The freaking ads everywhere, I apologize

I "allowed" Google Adsense to control my site for a few months and was unaware of how they placed an ad after every news article, popups and just way more ads than anyone should ever see on any site.
I was showing a co-worker my website, on my work laptop, when I realized how much of a cluster**** Google had made of my site.
I Use an ad blocker and don't have a problem with visitors who do the same.
I apologize, and am not sure, how long my site has been flooded with these ads.
I simply want one ad banner that can easily be reduced or closed.
If you choose to support this site, great! If you hate ads, then block them.
This is a hobby and personal passion website. I like offsetting some of the cost to run it, but I don't expect visitors to deal with dozens of ads per page.