Well, the heat has put a cramp in the roofers. They're about half done and haven't shown up yet today. :( I haven't fared any better with any of my house projects. On the plus side, I got to go into the office yesterday for the first time in two months! I really miss the separation of home and work that the office provides, but I don't miss the hour commute each way.

I have taken the family's old Mac Mini and beaten it into submission. I installed Proxmox on it and have been setting up various containers to selfhost a bunch of services. Currently trying to get HAProxy to shuttle requests to the various containers so that I can eventually access them outside home.

My oldest child still remains employed although his girlfriend was furloughed for COVID. Luckily his meager income covers their big bills, although he still needs our help each month so they don't starve. Middle child ran off and eloped. This makes my wife super duper sad, but I understand why she did it. I am sad that she posted it to facebook before telling us, but again I understand why she did it. Her husband seems like a good dude and I wish the two of them great joy and success in their marriage. The youngest has been given the choice by the school to home-school, distance learn, or attend in person classes for the fall. She is eager to get back to school; my wife and I are conflicted. She learns best in school, but COVID.

Overall, life is good. We have our health, our jobs, our home, and the bills are getting paid. What more do we need?