacuzzi for maybe like 10-15 minutes, started getting bored. I know I'm going to have to bring sandals. If I don't bring sandals then it's all off. And I lost my sandals when I moved out of the hotel. So I'm pretty upset about that as well. So now I gotta pay more money. Fucking money and I don't want to. I want to buy a motorcycle or a new car. It's just fucking crazy.
Anyway I left the gym and walked home. It's hot. It's getting hot. And I came all the way back here and I knew I had some work to do. The gaming lounge needs some attention. It's not doing so hot. Especially because I canceled all the ads. Same idea with the arcade. I'm not getting a lot of direction. I don't really know what I need to be doing. I don't know where I want to take it because it's a tough industry to sell. Sim centers opening up and I'm like, dude, how? Like I don't understand how you're making that much fucking money, man. I just don't understand where these business owners get the idea that they're going to make a hundred thousand. There's no fucking way. I just don't believe it.
Anyway, that's all to say that I did my digital marketing recaps for everybody. I'm now fully set up doing ads. I'm up to date with all my work except for a couple of side projects here and there that I haven't quite gotten to. And then I also secured a new client. He's not only paying for my software but he's also going to pay me for my SEO and marketing. I told him I'd build him a new website. I'm not going to go too crazy with it. I'm just going to build very what he needs. That's what he wants. He's a super laid-back guy. He's easy to work with. I don't hate it. So I gave him a price that's a little higher than what I'm usually charging. I'm excited about that.
And yeah, the rest of the day was spent doing automations. I did the automation for the plants. I have two gold pothos. I have a pink princess. I have a baby-growing philodendron and I have a dying spotted begonia. And I set them all up on a Lettuce automation with drip irrigation, which did not have a Home Assistant integration. And I thought it did but Lettuce only has Home Assistant for like their hydroponic systems. So that was interesting. So we had to build a template which has a little bit of manual tuning to it, which is kind of okay, but we'll figure it out over the next two weeks.
And then I also hooked up seven soil sensors. For my sundews and for a couple of plants in the Lettuce area. And then of course for my Diffenbachia tree, whatever the hell that thing is. They're all set up. It's going to be a lot of sensors for all of them. Ideally I'll become a better gardener as time goes on. I'll learn more. But it would be great if I didn't have to learn shit and I could just automate everything.
Otherwise I'm pretty stoked on it. It was a very chill day. I was at home. The only other thing I did, I also hung up my organizers on the wall. I've moved. So the last thing to do now is to move all the business stuff, all my wires, cables, computers that I'm not using, don't want, and will eventually have a business purpose into storage. And then that's it. I finally have my sanctuary and I'm really, really excited about that.
So anyway it's like 11:30 at night. It's been a whole day. And tomorrow.