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Nothing is more upsetting than visiting a funeral/cremation home, and an app on your phone tracks the location. Fuck you slickdeals for suggesting I might be interested in a deal on a funeral casket. No really, just fuck you.

I am planning on joining our HOA next year because I want to see how I can influence decisions around landscaping and trees in our neighborhood. Ours is a late 70s early 80s build neighborhood with a lot of houses in wooded settings while many out of them, ours being one of them. Many of the owners who are living here from 80s have left the growth unchecked and now we have 100ft+ trees scattered all over the around the community – which is amazing tbh as long as they are not next to your house. They provide shade in summer and fall looks amazing here. But at the same time with climate change realities the proximity of some of these trees is actually a risk. Incessant rains and winds cause many a tree branches to break and fall in backyards – and given how close they are to houses the threat of damage to houses is very real. I want the HOA to rule that all trees within X feet of property should be trimmed to a certain height that reduces the threat of bad damage to their own or neighbors house. Winds, rains and natural events are only going to get worse and if the old families in our neighborhood don’t grow up they risk serious threat to property and also property values. Trees have their place but it’s certainly not 5 feet from your house.

I randomly went down the rabbit hole of my own blog and honestly feel I wrote the best during the 2011-13 years; all my writing was pure heart and nothing else – whether it was to express sadness about mom or posts of joy about the kid, everything felt like it came from the heart. I have to say the tonal change of posts in the last few years really feels like I’ve become old & matured, but its not that same heart anymore in writing. I don’t know how to explain it other than saying it reads like a… chore.

Flu and Covid vaccinations done just in time for a work trip. Given the rise in cases everywhere I was a bit worried about this but glad to have this done and over with for this year! Also its Oct 1 already but I strangely still feel we are still in late summer mode. Reality will kick in by end of this month I suppose.

If we are lucky maybe the last lawn mowing of the season?

I cant’ believe I am updating software for a fucking bulb. BULB! Jesus it has one job in the word, what the fuck does it need an update for?

A few folks in community have already put out Halloween displays that cover their entire front lawns and more. I actually love it, but also so much enthusiasm people have to put up so much decor more than a month in advance. I took out our pithy skeleton and hung it out coz why should we be left behind.

Arms hurting bad today but no fever or anything else; I kept hearing moderna covid booster has stronger symptoms and I got it along with flu shot, but nothing too dramatic. the arm pain is real though.

Took us three sittings to finish *Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani*. What torture.

The Apple Store was surprisingly empty, that too within a week of a major phone release. Why was I expecting crowds I don’t know but it was pleasantly empty making browsing easier. I went to return the iPhone 15 pro but not before playing with both max and pro phones and ultimately deciding to skip this generation. There was nothing that looked like must have and I will save myself the cable nuisance and upgrade both our phones next year.

Interestingly, the pro model was definitely warm to touch. The max not so much. I don’t know if I was subconsciously paying more attention to that but it def felt warmer to touch and operate than max, and I tried 3 diff phones. Maybe the whole overheating thing is true.