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September Musings 2020

September 28, 2020

In these kinds of blog posts, I talk about what I’ve been up to for the month. The topics may include design work, hobbies, and more. At the end, I include the top five songs I listened to for any fellow music lovers out there.

Portfolio Website Refinements

For the first half of September, I worked more on refining my portfolio website. I discovered GTmetrix, added a CDN, wrote SEO descriptions, and more. I worked with some web developers on Fiverr when some problems arised. Read more about what I did here.

Autumn at the Cabin

My family went up to the cabin for two weeks. My dad helped do some farm work for my grandparents and my mom did some maintenance work around the cabin. I intended to do more job searching at the cabin but instead, I just took a break from that. My mom, Grandma, and I went exploring to two waterfalls. One was Twelve Foot Falls and the other was Pier’s Gorge. I put Abby in her special GoPro dog harness to record the hikes. I have yet to edit them and put them on Youtube.

An observation I had is that the cabin has been used heavily this summer due to COVID-19. After we left, my dad’s older sister’s family came, then his younger sister’s family a week later. It is surprising they are up there late into October because the cabin is not insulated. We have to heat up the cabin using a fireplace. Throwing it back to the good old days! Also, because of COVID-19, we cannot go inside my grandparents’ farmhouse and take showers. Instead, you got to do the bucket of water with soap, shampoo, and conditioner. In my family’s case, we can use my parents’ Airstream to take an outside shower. My own family has been up 3-4 times already. In previous years, we went up at least once per summer. I think it is mainly because people do not travel far during a pandemic. The cabin itself is like a vacation away from the noises of city life.

Top 5 Songs of the Month

  1. “Cry About It Later” by Katy Perry
  2. “Oh Klahoma” by Jack Stauber
  3. “Coffee” by beabadoobee
  4. “When I Look At You” by Miley Cyrus
  5. “Be Kind” by Marshmello & Halsey
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