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The office is very quiet at 4 UTC. I took way longer than I should have (due to inefficiency and procrastination mainly) doing something I’d said I’d do before I would leave. So here I am about 3 hours after the time I usually leave work, even though it shouldn’t have been anywhere near that long. I’m heading home now. Stuff to do. Busy. Did not have a chance to post earlier in the day. So here is a “cheat” post with no real content of interest to anybody, but which will keep my at least one post a day streak going just a little while longer. Yeah, yeah, I know… weak. I feel very ready for the weekend, but it is not here yet. A few nights ago the whole family fell asleep watching TV in the family room. That means I slept in the same room where the dog usually sleeps. Which means my allergies decided to attack me the last couple of days. At least I am guessing that is what it is. I just know I am feeling run down and tired and stuffy, and my brain doesn’t want to work. I’d rather just lie down. But I have stuff to do, so I am trying. And drinking bunches of coffee. This five minute break is now over. Back to doing productive things. You know that thing where you have something you need to do… or several somethings you need to do… but you just want to sleep, or at least veg out watching mindless TV? Yeah, that’s me, right now. For those of you who have known me a long time (that means since college), check out who the host of this TV show is. Blast from the past, eh?
There are video clips available in the show archive. (Yeah, I was Googling a few people I haven’t talked to in a long time to see what I would find, I admit doing it, doesn’t everybody? I also found Geoff, but that wasn’t quite as interesting to me.) I don’t know what it is about my desk at work lately, but it has seemed like it is not the right place for me to be to get things done. I don’t know why. Yesterday I left work a bit early, so that early today I could sit at home in a nice comfortable chair (a Poang… I love those chairs) and popped open my laptop and spent the next few hours (the rest of the evening until bedtime really) being focused and productive in a way I hadn’t been able to manage at my actual desk at work. Having said that, it isn’t just work vs home. Even at work I’ve found I can get more done sometimes grabbing the laptop and finding a comfortable quiet place to sit and then just crunching through stuff. And it isn’t just interruptions. Yesterday was pretty quiet in terms of that, but yet my rate of productivity probably doubled in my chair at home as compared to my chair in my office. I think this pattern has probably always been there to a degree, but I’ve particularly noticed this week. Maybe it is just a “getting into the swing of things” thing after returning from vacation. But I’m thinking maybe the real answer is that I need to put a Poang in my office and use it and the laptop in my lap instead in a docking station on my desk. Yeah, that’s it. In the mean time, maybe I’ll try spending some time sitting on the couches down the hall from my office and working there. :-)
We just got back from leaving Cynthia at the airport. Within the next few minutes her plane should be taking off to take her back home to the east coast. It was great to have her here for a week. I’d taken the whole week (and a day) off work, so we had time to do a lot of things together. It was a fun time and I miss her already. I wish we’d been able to keep her longer. She’s my favoritist sister ever. :-)
About 13.5 hours ago Cynthia arrived. Now we have to figure out what we will do for the next week or so.
Earlier today we went to a Moody Blues concert. This is becoming an annual tradition in the Minter/Donaghy/Roney household. This time it was outdoors at a winery. Some hot air balloons floated overhead during the concert. I think I liked them a bit better in the enclosed sort of venues from previous years. But it was still fun. Amy brought one of her friends from school as well, and a good time was had by all. Especially at the end. Amy and her friend had gone to the designated “dancing area” near the stage for the last few songs of the concert. Then when the band came out and got on their bus, the kids happened to be right at the closest spot you were allowed to be as the bus turned and started to drive away. Nobody else seemed to be paying any attention at all. But Amy and her friend started waving frantically at the people in the bus. John Lodge saw them, looked straight at them and started waving back at them. Then suddenly other people around the area noticed that the waving was going on and started waving too. But the girls (and Brandy) were very excited that they were waved at, and that they had been the only ones waving at first, so he was waving at THEM. :-) Anyway, it was a fun time.
My father is currently in the midst of a 64 hour visit. About 31 hours into it at this point actually. On Tuesday he arrived and the day ended as we were driving home from the airport. Wednesday we did the tour of the house, the four of us went out to dinner (Mexican) and then chatted for a bit at home before everyone turned in. After sleeping, we went to a National Forest and drove around a bit looking at mountain scenery and even dipped our toes in a stream. After that was just lounging around at home. So far today while Amy and Brandy went to see 4th of July fireworks (which for some odd reason is happening early on the fifth – shrug) my dad and I went for dinner (Chinese) then chatted a bit about one of the projects he is involved with. Now he has turned in for the evening and I am waiting for Brandy and Amy to return. After sleep, the plan for the rest of today is to show him where I work, then explore downtown Seattle a bit, then maybe take a ferry somewhere in the afternoon. Then Friday we’ll probably do the Space Needle around dusk, then after sleep it will be an early wake up to get him to the airport and then I’ll head to work as usual. In any case, it is good to have my dad visit. He never got a chance to visit while I was in Florida, which was a shame, but here we are now. Good visit so far. |
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