I attended our Manbites Dog September board meeting today from 10:00-12:00 at the theater in Durham. Only four (of seven) of us were present, and I volunteered to take the minutes. After the meeting, I picked up Robert at his “old” apartment, giving him a break in the middle of moving to his new place, by treating … Read more
Today’s posting is going to be quite the potpourri, as opposed to my regular daily blow-by-blow. [Get your mind out of the gutter.] Here’s a summary of the day: Day off. Slept in. Blogged. Lower body routine and a little ab workout. Two-stepped and line-danced. I’m not a big horoscope fan, but I recently subscribed … 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
I thought I had set a wake-up call for 8:00, woke up at about 8:15, and then discovered at 9:00 (by the ringing phone), that I’d actually set it for 9:00. As expected, the weather outside was dreary, due to the fact the Tropical Storm Hanna was making her way up the eastern seaboard, with … Read more
I had a dream so intense this morning that I didn’t hear my alarm clock going off for about four minutes straight. That has never happened before. Short version of the dream: I was to be put to death by firing squad with one other person. For some reason, we were put in a tent, … Read more
I slept in this morning, getting a full eight hours of glorious sleep. I devised a separate blog entry for today called Financially Independent vs. Independently Wealthy, which was inspired by the question of a friend in a recent e-mail he sent to me congratulating me on my achievement and my leaving IBM. It is currently a … Read more
Robert arrived at a little after 11:00, and he grilled the chicken breasts that I had marinated in McCormick Grill Mates Zesty Herb Marinade. I put on some Betty Crocker Scalloped Potatoes (which turned out to be out of this world), and we enjoyed some shrimp cocktail dipped in Heinz Cocktail Sauce, while the chicken … Read more
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