Late this morning, Kelly opened her birthday present. I got her a Wii. We played Wii once before at Todd and Jenn’s house and she really enjoyed it. I also got her the Wii Fit so that she (or "we") can do workouts and yoga and stuff. I got it all set up this morning and…
Up at about 6:30 AM in order to take Kelly into work. I stopped in at the office in order to fill out some HR paperwork to update my marital status and add Kelly to my various insurances. When that was done, I spent much of the day catching up on various TV shows that I missed…
I went to deposit some checks at the local branch of our bank and it turned out the branch was closed because it had been robbed. This is a mall branch. Go figure. After work, Casey took me over to Saturn to pick up my car. When I called earlier in the afternoon, I was…
Charles Osgood. Hands down. Kelly and I have been spending a relaxing 90 minutes each Sunday morning watching Charles Osgood’s Sunday Morning program on CBS. I think it’s probably the best news program out there, and for my money, the only one worth watching. When I lived in L.A., I used to listen to The Osgood File on…
We started the day with various errands and tasks. We ran over to Home Depot to look at grills, but decided to wait until we got back from our vacation before buying anything. We also wrapped up several wedding-related tasks. (Only two weeks to go!) Kelly made us grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. Yum! Then…
Today marks the end of the fiscal year and I more or less finished my part of a multi-year project in which we developed a sophisticated, web-based project portfolio management system for our research units. 6 of our 8 units are in production as of today, and that’s what we needed to meet our goal. Beginning…
Yesterday was the last real crunch day at work. Today and Friday will still be busy, but I think I got through my tough part yesterday. I’ve been working steadily all morning, but the pressure feels somewhat off. Two more days left in the fiscal year, and we may actually meet our project goal. Kelly and I worked…
Long day yesterday. I took an hour at lunch when I worked on my workshop story. Then I went back to work. I worked until 6 PM. I met Kelly at the mall and we headed home. She had her second and final fitting of the wedding dress last night, so she and Sarah left around 6:30. I…
Back to work today and it was a busy day. I worked straight through again, without a break (I packed my lunch and ate while I worked), and I even took my laptop home to do work this evening. To relax this evening, I watched the first two episodes of the new HBO series, True Blood. I’m normally not…
Have you ever had one of those days where it seems you are running on all 8-cylinders? Where everything moves smoothly and seamlessly, almost effortlessly? Today was not one of those days. It was, in fact, an incredibly busy, fragmented day at work. It was one of those days where I was in two meetings…
It was another productive day at work today. Rainy, too. It was also Kelly’s flex day so she had the whole day off and was able to sleep in (until 8:30!!). I started reading The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi today. We mostly relaxed in the evening. I lazily watched an episode of Entourage while Kelly was…
Productive day at work, mostly working on data migration scripts. I listed to three full Metallica albums in the morning, first time I’ve done that in a while. (And because strausmouse will ask which ones: Master of Puppets, And Justice for All, and The Black Album.) We had our "end of summer" BBQ lunch today and that was nice.…