Kevin C. Wong

Diary - Jul 30 to Aug 05 2022

Sat Jul 30 2022

Sleep 0330 to 1030. 1230 to 1545. (10-1/4 hours)

  • Sleeping last night in the guest bedroom I had forgotten about the distant rhythmic machinery noise you can barely hear (and feel) when it's really quiet. Almost as if an alien space ship landed not too far away.
  • Was tired and took a 3-hour nap. Guest room is dark so I think that's why it was so long.

Sun Jul 31 2022

Sleep 0615 to 1415. (8 hours)

  • Wanted to get some work done today but got up late then late start so nothing much done.

Mon Aug 01 2022

Sleep 0330 to 0900. (5-1/2 hours)

  • Director called me (manager's manager) and said I'm going to be laid off Oct 03. I'm still at the company but should stop doing normal work and concentrate on applying for an internal transfer, if I want to. Apparently this will affect a fair amount of people so maybe there'll be a lot of people looking to transfer.
  • This is a "restructuring and workforce reduction" and I'm guessing this two-month period is to satisfy California law. I remember previous layoffs have been pretty immediate.
  • Well, if I do leave my company I'll finally be able to upgrade to latest macOS.
  • Walking pretty much normal now though a walk from the garage to my condo was a bit much. That base-of-toe area still not quite 100%

Tue Aug 02 2022

Sleep 0530 to 1530. (10 hours)

  • Took me almost five months but finally finished downloading all the stuff from Itch.io's Bundle for Ukraine. I hope to never again buy a bundle with about a thousand separate products.

Wed Aug 03 2022

Sleep 0630 to 1430. (8 hours)

  • Even though I'm in danger of being unemployed I ordered an Apple AirPods Max for $473 with discounts, Amazon points and tax. It was on sale for $450 list price.

Thu Aug 04 2022

Sleep 0600 to 1200. (6 hours)

  • Keep saying it but still true that my foot is not quite 100%. Mostly the base of toe area a bit sore after a 10-minute walk around the building.

Fri Aug 05 2022

Sleep 0600 to 1230. (6-1/2 hours)

  • I forgot Friday Night Baseball start from beginning is only for latest iOS TV app not on Mac. Also it sucks that they show the current score in the preview window.
  • Bought Halls of Arden Vul Complete from Bundle of Holding. $110 PDF regular price for $25.