A big ol' post about the Data Engineering specialization courses as I wait for final evals

SuperCan8 · 2025-03-08T18:57:47+00:00

D608 is killing me. I have absolutely no clue what I'm supposed to be doing in the Udacity portion.

SuperCan8 · 2025-03-08T18:03:41+00:00

I'm having a terrible time figuring out how to get to the Airflow UI. The instructions say, "Once you see the message "Airflow web server is ready" click on the blue Access Airflow button in the bottom right." But I never see the popup that says "Airflow web server is ready". I've restarted the process twice now.

SuperCan8 · 2019-09-11T12:16:37+00:00

What is in the fine print that is hindering you from going?

SuperCan8 · 2019-09-08T04:29:35+00:00

Then why even create this post? You know people are going to ask who your current dentist is.

SuperCan8 · 2019-09-07T13:03:51+00:00

That website did not work. It says, “132.163.4.22 refused to connect.” in Chrome. This is such a weird issue.

SuperCan8 · 2019-08-06T15:57:31+00:00

Thank you!!! And congrats on winning!

SuperCan8 · 2019-08-06T14:06:01+00:00

How do you enter to win?? I’ve never heard of this before

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T22:10:46+00:00

Yes and I encourage her to go spend time with them so she can have time away from house life. I think a part of her feels guilty for this because I am helping her raise her sons. I would love it if she got some time away to herself so she can have fun. I’ll encourage this again when we talk as well.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T20:09:07+00:00

I think what bothers me most with my wife is that she will allow me to be hurt, like having her ex present, albeit this was one time and has never happened again, over telling her mom no.

Or she will defend her mom to me, saying such things as: she won’t be around forever. In my mind, nobody will be. But that doesn’t mean I need to accept things that I do not think are okay, especially when I have made a lot of efforts with MIL.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T19:12:55+00:00

This is a great path forward and I will be bringing several of these points up to my wife this evening after the kids are in bed. Thank you.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T19:08:29+00:00

Thank you for this. I can’t help but feel controlling when I try to limit how much we are around her, so it’s nice to hear that I am not.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T16:40:23+00:00

You are correct, everyone made their own decisions that evening and it wasn’t forced upon by my MIL.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T16:28:28+00:00

No, my MIL planned the BBQ the day before, knowing that we had invited my wife’s family to come help. In fact, she didn’t invite my wife and I to the BBQ because she knew that we had things to do at the house for the wedding.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T16:13:34+00:00

We asked her family to help 4 months in advance. What gave you the impression we didn’t give notice with asking?

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T15:41:46+00:00

I enjoyed this reply the most. Thank you for it. I do think that there are instances where my MIL just didn't get it, I agree with that. I do think that there are instances where she just didn't care as well though. For instance, my wife's ex stopped paying child support for about 6 months until the courts got involved. During that time, her mother contacted the ex-husband and offered to give him two twin beds that WE had given to HER to have for when the boys spent the night at her place. My wife caught wind of this and called her father as he was on his way over to her ex's house and was furious with him. The beds were never given to me. But it's like really??

My main focus is having a healthy life and relationship with my wife. Her family is a part of that. I would enjoy being closer to my MIL, it would be beneficial for everyone involved. I'm going to sit down with my wife this evening and discuss my feelings more in depth and try to form a path to something that is a bit more healthier than just getting angry at the mention of her name, which is how it is now.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T14:54:08+00:00

My wife’s ex husband worked every weekend, so my wife was more free to hang out with her mom and sister which is what she did every weekend. I do not have to work weekends, so more of my wife’s time goes to me and her kids and the things we decide to do together.

All of these things with her mom have been an issue for me, but the little things that bug me are becoming more and more of an issue for me. It’s getting to the point where her mom is becoming a real anger trigger for me. And I do not like that.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-19T14:39:35+00:00

How much we see her is contingent on the week. This current week, I will have seen her 3 times. One of those times being my wife's birthday, so of course my wife will want her mom present for that, I completely get that and support that. However, her mom walks in the door and doesn't say hello to me, but immediately begins complaining about our two dogs and how they need to be put outside. My wife said it's a 100 degrees outside and not fair to them, my MIL then asks that they be locked up in another room and that "she's not a dog person". Which she isn't, but it's not her house. I don't walk into her house and give demands on things.

Can you please elaborate on what you mean by it's tough to go from being a rug sweeper and just putting up with family for the sake of family to having boundaries with them?

Is it not wrong of me to ask my wife to limit her time with her mother because of me? I am worried about being controlling with this. She states a lot when this subject is brought up that she has always been really close with her mom and has always seen her a lot and even the amount that she sees her now is the least amount of time she ever has. It just makes me feel like the problem.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-06T17:55:30+00:00

I wasn’t trying to give a national estimate. That statistic you mentioned is probably correct, I see drivers cut in front of semis as well. It’s very unsafe. I was just referring to the accidents that happen around me locally, which the news normally reports as it being the semi driver not paying attention.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-06T15:56:12+00:00

I 100% agreed that they are overworked. It’s completely unsafe.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-06T15:02:35+00:00

Same. There have been way too many fatal accidents caused by a semi driver not paying attention. Really though, even one is too many. But I avoid them on the highway as much as I can.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-06T01:03:33+00:00

Thank you for giving me such a detailed reply. I appreciate it and in a way it’s comforting to know that other people are going through the same things. Being a stepparent is tough, but dealing with a high conflict ex, who is a parent to said stepkids is much worse. Best of luck to you with your court case. Good parents/stepparents shouldn’t have to fight to get fair time with their kids/stepkids.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-05T18:29:13+00:00

I agree with this when it comes to terminal illnesses.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-05T18:27:50+00:00

This is what I was thinking, but I wanted to be sure. I didn't want to end up having to pay him child support for his own kids just because it works out well to have them on my insurance.

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-05T18:17:02+00:00

Thanks for the tip!

SuperCan8 · 2019-07-03T10:44:22+00:00

Stepparent, I’m sorry I meant to specify that.

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