TheRain.Dev

Category: Dancing Engineer

  • Ready to Fly Again?!?

    [COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Six] I am traveling for work, having not traveled for eighteen months, starting on Monday, lasting for ten days, and not going to one conference, but, technically, only two, but with LOTS of day zero events and social events and everything that goes on in between. And working The Booth.…

  • The Cough That Would Not Go

    [COVID Day Five Hundred Sixty Three] I have had a frakin’ cough for how long now and it’s NOT COVID but damn. Also, I am flying for work for the first time in two years. On Monday. I’M NOT FREAKING OUT YOU’RE FREAKING OUT Wish me luck.

  • Because You Mentioned It Enough…

    [COVID Day Five Hundred Fifty Nine] I’m listening, I’m just sometimes s l o w. I’ve switched the subtitle to remove ‘Dutch Lockdown’ because not only am I not living in the Netherlands anymore, but … there’s no lockdown either. The depressing part is that COVID is now a permanent part of our lives so…

  • I Exist!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Fifty Four] It’s not a song or anything, I’m just saying I’m not a bot. I’m here. Just still… settling in and figuring things out. Like daily routines for example… I rip myself out of bed at seven twenty in order to get kids dressed but I forgot to…

  • Caught Up On August!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Twenty Nine] It’s been an incredibly intense week with a really rough cold or a light flu – so harsh, I went and got a COVID test [totally negative] that took literally two hours standing in line even though I had an appointment to get it. *headdesk* The buggy…

  • What Is This Magic?!?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Five Hundred Eighteen] Apparently complaining about JetPack and / or WordPress means that things will magically be fix in the night? Maybe? But, yegads, I’ve got days and days and days of posts to catch up on, eh? #PleaseHold

  • Expect A “Real” Update Soon

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Ninety Six] Whatever that means. Or not. Let’s see what happens, eh?

  • Expectations Vs Reality

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Ninety Five] OMG this blog is a PERFECT DEMO of expectations versus reality. I expected to write a lovely little blog post. I am literally writing a few lines. That’s it. That’s the whole post.

  • #OhGodsWhatHaveWeDone

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty Two] I want to throw up. A lot. It’s just … A lot.

  • FYI – GroningenRain.nl is Going Away Too

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Eighty] That’s another thing. This site, GroningenRain.nl, is going away – cause the owner will no longer live in the Netherlands. #HelaasPindakaas But first the news: Ministers ‘ignored warnings not to relax corona rules too fast’ Workers fear Delta variant at the office, labor unions say R-number rises above…

  • This Is Fine

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Seventy Three] Something’s wrong with our flight. And the twins are coughing. And I’m throwing up. And there’s no update on our house.

  • Getting Started: Embrace Your Inner Child

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Sixty Four] On the road to becoming a unicorn, you need to go backwards to make progress. I know what you’re thinking right now, “do I want to be a unicorn?” Of course you do. And now you’re thinking, “but my inner child is pretty messed up…” Fair. Mine,…