My BF and I are getting married soon! :D

I'm super excited. We live across borders, so I will finally be able to live with him. So much more time for fun stuff like camping and climbing, and even just normal stuff like reading or cooking together.

Two years ago I had to miss a biennial hacker conference I'd been going to (and helping out on) every other year for over two decades, something I love a lot and always deeply look forward to attending, because I'd finally got hit with my first case of COVID. The virus hit me hard, and not only did it make me miss the conference but it left me with heavy long COVID effects which knocked down my ability to do a lot of things for a long time.

Last week I had a checkup with my doctor who congratulated me on how much I've come back from the long COVID. That hacker conference is happening again next week, and I'm extremely excited to see everyone again! (I'll be masked, of course!)

My haphazard kid driven fish tank has babies somehow

Did my yearly testing for my job. Last year for some reason it went kinda rough, left feeling like I didn’t do as well as I should have even though I passed. Was kinda worried about this one. It went great. Pretty much nailed it all, learned some new things too. So headed back to work tomorrow feeling pretty good about some important skills.

On Sunday, my family and I watched 3 dolphins play in the boat wake, 5m away, for 4 minutes, as we came back into dock.

Wonderful.

I can only sympathise, and thank you for posting this because I need to hear good things right now too.

Can we get this thread like once a week or every other week or something? This is awesome

This is a nice thread. I don't have any big achievements recently but I'm doing alright. Hope you are too.

I just started working after years of covid reclusiveness. Almost 3 months into wotking and im physically feeling better.

I'm getting a lot better at not being so serious all the time, it's difficult but possible to change oneself.

I'm going to visit my sister soon and I haven't seen her in years, she doesn't know I'm coming so will be a fun surprise.

Right now it is a beautiful day in Denver.

My favorite charging spot had a car there when I arrived, but the driver walked up and unhooked it the moment I arrived.

my birthday :)

went out for a lovely dinner and got nice presents afterwards

We bought a house with some farmland and moved in a few months ago. My farming ventures have been hit or miss ("learning how not to do it" as some might put it), but we had some fruit trees/bushes. We now have ume (plum) jam and are still into fresh blueberries and biwa (loquat). It's really nice to be able to eat things from our own land when they are most fresh and delicious.

I met this really cool vegan online and I talk to them on the intenet

You can 3D print containers that fit all kind of juice/pop/milk lids. They can be any height, but my favorite are the ones that nest almost perfectly inside giving you one bottlecap worth of storage (perfect for pills or sim/sd cards).

I've had my printer for 6 months and still get a kick out of this.

Cooked my first beer can chicken today and it turned out great! Two whole chickens and a cast iron pan of cornbread on the smoker, cucumber salad, watermelon, and lemon bars for dessert. Had the ex over for dinner and she brought ex—MiL, but it was fun

I am trying to quit all screens aside from workrelated things.

Picked up going outside and doing woodworking on my driveway. I have had such nice conversations with the people in the neighbourhood. Let's connect is a great thing.

I bought a 75" TV last week and, as soon as I finish my CD, I am going to download a mod-ultimate version of Fallout New Vegas, and spend several months melting into my couch and playing it.

I had ear surgery yesterday that will hopefully help with my hearing loss and sinus drainage. I’ve been waiting for almost two years for this hoping that my country would start to cover the procedure but finally said fuck it, it’s worth it for my quality of life. Feeling like I have a head cold today, but without the sick feeling. So far I think I can hear better already but not sure if it’s just wishful thinking lol. I’m cautiously optimistic!

This is a great thread, definitely cheered me and a lot of other people up. Thanks!

I was a single, almost 40 years old and happy but somewhat lonely dude 2 years ago.

Now I have a wonderful wife and my twin boy and girl are the sweetest little bunches of joy I can imagine. Additional, my mum sold her house and now we have enoth money to take a year of work and care for the kids together.

I'm tiered and, i am exhausted, but feel so endlessy blessed and happy every time I look at my wife or my children.