Saturday, 17th January, 2026

Built a 14’ circular trampoline today. Getting a contractor to come dig a hole in the garden for it to go into. If I was organised, I would’ve got them to dig some channels for coax cable for future ham radio antenna. But I’m not.

One of the cats likes it. Or is curious about it. She’s been in and out a few times and has sat on it after exploring all around it. She came in and started meowing at me. Thought she was hungry but she has kibbles, so I think she’s trying to tell me about the trampoline!

Speaking of tea…work has installed new coffee machines. Some nespresso huge thing. It does hot water and they brought in some tea bags but it tastes gross. I took a tea bag home to see if it was them - they look fancy but it wasn’t that great. Better than at work but still not great. So it’s a combination of the 85°C water and the cheapo tea bags. So now I’ve brought in some mint and rooibos tea to use instead. I could complain and make a noise but I can’t be bothered. Maybe it’ll be better for me to drink less caffeine at work.

Started playing Path of Exile 2 last night. Diablo-like game which just had a new update with another character available. So I started with the new Druid. I’ve not actually finished the story so it’ll be new once I catch up to where I was. I do like playing games, just beforehand I think of them as a waste of time. Then proceeds to look at shit on Reddit/ youtube/ etc. because that’s not a waste of time…