Today was our last "professional day" on the trip, and after the usual breakfast buffet, which I ate gloriously alone today, we were off to our morning visit with the Strategic Delivery Organization, Greater China, Accenture, where our Meeting Agenda noted at the bottom: "The washroom at the meeting venue is western style with toilet … Read more
I have a dreadful cold. Not good timing for a 13.5-hour plane trip. Grrrrrr! Robert came to town at about 5:30, and we had dinner at Red Robin, at my insistence, as I’ve been wanting to try their Banzai Burger ever since I ate there a couple of weeks ago with my work crowd. It … Read more
I wore shorts and a t-shirt to work today. Among other things, I created an announcement about my trip to the staff, which is now posted in the Staff News section of the Office of Information Technology home page: OIT staff member talks technical communication in China. I picked up Katherine Chandler at the airport … Read more
I attended the OIT Web Team Meeting today, wrote an e-mail to Marc Hoit, our CIO, about his blog, and I responded to a director who is in a workgroup charged with creating “an ideal information technology or information services department at an Asian women’s university.” He wanted some input on what people thought would … Read more
I was up at oh-dark-hundred, and out to my doctor’s office in RTP for a 7:00 appointment with Amy Hird, my GP, who really is a P.A, and whom I absolutely love. She ordered up my Hep A shot, which was actually administered by her nurse, and she wrote me prescriptions for Cipro, Nexium, and … Read more
On my trek for an $.85 cup of coffee this morning, I swung by the post office, where I mailed two sympathy cards. Workwise, today I had a flurry of activity regarding last minute updates to three handouts I’d devised for three different groups, all minor changes that I was happy to make to have … Read more
We were up around nine this morning, and I made Cheddar omelets; sliced, fried turkey ham, and toast for breakfast, accompanied by coffee, of course. Robert was an absolute dear washing a tie for me that I might be able to use on my trip to China. Thanks, my sweet! At about 1:00, I finally … Read more
I thought about riding out to the outlet mall in Smithfield today, but decided to hit Kohl’s at Crossroads to see if I could get what I wanted there first, which would also help keep my gas usage down. I’m still above a half tank, and it’s coming up on two weeks, tomorrow, since I’ve filled … Read more
An on-time, uneventful bus ride in this morning. I did think, as I was listening to music on my iTouch, that I should be using this transit time to learn Chinese, which reminded me of a podcast called LingoLook China, which someone in our delegation had purchased. This morning, I had a 9:00 class in … Read more
We were up at around 9:00 this morning, and I fixed waffles, eggs, and corned beef hash for breakfast, and we had coffee, which was 9/10 regular coffee and 1/10 Highlander Grogg (caramel, butterscotch and hazelnut). It was all good. I made a very weak attempt at learning Chinese. It’s hard! I spent two or … Read more