My workout today consisted stretching, strengthening and cardio. For the stretching, I used that sheet for back strengthening I found last night, and when I got to about the six exercise on it, I noticed that one of the models in the picture looks like @abbyladybug! And then it occurred to me that all of … Read more
I was up at 9:00 this morning. After putting on a pot of coffee, I started my final load of laundry, which consisted of all towels. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had enough towels to wash at once to make up a full load. Half the load was my entire set of bath … Read more
I had a good eight hours of sleep last night, and one of the first things on my agenda this morning was to get my China visa application package to the post office. I forgot to mention yesterday that I stopped by Walgreen’s and got a passport-sized picture taken (which came out atrociously), and then … Read more
I had such a great, affirming day today. I had a meeting scheduled, whose subject was “Quick Task Prioritization Meeting,” with my manager for 4:15. At 2:45, she instant messaged me that her 2:00 meeting had ended early, and asked if I wanted to go ahead and have ours then. I gave her my two weeks … Read more
I’m close to finally having everything I need now for my visa application for China. In addition to the visa application itself, they want: Proof of Vacation by Employer: Letter from your employer showing you have the time off of work for the specific date range of your visa application and a job awaiting you … Read more
I worked from home this morning, and called into a “professional vitality session” from 11:00-12:00. It was called “Wiki Education for IBM Editors,” and unfortunately, it was not all I hoped and dreamed it would be. I went into my office for the afternoon, and I spent a good chunk of time there cleaning up … Read more
I worked from home this morning. I was expecting a call from a personal trainer (as part of IBM’s free Lifeworks program) at 10:00, but she called at 11:00. Turns out she was on central time. We had a great chat about my current workout situation. She said that while the 300 crunches I’ve been doing—particularly … Read more
We got a good eight hours sleep, and were up shortly before the 9:00 alarm clock setting. Robert make coffee, and we had a little piece of a roll, two sausage patties each, and some cantaloupe for our breakfast. To go to the gym, I packed up, along with clothes to change into after working … Read more
I slept in today. And I mean slept in. Until noon. After finally getting my ass in gear, it was an errandy kind of day for me. I started off at Target at Lynn Road, where I was sure I’d be able to get some onion and pepper relish that I needed to make a … Read more
I had breakfast with Kevin (av8rdude) and his friend Dave at Pam’s Farmhouse Restaurant. I had an omelet this time instead of their French Toast. I was not pleased when our server arrived holding our hot plates with a dish rag, the end of which was touching the end of my omelet on the plate. … Read more