This is an #mn&n note from Rach Smith's digital garden.

Month notes & numbers No. 13

March 2025

The latter half of this month was ruined by me catching Covid (my second time). Boooooooo.

Notable

It was looking like my town was going to be hit by a cyclone at the start of the month. Thankfully, it downgraded in to a Tropical low before crossing us. We don’t typically get cyclones in this part of Queensland, so people were freaking out. Climate change, man.

I tried a new thing where I added shorter notes to this site, without a real title. Sometimes I feel like coming up with a title is a barrier to posting, especially if the post is just a little insignificant thought. I feel like my site needs a re-org to accomodate these micro-notes, but for now they just live with the regular ones. It did help me with getting out of a posting drought (before I got sick).

Covid freaking sucks. Last time it took me months to get back to normal re: cardiovascular performance. I’m not flu-ey anymore, thank God, but still run down and suffering from the damn brain fog. I am terrified of getting long Covid so I’ll put off getting back in to running or anything like that for a bit, incase failing to rest properly increases the chances of prolonging it.

Work

Fixing final bugs and issues for the CodePen Editor. Private beta is so close, I can almost touch it.

The work soundtrack: blade bird Radio

Watched

Severance Season 2.

Spoiler: After finishing the Season 2 finale it occurred to me that I want Gemma to get her happy ending (Outtie Mark), but I also want Mark S to get his happy ending (Helly, and to exist). But there's no way they can both get what they want?! And I guess this unique predicament is what makes the show so good.

The White Lotus Season 3. Finding this season a bit slow. There’s a lot of build up/tension without much dramatic pay-off yet. Hope it’s all leading to a big satisfying ending.

The numbers - (trash thanks to illness)

Fitness

Creative