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
Today was free bagel day at the gym, and I met Kevin (av8rdude) there at 7:00AM. We had a bagel (pumpernickel with honey walnut cream cheese, for me) and some coffee when we were done. Exercise Type Sets Reps Strength (Crunches) 12 15 Exercise Type Minute Duration Calories Burned Cardio (Treadmill) 30 207 Cardio (Elliptical … Read more
I had about an hour’s worth of Internet outage time today, about which I will be reminding Time Warner Cable when my monthly bill arrives. It never occurs to them to give you credit for time that they aren’t actually providing a service. I’m happy to remind them. I worked from home today, during which … Read more
Robert and I enjoyed Hibernian’s Sunday Brunch once again today. This is my third weekend in a row eating it, and after being sufficiently stuffed, I’ve sworn off this indulgence, at least for the rest of this month. Robert was gracious enough to accompany me on a short visit to Jeanie’s grave site out at … Read more