Aral Balkan
Looking forward to finally getting back to work today after breaking my hand and recovering from a mild bout of the latest strain of COVID (I’m assuming – at least two other folks who were with us tested positive even though neither Laura nor I did over multiple tests) while away in Spain at the start of the month.
There’s a big update to Kitten deployments in the works in its own branch that will also bring about a bunch of other improvements when it lands.
Aral Balkan
Oh and in the middle of all that we just went sale agreed on a house. Fingers crossed all goes well and we get it. It’s a huge expense and distraction but,ironically, we found ourselves having to buy because we just can’t afford to rent any longer in Ireland. Not that there is anywhere to rent, even if we wanted to and the thing I need the most to keep working on the Small Web is stability. Given how often we’ve been forced to move while renting, this should hopefully help.
🤞
Petra van Cronenburg
@aral Best wishes!
Aral Balkan
@NatureMC Thanks, Petra :) 💕
Aral Balkan
@Jennifer Thanks, Jennifer. It’s a small fracture – third metacarpal – healing well I think :)
Jennifer
@aral you broke your hand?? Ow! Hope it's feeling better. Yeah it's crazy how much it costs to rent a place now. Good luck with the house!
Aral Balkan
@Ponygirl Congratulations! 🎉🍾
Hope you’re very happy there and the paperwork isn’t too much of a hassle :)
Ponygirl
@aral We just bought a house (and barn) too. I've got 3 files of paperwork so far!!
Aral Balkan
@HelenG I hear you, Helen. It’s amazing that we’re unwilling to create civilised societies where people don’t have to spend all their time worrying about having the bare necessities of life.
HelenG
@aral
Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Being a renter at my age (67) is an endless low-level worry.
Aral Balkan
@fsniper Oh yay :)
fsniper
@aral Hey welcome to the home owners club! now there will be an influx of maintenance and handyman troubles :)
char
@aral
good luck 🍀 and 🤞 about the house. We faced the same thing here in Spain, we bought a house because the price of the rent in our area (close to Valencia) increased around 200 Euros just in 5 months that we were living in the north of Spain; I was renting since I leaved my parents home more than 20 years ago.
Glad to hear that the hand is already recovered 💪
Aral Balkan
@char Thank you :)
Aral Balkan
@claudius Thanks 🤞
Claudius
@aral that's huge! I hope everything works out :-)
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