October 2026 Check-In

It was a quiet month with the exception of finally taking a nice vacation to celebrate my anniversary.

Cape May

Having not taken our normal vacation this year for reasons that were more procrastination-related than anything else, my wife and I took a slightly longer trip to Cape May to celebrate our anniversary to make up for it. It was a lazy trip where we didn't do as much as we normally do. We were both okay with that. We spent a lot of time out on the veranda of Congress Hall enjoying the absolutely gorgeous weather.

Finishing Up My Site Redesign & Photography Site

By now you've probably noticed that my site redesign is live. I spent a good portion of the month working on the final touches and am really happy with how it turned out. It's also nice to have my photography site back. I do have some more photo sets to process to get them up, so that might be something I try to do over the next few months.

Focusing My Writing on My Blog

Unlike September where my primary focus was on my novel, I spent the majority of my time writing for my blog. Now I feel like I've gone a bit in the other direction leaving my novel just sitting there looking all lonely. Time to try to find a balance.

Really Trimming Down My RSS Backlog

The one thing I did during my relaxation in Cape May and outside of it was to really try to go through my RSS backlog. I subscribe to a lot of feeds and am often behind. I don't particularly mind as it is what it is and very few of the articles I have in my feeds demand immediate reading. But it's nice to see the unread count under 2,000 instead of hovering around 7k. I'm obviously not reading every post, but 🤷🏼‍♂️.