Weeknotes 26:11

March 16, 2026

Week of March 8–14

  • The conference site, Mujer Verdadera ’26, launched on Wednesday while I was on the road. There were a few hiccups but my team was able to cover it while I was traveling back home from Kentucky.
  • I refactored a few templates and stylesheet to make a more generic styled page for our courses on Revive Our Hearts. Our first course had very specific branding. We added enough to the templates that would allow me to apply specific branding in the future but has a default that we could quickly get up and running.
  • I worked on some navigation changes splitting a donate button (that revealed a submenu on hover) into two separate buttons (one going to online donation and the other triggers the submenu reveal). On Friday, I worked on a solution to add it to our Portuguese and Spanish sites. As part of the solution, I also moved the donation button from some navigation items in the center of the desktop screen to the right (along with some other global navigation and hamburger menu).
  • I updated a HTML email template on Thursday and Friday. I am so glad that it uses MJML. I had fun crafting it on Friday as I had to apply some different variations of background images.
  • I started work on building out a landing page for potential new students for a school in the Southeast. I enjoyed seeing that site come together and I have learned some new skills with custom audio and video players using the native HTML elements.

Best in Show

My son’s best in show piece. Over the summer, he scanned his face with plastic wrap between him and the scanner. He did this everyday after he got up and before he went to work in the morning. The piece consists of the different images printing on transparent film over acrylic. The panels are removable and you can try different combinations. It also looks different based on the angle you are viewing it.

I traveled up to Murray, Kentucky on Tuesday so I could attend a reception for the OMAS (Organization of Murray Art Students) spring art show. This is my son’s third time participating (he missed one because he was studying abroad for a semester in Barcelona). One of his pieces won best in show. It was a piece that he created in the fall for his solo show at the Murray Art Guild, which he won last year at the OMAS show. He also won a graphic design award for a zine that he created called Always Working: A contemplation of the 9–5.

It was so much fun to be there and be able to celebrate with him. I enjoyed seeing his friends and meeting some of his fellow art students. I also got to meet his advisor that he has worked closely with over the past four years for his honor’s thesis that he will finish soon. I enjoyed getting to go out to dinner with my son and his fiancé after the reception. I had wanted to attend this show in the past and decided over last weekend to take the last minute trip. I won’t have many opportunities like this in the future so I wanted to take advantage of it while I can.

Writing

I wrote a couple of articles this week:

  • Still here – was inspired by Geoff Graham’s post in January about his changing roles to reflect and celebrate the fact that I am “still here.” I am grateful that I found a place where my skills and experience are valued and needed.
  • Back in Murray – A follow-up to an article I wrote last month about visiting Murray, Kentucky.

Articles I read

What I watched

What I listened to

How God’s Love for Women is Displayed in the Old Testament, with Dr. Katie McCoy

Books I am reading

Walking – 13 miles

  • Sunday – 3.56 miles in 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Monday – 3.07 miles in 57 minutes
  • Thursday – 2.54 miles in 49 minutes
  • Friday – 3.84 miles in 1 hour 8 minutes

What I played

MLB The Show 23 (Orioles) – I went 2-2 this week. I started the week with a 3 game losing streak and turned it around over the weekend, winning two against the Tigers. The bottom of my order provided most of my offense on Friday with two bench players having outstanding games.

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