Back to work

Today was one of those days where I couldn’t focus as much asI’d have liked to. The work day passed slowly and despite having no meetings, I didn’t make as much progress as I hoped. This evening, I finished reading Adrift, which was just a remarkable survival story. It’s incredible what Callahan went through in his 76 days in [...]

Early night

I’m finally crashing and so there’s a chance at a decent night’s sleep tonight. Work was busy all day long. I even worked through lunch, but I completed an important milestone on my project and that felt good. At 4 PM, there was a memorial service for Susan held in the office and lots of people came [...]

Back to school

Well, I made it through the day yesterday without feeling overly tired. I was up at 4 AM and we headed off to bed at 9 PM (after watching Tivo’d episodes of Big Love and Battlestar Galactica). I didn’t sleep great last night, but my body is still adjusting to the new schedule. Busy day in the office. I was [...]

We few, we happy few

Busy day at work today, one of those days where time flies by virtually unnoticed. I got fed up with a project that seemed to have lost all forward momentum and so I took charge today, and I felt good about that. I think things will start moving again. After work, Kelly went to the gym [...]

Oh, we’re half-way there…

Today is the official halfway point of Kelly’s pregnancy. Exactly 20 weeks. Assuming the baby will be around 6 pounds (96 ounces) when he’s born, he will increase in mass nearly ten-fold over the next 20 weeks, which is remarkable when you think about it. Very icy this morning. There was a layer half an [...]

And he walked on down the hall

Another long workday. My hours are going to increase for a while until we get over the hump, which will hopefully be sometime in mid-March. In the meantime, I expect longer days. More than likely I’ll start getting up earlier, working from home until Kelly is up and ready to go and then head into [...]

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, into the future

I was busy most of the day today–another cold day here in the metro DC area–and even as the day ended there was no relief in sight. I managed to talk my way into a meeting that I thought started at 2 PM, and did start at 2 PM, only in the wrong time zone. So I rushed home [...]

Back to work today

I had to work today and I was back in the office despite the fact that nearly all of America gets Martin Luther King, Jr. day off. Today was one of those focused, "programmer mode" days. I was working on data imports and worked steadily for eight hours, finally hitting a good stopping point just before [...]

Meetings, meetings, meetings

Yup, one of those days. I was up at 6 AM, headed downstairs to feed the cats and pack my lunch. Strangely, when I was done packing my lunch, I still didn’t hear the shower going. Kelly was still asleep. I got her up and then came back down to eat breakfast. A little while later [...]

Good day back at work

The holidays are over and it was back to work today. Kelly and I overslept slightly (10 or 15 minutes) but we heading into work and got started with the day. I set out 4 goals for myself to get done at work today. I got three of the four things done. The last one got a [...]

A quiet evening at home

I was surprised how many people were actually in the office today, considering it was Friday and everyone had yesterday off. Still, it was a pretty quiet day, overall. The predicted snow never manifested. Chalk another one up to the weather department. We spent a quiet evening at home. Our stroller arrived at the concierge, [...]

Lego Star Wars

Productive work day today. It was one of those days where I told myself that I was going to solve a particular problem before I left the office, and sure enough, shortly after lunch, I had the problem solved. I was pleased with that. I had leftovers for dinner and steamed some broccoli for Kelly to go along with [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 8 hours ago
Here is @Scalzi and @MykeCole in the uke. See what you are missing @scottedelman. #Nebs2012 http://t.co/9HTltEsu 8 hours ago
Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 11 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 13 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 15 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 16 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 17 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 17 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 18 hours ago