My Thoughts - March 2026

March 2nd, 2026. 9:24 PM

I have been sick for the last couple days, hence why I haven't updated much. Taylor pestered me to make an update, so I mustered the energy to do so. Working while sick is fun, especially when you have no voice. The CPSC is very noisy during the tournaments and I am very quiet when I have no voice. I am not the only one sick, Nate and Luke have also been sick. Nate has it the worst, as they had to miss work.

I managed to work all weekend, even when it sucked. Sunday we had no transfers, so we only took shipping orders. The supplier only send half our order, and we ran out in one day. Surprisingly, we sold nearly 100 shipping orders, which isn't too shabby when we had nothing physical. I did crash though after work Sunday, and I missed my classes Monday to get better. I still feel nausious from time to time, but I think I am on the tail end.

I wish I was better, I want to try the new Big Arch burger from McDonald's, because it seems...interesting. Expect to see a blog post about that when I do get well enough to try it. When Aidan came to visit on Friday night we discussed how interesting it looked. I found it ironic, because we were at Cheekz, which is a burger place, discussing...McDonald's burgers. It was nice spending time with him, because I hadn't seen him since January.

Lastly, I did not win RAIL Club president. I am bummed, but relieved. Bummed because I really wanted it, but relieved because I do not need to worry about how the RAIL club is not doing well.

March 3rd, 2026. 5:56 PM

After waiting 3 weeks, the new cap for the DVD drive has arrived, finally allowing my laptop to have a smooth edge over my new SSD. I ordered it on Ebay for about $12 from China, and and it fits perfectly. I am happy that I don't have a giant gap in the side of my laptop anymore, because I was worried something bad would happen. I'll put a picture below

I feel better compared to the weekend, and I went to work just fine. We had to make the orders, which took all day. We finished by 3, and we did a partial inventory of our stock. Overall, today was a good day work wise.

Today was really gloomy. All day it was misting/foggy, and I felt kinda depressed looking outside and seeing all the gloom. Audrey was home sick today, which must have sucked even more with all the gloom. I suppose that's just how life goes sometimes.

March 4th, 2026. 12:05 PM

Apple annoucned the new Mac Neo today, with a starting price of $599. It's specs are pretty good for the price point, and I am now in a depe consideration. On one hand, my thinkpad has lasted me since 2021, and even with its work to modify it and keep it going, it still works very well and does everything I need it to nearly flawlessly. On the otherhand, a Mac would be nice to use. They are very effecient, have far better battery life, and intergrate with my phone.

I made a full list of comparisons that I thought of below:

Thinkpad	Mac Neo
Easily repairable	Is newer
Easily modified	Faster
Has 1.25TB of SSD storage	Better battery life
Has 4 USBs and a USB-C for charge	Is in apple ecosystem
Has a seamless dock
CONS	CONS
Is 13.5 years old	Battery isn’t easily replaceable
Can be slow	Only 2 USB-Cs
Is underpowered (only 2 cores and 12gb ddr3 ram)	Only 256gb storage
	No seamless dock

I have some time to dwell on this. I do get a student discount which brings it to $499. I just don't know if I want to spend the money, especially since I really like my thinkpad. Windows 10 is also really easy to work with, and I do appreciate that I will make a decision in the future.

I had a chat with one of my professors today regarding an assignment I did. I didn't fail or anything, he just wanted to ask about how I got to interview a GM from so far away. He actually liked that I pushed the boundries for the assignment, and it made me understand the project better. I need to talk to my other professor regarding an upcoming assignment, because I need to clarify a few things.

This week will be fun. We're all feeling better finally, and we will be playing some games tonight to celebrate. I can't wait to finally hang out with everyone again. Work will be fun, so everything is going well finally.

March 5th, 2026. 7:07 PM

Yesterday I sidequested a little too hard and went to Grandpa's Cheesebarn again with Luke, Josh, Nate, Jill, and Ronan. We had a great time there, and I bought a lot of cheese. Interesting tidbit, it was 20 degrees warmer at the Cheesebarn than Sandusky, which was interesting. You could see the difference as the Fog was so dense in Sandusky, but gone by Ashland.

I have felt terrible all day. I've had a headache/migrane since I woke up, and I haven't had the chance to eat anything since breakfast. I ordered some fried rice and eggrolls from Mings, so I will hopefully feel a lot better after eating.

March 7th, 2026. 5:21 PM

Yesterday I took it easy, as it was really my first day off in a minute. I did some homework in the morning, and hung out with Nate all day. We went to Better Half Family Diner, which is just down the road a little from my apartment. I had the corned beef hash with fried eggs, while Nate had French toast, eggs, and bacon. We talked about how midwestern my breakfast was, and how life is different between California and Ohio.

That got me thinking about the whole Iran situation. Gas went from ~$2.90 to $3.45 a gallon. This is starting to stress me because I has a big road trip at the end of the month, and if gas prices get too high we may have to cut a park from the trip. I hope to god we don't.

Back to my day though, it was a lovely day. After breakfast Nate and I went out on a nice long walk, and we finished watching the Back to the Future trilogy. After the movie we went to Cobbs for milkshakes and we just hung out after. It was a lovely time.

Work today has been a interesting day. Started busy, but after 1pm it slowed way down. Sales seem to be alright though, which is good. I also ran into Geoff from my old job at DDM. It was a pleasent surprise to bump into him at the CPSC.