My first “tweet” this morning: “Oh coveted sleep came early—and stayed late. Too, brought joy in the morning. Happy Friday!” In other words, I slept in. After a chicken and cheddar sandwich for lunch, I headed to the gym, where I made it an all-cardio day. Exercise Type Minute Duration Calories Burned Cardio (Treadmill) 30 … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I met at the gym at 7:30 today, as he left the country for three weeks this afternoon and needed to get his workout in early. The only thing worse to me than working out that early in the morning, is working out that early in the morning when it’s not “Free … Read more
As my coffee was brewing this morning, I looked over at my iPod that’s been sitting on a TV tray charging for about three days, ever since I saw that the “call support” error in the display had changed to a “low battery” message. On a whim, I unplugged it, and turned it on. It … Read more
I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. I completed Shruti’s edit on schedule today. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the Bank of America (Kevin’s bank) at Cameron Village today to be a witness in the notarizing of a Power of Attorney of his. He needed to run by the post office … Read more
I worked from home today, spending most of the day installing, configuring, and customizing a Lotus Notes database that I’m going to use for edit planning and managing. I had a four o’clock one-on-one meeting via telephone with my manager, during which she informed me of some personnel and project churn—no big deal, pretty much … Read more
Robert arrived at about 10:30, and we met Vivian and Jeff at Finch’s at about 11:20. It was jammed in there, plus they were short on staff. Not a good combination. We set our expectations up front, putting on our patience hats, although mine was a little tight from the git-go. When the food did … Read more
I needed to have my tires rotated today, and Kevin (av8rdude) had a slow leak in one tire and was going to take his car to Fred Anderson Toyota. I talked him into coming with me to Just Tires instead. We got there at a little after 12:30, where I was delighted to find a little … Read more
I met Katja at 11:30 at Manbites Dog Theater, where we enjoyed grapes while going through the grantwriting work that we’re going to “divide and conquer.” Robert and I had lunch at Cook Out on Hillsborough Road in Durham, which included a banana shake that consisted of just-not-ripe-enough bananas for my taste. Yummy burger, fries, … Read more
I co-worked today from Edge Office in Glenwood South. Also participating, were two other IBMers, @av8rdude and @kitch, as well as @justis and @jessmartin. The gracious @DiMambro was our host. We’re all tweeters, obviously. Kevin, Jake, and I went across the street to Helios for lunch, where we ran into @abbyladybug. I had their Turkey-Avocado-Cheddar … Read more
I met with Nathan, my financial advisor, from 11:00–12:00, spending most of that time discussing options on how to proceed with financial advice to my aunt and uncle when I visit them next month. In addition to talking about the option of investing in the exchange traded fund, GLD, that I’m in, Nathan also showed … Read more