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Monday Monologue #368

An interior monologue from me (and sometimes the wife).
  • For the first time in many, many years, I am working this week and not vacation. It’s was weird getting up this morning; especially since The Wife is on vacation.
  • We have our tickets to see the new Star Wars movie later his week. Hopefully we won’t see or hear any spoilers before we get to watch it.
  • Now that we have our own fitness equipment in the basement, The Wife and I are doing most of our workouts at home. It’s nice to be able to set our own schedule, particularly on Sundays when our gyms have limited hours.
  • I seem to be catching a cold. I’m just hoping it’s not the flu. Obviously, I don’t really have a choice; but I hate being sick.

Wednesday Weirdness #367

The battery on my phone has been lasting noticeably longer since I uninstalled my work email account. I knew I was getting bombarded; but that really highlights the situation. I still get a lot of personal emails across my various accounts too. But they aren’t as long to read since they aren’t a long chain of forwarded emails. It wasn’t the sync that was causing the problem. It was the screen being on for a long time while I was reading and sometimes responding.

Wednesday Weirdness #361

I had another one of those “this has to be done by end of day” tasks assigned in the late afternoon. It goes with the territory; but it’s getting old. Sometimes it’s necessary. But, sometimes it’s just poor planning.

Wednesday Weirdness #360

I got assigned a “has to be done by end of day” task at kept me working right up until the midnight deadline. I understand the need to sometimes work extra hours. However, making something a requirement doesn’t add any additional hours in the day and almost always guarantees a rushed finished project.

Friday Featurette #356

The Husband and The Wife enjoying a moment togetherToday was a very frustrating day at work. Everyone has one occasionally. But I seem to be having a lot recently. I am always happy for the weekend. But, today, I am especially happy for the weekend. Of course, I’m really dreading Monday. But I’m really planning to enjoy the next 48-hours as I refresh, relax and recharge. Have a great weekend.

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Monday Monologue #331

An interior monologue from me (and sometimes the wife).

  • For some strange reason, the clock in our SUV didn’t update after the time change even though it gets the time automatically from the mobile phone network. I wonder if someone, somewhere forgot to put the system on daylight time.
  • The Wife and I are both definitely still missing the hour of sleep we lost on Saturday night. It usually takes us quite some time to adjust. The extra hour of light in the evening isn’t worth the disruption.
  • In the world of strange facts, I used to work with a guy who couldn’t grasp the difference between standard time and daylight time. He would arrange meetings on the phone for a global team in standard time (over the summer) and then wonder why not everyone called in.
  • My phone has been doing a supposedly “minor” system update for hours. Its not stuck. Its just going very, very slowly. Kinda frustrating when I have things I need it for. Of course, the alternative would be no updates which is even worse.

Wednesday Weirdness #329

I’ve had so many long phone calls recently that I’ve had to start charging my mobile phone while I am at work. I know everyone has to deal with unproductive meetings. But that still doesn’t make them any more tolerable. Especially when I have days that are filled with them.

Wednesday Weirdness #328

I basically got an email saying that I had fulfilled a request incorrectly and it needed to be fixed immediately. Of course, I hadn’t previously been informed about the special requirements. I wanted to respond (but didn’t) that I had no way of knowing since no one ever bothered to tell me. Instead I was polite. Still, it’s very frustrating when people expect you to read their mind and be aware of things they have never mentioned.

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Monday Monologue #322

An interior monologue from me (and sometimes the wife).

  • The water was higher than we would have liked and it was a bit breezy; but, we rowed over the weekend. Very slowly and very carefully. It’s supposed to snow before the end of the week; but, Saturday was a good day on the river.
  • The crisis that started on Friday continues to expand. I’m spending more time giving status updates that I am actually fixing the problem. Christmas vacation was an eternity ago.
  • I did not take the Christmas tree down as I had planned. I’ll save that chore for a day when it’s cold and snowy outside. (Like the forecast for next weekend.)
  • The National Championship game doesn’t seem too interesting. Hopefully things will change. But this has not be a good year for fans of the playoff system.

Wednesday Weirdness #308

I received an amazing number of “Now that your back, has [a certain task] been completed yet” within the first few hours that I was back online. Of course, they just added to the clutter that I had to sort through. Some days it seems like I spend more time sending status updates than actually getting work done.