the crack and boom

 it's the middle of the night, and as exhausted as i was when i went to bed i just haven't been able to sleep for a while now. we're in the middle of an incredibly intense* thunderstorm, and i'm very busy being grateful for each moment that we have a roof, windows, doors, running water and electricity.

* as in, mother-of-all-thunderstorms kind of intense

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the plumber came in this morning, so far it looks like he's done a great job (for the landlords he looked at the leak, for us he sealed the bath taps and replaced the bathroom sink tap).

i woke up this morning feeling inspired - or being distracted - by an idea i had ages ago for a human-friendly regex builder, so i started the day putting together the simple-regex-builder and i've already got some great feedback on how uncomfortable the interface is. a big part of me sitting down at my computer right now is a few ideas i've been brewing on how to improve it.

some of the workday was successful, some of it frustrating. lots of github action fails.

it looks like mr smear had a good day at school. we definitely had a good evening.

the no-longer-so-tiny cut on my thumb from the other day has really, really been hurting. i hope it's not infected.