Pain

 I am in pain today. I am resting right now but I do plan to work on my stories later. The life of a writer.

I thought of one of my emergency room visits in NY many years ago. That time, the ambulance took me to the hospital for a medical professional to treat the cut on my lip (after a fall on the sidewalk). Sewing/stitching my lip was necessary. I had trouble sitting still for the medical professional to do his job. I wanted him to rub on something substantial to numb the pain. He did not have that. Another memory of New York.

Free conversion tool

 Just recently, I needed to convert a video in mp4 format to mp3. I searched for free tools to do this. I tried Free Convert. The tool performed the two conversions I needed in less than 5 minutes. The audio files provided at the end of the process were very good.

I was pleased. I would buy them a coffee. 

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Extensive experience

 I was online trying things on the internet for years and years. I mentioned in a previous post that I sometimes respond to public calls such as Global Bible Month. You may know that I try out new services (websites, tools, and so on), including new features and ways of doing things. I write about these experiences from time to time. Here are two examples of my trying out things: 

* I tested new video functionality from Twitter many years ago. It is recorded here: https://youtube.com/shorts/cv1ISzve2HQ?si=pycKa5iOK5f7zW-a. (I recorded the video at the New Carrollton library, in New Carrollton, Maryland. Back then, I used the library a whole lot. I remember Angelita even agreed to meet me there to conplete our presentation.)

* I tested Skype in Gainesville, Florida. See: https://youtu.be/JqLqq6kmd5U?si=cEzuUcjLbgEm7xSV. (After this, one of my school friends Dawn used Skype to call me in that lab.)

I have a whole lot of internet accounts. I sign up for email accounts too. It is amazing that I got my Gmail (Google) account when signing up for gmail was limited to certain institutions.

Bible study plan

 The Global Bible Month is going well. See my YouTube Playlist. I thought of other verses to add to the study plan I am following. For example, there is that verse I used in the past on why it is best to trust in God: Jeremiah 17:7-8. A modified reading plan may be the result. I also wish to write on why God is bigger and better (than one's troubles). God sometimes carries (reminds me of the Footprints poem I saw/read a whole lot during my childhood), God can open doors, and so on. I will decide what to do at the end of the month.

Update

 I decided to participate in the Global Bible Month. I am using YouTube - a playlist, collection of videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMBf9DCUdDmY&si=-4A9fX9chLd3B9KC. I sometimes respond to such public calls. I respond to prompts. A post reminded me that I started this in 2017. (See: https://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/06/back-at-school-currently-in-md.html?m=1).

I am also working on spreading the word about my talks and preparing. Making Lemonade from Lemons is related to Overcoming Adversity. I have ideas to add to the sea of information on Overcoming Adversity. I am known as someone who went through a lot.

More: https://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/15-inspiring-ted-talks-on-overcoming-challenges/

Proud author on National Author's Day

From social media accounts...

It is National Author's Day

Books that reminisce about childhood are very important. My book is one of them. I am beyond excited that I am a published author of a childhood book! Thank you to family members who were supporting me from the inception.

My book:
Growing Up In The Town of Linden
https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Town-Linden-Fahmi/dp/1837948542

Go to https://fahmeenaodetta.com/category/firstpublishedbook/ to view more about the book.

Sunday thought

 I received training on project management at UMBC. The course was very good. It required working on a team to prepare deliverables. My team did good work. I liked how we prepared the deliverables. We split up the work and got things done. There were some issues (with certain MS Project features, someone left for a wedding, and so on) but everything worked out. We all learned a lot. The project management course was similar to my Systems Analysis and Design course in a lot of ways. For the other course, I also worked as part of a team to prepare deliverables. We did really good work. There were all sort of issues during the course. Internet connectivity was an issue. I remember that I left my condo to go to my sister's place so I could have a working internet connection. I just did not want to let my team down. It was good teamwork (also mentioned in this post that provides information on my IT background: https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2026/04/it-professional.html). I can't believe I didn't think of how similar the two courses are before.

EXTRA: The email address of a team member caught my eye. It included 'kiki' which reminded me of a friend from high school. That was a weird coincidence.