Jude (my boss) and I walked over to the NCSU library for coffee this morning, her treat. I got a small, plain coffee, and a bagel with cream cheese. She got a large coffee to which she added goop. We had a nice chat to and fro, some of it about my study circle experience … Read more
I had a most surreal start to my day today. Highlighting some convergence of events for context: Today was the first work day of Daylight Saving Time. My dad’s health has been declining since early Fall of last year. His issues include: failing kidneys, congestive heart failure (recently diagnosed), and prostate cancer (currently under control), … Read more
My day started off with a nice affirmation in my inbox from my boss. She had sent me (yesterday before going to Mitch’s with the group) a copy of the framework of my work plan (described below) to review, and in the email she said, “Thanks in advance for all you’ve done to ‘advance the … Read more
I forgot to capture two things that happened yesterday while I was waiting for the bus to go home: I glanced over at three cars parked in the meter spots in front of my work building, and I saw a ticket tucked underneath one of the wiper blades with its ends flapping in the breeze . The meter readers … Read more
This morning’s buscapades: I practiced “just-in-time” bus stop arrival this morning. Literally, I walked up to the bus stop and onto the bus. Not a second to spare. Once on, it was hot, hot, hot, hot, hot in there, and not in a good way. I used that “hot, hot, hot” line about my office … Read more
I saw this tweet today, and I thought for sure that what it would say—clicking on the ellipses at the end of the unfinished sentence—would be, “…not wearing any underwear.” What do you think it’ll say? secrettweet 26136 Got a skirt from Ebay today delivered to my work. Couldn’t resist wearing it… Pity i can’t … Read more
I awoke to a snow-filled outside, and settled into a day of working from home, as the university was operating under its adverse weather advisory today. My manager checked in at a little after 9:30, and she had gone into work, but not without incident. She did a 180° spin at an intersection, but fortunately … Read more
This morning, much to my horror, I found myself singing out loud while waiting for the bus at the bus stop, “The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round, ’round and ’round, ’round and ’round…” [Go ahead, click on it.] My boss reviewed my draft of the minutes of that university meeting that I worked … Read more
The couple I talked about at the beginning of this blog entry last week was on the bus again this morning. Dang, that guy just must not get any sleep. He was slumped all over the girl again, his face actually resting on her thighs, while she gently rubbed his temple. It’s scenarios like that … Read more
I started off my work day with a meeting with the Computing@NC State team. There wasn’t too much to cover and we finished in 40 minutes, instead of taking the entire hour. I put on final touches to my Twitter presentation, and shortly before I left to cross the street to the building in which … Read more