Weeknotes 26:22

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Week of May 24–30

Week of adjustment

It was a week of adjustment at work as I took on some new responsibilities after the departure of our team leader. I had more meetings than usual as I needed to communicate with some different people regarding some different projects. We also have a lot of moving pieces with a lot of different events coming up in the next two months. I worked on a lot of different things and started building some pages for larger projects like the June digital newsletter and a donation opportunity to give prison Bibles to women around the country. I also spent a bit more time engaging with our junior developer and making sure he had plenty to work on throughout the week.

Weeding vinyl

My contribution to my son’s tote bag was to “weed” the vinyl from the X-Acto knife. I had already weeded a green one but he asked me if I would mind doing a blue one since he already had a green element.

I learned a new skill over the weekend. “Weeding” vinyl. It is the process of removing excess vinyl (negative space) from a design that has been cut from a machine. I used a weeding hook and a magnifying glass with a light (I had trouble seeing the cuts without my reading glasses). I was helping my son weed vinyl for heat transfer onto a free tote bag at the Chattanooga Zine Fest at the Chattanooga Public Library Maker Space on Saturday. I was interested in doing it after he told me that it was the same process he used for the lettering for his senior art show. His show was like a museum exhibit so he had to weed the vinyl lettering that went on the walls. He told me that the vinyl at the library was much easier to weed than his lettering had been.

I had fun hanging out with him at the Zine Fest. He and his sister had gone last year and he had been inspired but what he saw and learned that he created a zine for the art show he did last Fall. I enjoyed seeing the varied interest in the different vendors selling their zines. It is always inspiring to be around creative people.

One, two, three

I also enjoyed a rare time where all three kids were at home for the weekend. My oldest daughter came down from Nashville to attend the Chattanooga Ren Fair with our youngest. It was nice to have our oldest home and I enjoyed having all of us together to watch Game 7 with the Spurs and Thunder. We were all rooting for San Antonio. We have not all been together at home since Christmas. My son is staying with us for the summer before he moves up to Indiana in the Fall with his girlfriend, who will be attending grad school at Purdue.

Articles I read

Caught my eye

Art by Jenna Barth – I love this implementation of view transitions on the artwork that transitions into a horizontal scroll of projects.

What I watched

  • The West Wing (Netflix)
  • All Creatures Great & Small (PBS app)
  • Spurs vs. Thunder (NBC) – I watched 3 games this past week of the NBA playoffs. We were happy the Spurs won last night.

Books I am reading

Walking

  • Monday – 2 hours and 11 minutes

What I played

  • MLB The Show 23 (Orioles) – I went 6-0 this week. I beat the Reds, swept the Mariners in three games, and took the first two games of a four-game series against the Yankees.
  • NBA 2K25 (Nuggets) – I finished off the Kings to win the Western Conference semi-finals.

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