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This is a now page. It was last updated 6th March 2026.

• reading: Secure Love by Julie Menanno
• watching: Ted Lasso
• listening: Leather Temple by Carpenter Brut
• learning: Cerice, RHCSA, Ansible
• writing: A metal album; a new D&D campaign
• playing: D&D; Disco Elysium

February saw me going to the gym for the first time in years, and I've kept up a neat little twice-a-week routine. It's been fun getting back into weightlifting, and not nearly as dysphoria-inducing as I thought it would be. Turns out, now that I'm motivated to want to be healthy and strong, it's easy to be disciplined about it!

Wedding planning is speeding up, but we're about there with it now, after having reoriented the plan a ton to better accommodate our budget. We've officially got all of our paperwork in, rings have arrived (although mine is being sent off to be resized), and we're finishing up the questionnaire for our celebrant this weekend. Just under three months to go!

Job hunting is less successful at the moment, the market feels absolutely atrocious if you're not trying to find entry level or massively senior positions. Remote work seems to be dying off, as well. The whole thing feels pretty bleak, to be quite honest. I'm still trying to churn out a few applications a week, but it's hard not to feel really despondent when I'm just endlessly ghosted or rejected at the first stage.