I arrived, for the last time, to my IBM office at about 10:00. By 11:30, I had finished my last edit. At about noon, I had my last lunch in the Tivoli cafeteria. Ironically enough, I was delighted to see that they’d brought the “Personal Size Pizza” station back, but the pizza I got from … Read more
Today was going to be my last day at the office, with my official quit date being tomorrow. However, when it was all said and done, I didn’t get done what I wanted done, so I talked to Woody about “checking out” tomorrow at about 1:30. Robert and I saw The Island, staged by The … Read more
I was in and out of the gym by 8:30 this morning, where it was Free Bagel Tuesday, and I did only cardio. Exercise Type Minute Duration Cardio (Stationary Bicycle) 20 Cardio (Treadmill) 20 Today was my penultimate work day at IBM. I’m off tomorrow. Thursday is my last day. I completed Shruti’s edit today. … Read more
Today was my antepenultimate work day at IBM. I worked from home, and I completed Eric’s edit. I canceled my “One-on-One Meeting” scheduled with my manager for 4:00. What would be the point really? I got to the gym at about 4:45, and I did an upper body workout, after which I enjoyed a slice … Read more
We got up around 9:00 and pulled out of the parking lot at 10:22 to head back to Raleigh. It was an uneventful 4.5-hour ride back, with a stop for lunch at a Quizno’s just about 75 miles from Durham. Once home, I got a nice chunk of editing done, and then met Joe at Flex … Read more
Today was my preantepenultimate work day at IBM. I met my friend Rhonda, with whom I shared an office at IBM at one time, and with whom I shared more laughs than I can possibly recall. I hadn’t seen her in about a year, and when we decided—on IBM’s internal instant message system—to meet at … Read more
I began on my penultimate edit for IBM this morning, working from home. At lunch time, I met Joe over at Helios to work from there for the rest of the day. At 3:00, I ran over to NC State to turn in a required security form and my I-9 form with “one form of … 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 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