I had my alarm set for 9:00, but woke up, and got up, at 8:30. Breakfast is served out on the deck here from 8:00-10:30. I grabbed my laptop, and went out there to enjoy it. There were two other people out there, a guy at each of two different tables. I took the other. … Read more
I was up at 7, and after a SSS, had a bowl of Honey Smacks and two slices of Portuguese sweet bread toast for breakfast. Aunt Annette fixed me two ham and cheese sandwiches and gave me a snack package of Fig Newtons and two Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies “to go.” She drove me back … Read more
I met my friend Myra for lunch today at Rockford. Myra is such good people. I love that she’s in my life. I had their Pimento Cheese sandwich, and Myra had their Roast Beef sandwich. When our waitperson enumerated the sides, I got “potato salad,” “black-eyed peas,” but didn’t quite get what the third option … Read more
Dinner in the sky. Why? I had a short visit to the gym today—upper body and crunches only. I’ll get my cardio in tonight dancing. Exercise Type Minute Duration Resistance (Upper Body) 45 Exercise Type Sets Reps Total Strength (Crunches) 10 30 300 I ran by Joe’s old apartment and pulled his garbage can around … Read more
On the way to Panera Bread at Crossroad this morning, I stopped at Best Buy long enough to see their prices on the iPod Touch—$399 for the 16G model; that’s too high. I’ve seen them for as low as $319.95 on mysimon.com. I stopped at Bed Bath & Beyond, where I bought the Sonicare UV Sanitizer, … Read more
I was up at 7:00 and finished up the grantwriting work for our board meeting. I was running a little late and arrived at 10:05 for our 10:00 board meeting, only to find just Ed, Jeff, and Katja there. Edie turned out to be the only other person to come. Gregor had thrown his back … Read more
When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple of days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to … Read more
I worked from home today, with laundry going on in the background. I participated in a conference call, during which IBM editors talked about the subject: Global Writing Teams and Working with Writers Whose First Language Isn’t English. One person used these two words while talking: templative and formulaic. Templative, which I don’t think is a … Read more
Oh. my. god. We had the greatest day today—such incredible, incredible fun running all around Raleigh (sometimes literally), with a great group of folks, learning tons about the city, and trying establishments (including a lot of bars!) that I would never have otherwise ever ventured into. We had a team participating in Raleigh Typhoon 2, … Read more
My first “tweet” this morning: “Oh coveted sleep came early—and stayed late. Too, brought joy in the morning. Happy Friday!” In other words, I slept in. After a chicken and cheddar sandwich for lunch, I headed to the gym, where I made it an all-cardio day. Exercise Type Minute Duration Calories Burned Cardio (Treadmill) 30 … Read more