I've spent the last 2 days sitting in a jury waiting room, seeing if I'll be selected for a case. There's currently 40 perspective jurors (from an original 128), and I'm in the 50+additional potential jurors if they can't manage to pick 18 from the 40 they've already got...

For a 5 week long case.

Ugh.

I've read 5 books in the last 2 days.

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🌱 Nature reminds us that slow progress is still progress. Be gentle with yourself this week, take the necessary time to reach your small goals, and remember that those baby steps lead to success.

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Once again I find myself in a "hurry up and wait" situation.

We're supposed to be getting a house battery installed. In preparation, I actually forced the server rack to charge the batteries overnight (it finished at 04:00) because yesterday was a crap day for solar. The sparkies are supposed to be here at 10:00AM.

It is now 12:02PM… just got a text message that they're now on their way here.

The plan is that we'll be decommissioning the ~2 year old solar inverter and re-routing the power from the mains panels to the new inverter on the battery. We'll also be installing a new circuit for the laundry, which will take the two biggest loads (washing machine and dryer) off of GP1 where the fridge will ultimately go once painting finishes.

There's a spare CT currently unused in the power board… and I've got three more in a box. Programming the meter will take only a moment (CET's PMCSetup works fine in WINE).

This is the calm before the storm.

#Solar #HouseBattery #HurryUpAndWait

⏳ Surrogacy isn’t a sprint—it’s also a waiting game (with a few plot twists). Our latest blog spills the best tips to stay sane, hopeful, and maybe even a little zen while you wait for your happily ever after. 💙✨

Read it at www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/blog/2025/9/23/coping-with-hurry-up-and-wait

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