It’s the Simple Things The best times don’t cost much money, just a bit of our time. Think about the best times of your life and I bet they will involve moments with people you love. For me, that’s been time in the kitchen with my mother, grandma, partners, sister, nieces, and nephews. There have been many moments with smiles, laughs, and love. Other moments would be fishing with my father, going to the Dam store with my grandpa or uncles, or just listening to their stories of a rowdy childhod.

Learning Project: Securing Remote Access to Home Network I had a recent need to update the Raspberry Pi running Cloudflare tunnels to the edge of my home and camera networks. I figured I might as well use the opportunity to run services in containers, and get some hands on experience with Docker. I also figured that I’d run the Pi-hole DNS black hole and ad blocker too. I anticipated that I’d learn how to:

Good-bye Little Jude Spotlight on Jude We said good-bye to Jude today. The loss hit me much harder than I expected. Afterall, we met late in her life and hadn’t known each other that long. Plus, she was a pain in the ass - something I told her often, usually after being on the receiving end of one of her loud and long complaints. But as happens with housemates, we were affectionate and had our routines.

How It Started My life was going along pretty great. I was feeling good in all phases of my life: spiritual, mental, and physical. Work was going well. I was getting ready for our wedding, and getting the van ready for a trip out West. And then I remembered that I needed to get that mammogram scheduled. I got the mammogram. I always have to go back for a second one and an ultrasound, so when that happened I wasn’t too concerned.

What I’ve Learned Measuring glucose once every year or two as part of an annual physical, simply isn’t enough. That’s like driving a car without knowing how much gas is in the tank. The continuous glucose monitor (CGM) gives me the information I need to learn how to eat and exercise in a way that keeps my glucose in a healthy zone as much as possible. Improving my metabolic health will help prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease.