Working@Home & Helios, a weight blip—finally, exercising, and reading…

Who schedules an 8:00 meeting on a Monday morning? Unfortunately I didn’t look at my work calendar all weekend to remind myself of said meeting, so when I logged in at 9:00, my usual start time, the meeting was pretty much finishing up. Oh well. I’ve talked here before about what a crap shoot buying … Read more

Coffeeshop-hopping, a new (expensive) toothbrush, exercising, and a night out…

On the way to Panera Bread at Crossroad this morning, I stopped at Best Buy long enough to see their prices on the iPod Touch—$399 for the 16G model; that’s too high. I’ve seen them for as low as $319.95 on mysimon.com. I stopped at Bed Bath & Beyond, where I bought the Sonicare UV Sanitizer, … Read more

Worked from home, Grandma Grammar, Stuart Smiley moments, and a Durham Bulls game…

I was up early this morning, logged into work by 7AM. In my inbox, was an e-mail from my manager’s manager’s manager with the subject line: Sad News. And within the body of the short e-mail, this line: “[Employee’s name] fell ill suddenly yesterday, was transported to the hospital, but unfortunately did not survive.” That … Read more

Slept in, dentist appointment, Manbites grantwriting & funding research, exercising & staying in…

I slept off last night late into this morning. In anticipation of my 2:00 dental appointment, I flossed the hell out of my teeth this morning. I ran to Hardee’s for a $2.09 egg and sausage biscuit with a $.99 coupon. The service was, for a pleasant change, both quick and friendly. It’s really nice … Read more

Worked from home, voted in a runoff, exercised, and drank too much…

I worked from home today, with laundry going on in the background. I participated in a conference call, during which IBM editors talked about the subject: Global Writing Teams and Working with Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English. One person used these two words while talking: templative and formulaic. Templative, which I don’t think is a … Read more

Working from home and Helios, Power of Attorney invoked, and exercising…

First thing this morning, I had an e-mail from Kevin’s realtor saying that his place contracted, and asking if I’d be available some time today to sign paperwork on his behalf. I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. Two notable things happened at Helios today: My cell phone battery was getting … Read more

Raleigh Typhoon 2—Typhoon Tweeple Team

Oh. my. god. We had the greatest day today—such incredible, incredible fun running all around Raleigh (sometimes literally), with a great group of folks, learning tons about the city, and trying establishments (including a lot of bars!) that I would never have otherwise ever ventured into. We had a team participating in Raleigh Typhoon 2, … Read more