Career: June was my “graduation month”. I graduated from my Data Science and Business Analytics course from Great Learning/The University of Texas at Austin. I also completed my video trainings for AWS Solutions Architect Associate.
I felt like I got my life back after getting my weekends free again. Since October 2021 my routine has been, spend a few hours during the week to watch a few training videos and then finish all the training videos for the week, take my quiz on Saturday mornings or finish a project and then have my 2-hour mentored learning sessions on Sundays. It has been exhausting to do this extra “study/research hours” on top of work. Plus, starting April, I also took the trainings for the AWS Solution Architect Associate exam. I finished both with flying colors and I gained confidence so I’m grateful.
Project: The launch of 2 of my projects at work was very successful and I’m proud of the work my team and I have done. It was my very first time to be a “real” project manager for a scrum team so I am very happy with the results. I learned a lot on how to do sprint planning, pivoting when needed, and addressing demo issues and keeping a timeline.
Health: This month was also the time Myka and I had COVID-19 so it was not that great. Luckily I was already done with school work and I was also done with my big projects at work. It also gave me a bit of time to take some mock exams (about 2 hours a day) when I felt capable. I have documented my COVID-19 experience and will work on the post on that some time this week. For me, the worst part was the headaches and then the cough. I only had 2 days where I had fever, thankfully! Right now I still have a bit of a cough but I’m no longer taking cough medicine (I think I got addicted to Nyquil.. and it made it hard for me to get up in the mornings).
Business: Rub My Rib didn’t do so well this month because of the scorching heat and a 2-week closure due to Myka and I having COVID-19. My husband didn’t have it but we wanted to make sure that we don’t get any of our customers sick.
Garden: I didn’t have lots of flowers this year compared to last year. And mostly it’s because of the 100 degree weather this summer. It’s been really bad. We are currently at Stage 2 water shortage so it’s not advisable for us to use the water for the garden. It’s just not justifiable. Anyway, I hope next spring will be a lot better! I will start planting my seedlings by December.
Overall, it was a productive month.
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