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
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
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
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
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
I’m close to finally having everything I need now for my visa application for China. In addition to the visa application itself, they want: Proof of Vacation by Employer: Letter from your employer showing you have the time off of work for the specific date range of your visa application and a job awaiting you … 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
We got a good eight hours sleep, and were up shortly before the 9:00 alarm clock setting. Robert make coffee, and we had a little piece of a roll, two sausage patties each, and some cantaloupe for our breakfast. To go to the gym, I packed up, along with clothes to change into after working … Read more