Eric J Gruber @ericjgruber@mastodon.social

I’ve been pretty busy and kind of neglected this space, but I’ve been writing about my #debtfreejourney at debtsnowballer.com.

I've met some #Drupal people on here, who's doing #vue and #javascript?

I'm glad I got my Acquia certification out of the way in December. My professional goal for 2018 is to get way, way, way more proficient at the frontend.

Got a Christmas bonus at work. Got a raise a week ago. Feeling rather #blessed this month.

I didn't watch out for the sneaky ketchup at lunch and it bumped me up to my carb limit for the day. Doh!

I'm not a big fan of counting calories and tracking macros, but it can be a real eye-opener on how much one truly eats through the day.

#keto

I hate this time of year.

Hardly anyone in our family will come visit us. We're between three and six hours away depending on which family we visit. Of course, everyone is more than happy if we pack up our kids and go visit them.

The holidays can be difficult for those who are missing loved ones. For me, it's the living I have a difficult time with.

I looked at Cameros tonight. I needed some extra motivation to get out of #debt.

I believe we are about to turn a corner. We are almost 50 percent done with our debt. With persistence, and saying “no” a lot, I think we can finish it by the end of next year.

After the new year, I’m going to look into either an extra job, or something else that’s a sure-fire way to make some extra cash.

My daughter programmed a robot with a Scratch-type language and showed it off tonight at a homeschool talent show.

Very cool stuff.

I don’t mind if my taxes go up. It would be worth every penny so I could look my right-wing family members in the eye and say, “I told you so.”

I learned a lot about customer service today.

Our van was getting work done and I was told it would be done yesterday. I hadn't heard from them yesterday afternoon so I called, they said it would be ready today.

Today, it still wasn't ready on time, and I had to wait another 45 minutes, making me late to work.

I didn't make a big stink about it, but if you're going to ship late, communicate to your customers.

That extra bit of communication can go a long way.

Worked with Twig today in #drupal. It’s not hard, just different. More stuff to research and say, “Now how do I do this?”

But I got it done. Boom.

And on the fourth day he saw pink on the ketostix.

I started low carbing on Sunday, and on Wednesday morning I’m now in nutritional ketosis.

I will admit that I skipped dinner last night, so I have the extra advantage of a more than 16-hour fast.

Keep calm and keto on.

#keto

I got a raise today!

I’m testing to see if my phone’s software update helped the weird text thingy.

Watching what I️ eat very carefully today. Sadly, it is making me hungry. I️ feel like I️ could eat a horse. #keto

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