It feels like there’s thunder on the horizon. It’s stifling hot, but just got very dark and gloomy.
I tried avocado for the first time last night, and while it was unobjectionable, I don’t get what all the fuss is about? 🥑
After [my experiment with “butter coffee”](https://micro.kpw.fyi/2019/06/23/i-just-tried.html) at the weekend, I just had my first cup of Bulletproof Coffee. It was fine; better than my homemade attempt. I need to better time when I make it though, as the ingredients had started to separate by the time I got to drink it ☕️
I had hoped to get back to painting my GSC tonight, but it’s been one of _those_ days, so it looks like I’m going to be stuck in front of a computer instead 😒
I can safely say this has been the wettest spring/early summer in Aberdeen I can remember for a _long_ time. April/May/June have been nothing but rain with the occasional nice day or two every once in a while.
Normally a weekend with the kids is (for me) an exercise in snacking and junk food, but this weekend I managed to keep things in check and stick to my meal planning. It’s early days still, in my current plan, but this is the most in control of my eating I’ve felt in a few years.
I just tried butter coffee for the first time, and it didn’t make as much difference to the taste as I thought (hoped?) it would. Not sure I made it correctly though, so it probably needs more experimentation. ☕️
Score 2 wins for [the Bacon Method](http://baconmethod.com/) today already 🥓🤤
Thinking about it… it might be time to get a new keyboard for this iPad. I’ve not had one since my old Apple Wireless Keyboard + iPad 2 combo, so it’s been a while. I have a spare 60% sized mechanical keyboard, so if I can get hold of a Lightning -> USB adapter, I could possibly use that…
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good iPad keyboard?
I just edited a bunch of WordPress theme files, committed them to Git, then pushed them to a remote repo… from my iPad. Not major edits (yet), but it’s a start.
I might manage to get more done this weekend than I first thought 😬
I had [the cold shower](https://micro.kpw.fyi/2019/06/19/cold-showers.html) this morning. It was… fine. Bloody, shockingly, _freezing_, so my shower was much quicker than normal! When I came out of the shower I did feel pretty good – I definitely felt the warming “glow” mentioned in yesterday’s article. I’m sure I’ll acclimate to the cold in a couple of days 🥶
A small “woodworking” project as something different to work on tonight. This rack will hold 34 pots of paint, which is conveniently the size of the Contrast range (excluding Medium and Base paints). I’ll finally have space to take them all out of the bag!
> [I Took A Freezing-Cold Shower Every Morning For A Month & This Is What Happened – Refinery29 UK] (https://apple.news/A90rz9h9KSYCd330RYqpOsw)
Around 7-8 years ago I used to have a cold shower, nearly every morning for about 2 years, and I felt _great_ during that time – possibly the healthiest and most energetic I can remember being. I think it was something I picked up from a [Tim Ferris](http://www.timferriss.com/) book and decided to try. My shower method was slightly different than the one given in the article:
* start the shower as normal (hot), and step in
* while lathering up, stop the shower
* once lathered, switch the shower to cold, turn it back on, and rinse.
This method doesn’t work in my current home as the shower works very differently and doesn’t offer the same level of control. I guess I could suck it up and just start with cold?
In fact, that’s one to try tomorrow 🥶
Last week I was asked to write an integration guide for a piece of software as a high priority. Wrote 8500 words of _thorough_ documentation in 3 days, and sent it off to the integrator. Then I came back from vacation to debug their install and found they didn’t read most of it 🤔
New fitness goal: being able to climb the 12 flights of stairs at work without my legs feeling like they’re on fire 😐
I’m taking a risk today by heading out with neither a jacket or umbrella packed.
