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Week Notes: March 15-21, 2026

General feeling: exhausted but satisfied.

End of life events

My mom’s burial and Celebration of Life ceremony dominated my week. Lots of planning, much of it last minute. Our situation was pretty simple and it’s been completely exhausting so I don’t know how people with more complicated situations do it. I really think people underrate their own emotional strength far too often. Aside from some financial things to wrap up I can move on. It’s been a long road and I’m happy that not only is my mom’s suffering over but (selfishly maybe) that my own stress over that situation is as well. It’s been a decade of ever-increasing stress and anxiety that is over. I’ll miss her but not that.

New piano

As written here I also got my new digital piano. It’s part of my plan to get back to try living life more than letting it live me if that makes sense. I’ve really been looking forward to getting back to a regular practice and having a good instrument helps with the motivation!

Moved my blogging platform (again)

I’m “officially” back here at Pika. I want to love micro.blog — it has so much to offer. But I don’t. So here we are, the one place I end up coming back to time and again that’s not Ghost. Know what I like most about here and Magic Pages? No constant discussion about AI/LLMs. The Pika guys are great and Jannis at Magic Pages is as well. The only problem I have with Magic Pages is the price. It’s expensive. He runs a great site and it’s worth the money but it’s more than I want to spend right now.

(May 16th, 2026 - this post has since moved back to Ghost as I changed my mind on resubscribing to Magic Pages)

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