Out sick.
I suppose I shouldn’t complain, as according to my LJ notes, it’s been about a year since I’ve been ill enough to miss work. Still, it is frustrating when I think of all the things I could have accomplished. Lets back up a few days.
Friday: Snuck out of work early, and went to Jenn’s place for dinner. She fixed us an awesome one-pot meal of potatoes, shrimp, & sausage.
Saturday: Went to Jenn’s place again. Her Dad was coming over from west Texas to deliver her Christmas furniture, and I was on-hand to help unload it. I presented the tool-shed plans I had been working on to Jenn’s Dad. He had some good ideas on how to proceed.
Jenn and I then went to lunch at a tiny place in Richardson called “Dells Charcoal Burgers”. It’s been around since 1951, but one wouldn’t know about it unless they made a habit of prowling the older parts of town (like I do). Jenn had agreed to help me pick out a new color scheme for the re-modeled bathroom (the current towel set had been following me around since I moved into the place some seven years ago). With Jenn’s advice, I was able to find a green bamboo shower curtain, that was complimented by dark green towels. I was pleasantly surprised to find some that were made in the USA. The final touch was chrome and white ceramic shower curtain rings to match the rest of the fixtures in the new bathroom. We spent the rest of the day just goofing around.
As the day wound down, I felt a slight scratchiness at the back of my throat. I skipped jogging, drank some orange juice, and went to bed early in hopes of heading off anything really bad.
Sunday: I woke up to discover that my tonsils felt like I had been gargling a mixture of battery acid and metal shavings. I drank more orange juice and stayed in bed. This really honked me off, as I had planed to take advantage of the mild weather we were having to work on the Mustang.
Monday: Took some time off to recover. Still felt dead.
Tuesday: Felt well enough to sit up and read a bit. Did get to the computer, and added in the updates to the tool shed plans. I’m rather proud of myself. It was about a month ago when I purchased this program. I had not done any read CAD work since college. Now I’m able to crank out the tool shed plans in several hours time. It’s detailed enough for me to calculate a beginning cost for lumber. I’m using better grade materials and construction techniques, and am still coming in at about 50$ less than the starting cost for a smaller shed sold by Home Depot. Of course, if the bathroom debacle taught me anything, it’s to increase my cost estimates by about 50%
Wednesday: Felt a little better. Not quiet solid enough to return to work, but with deadlines looming, I don’t have much choice. I’d feel bad about exposing my coworkers, save that I suspect it’s one of these clowns who infected me. So who was it? The gal who was so messed up she lost her voice? Or the guy recovering from bronchitis who insisted (despite his cough) he was no longer contagious. I guess it’s a pretty moot point, as about 25% of the people here seem to be suffering from one ailment or another.
Friday: Snuck out of work early, and went to Jenn’s place for dinner. She fixed us an awesome one-pot meal of potatoes, shrimp, & sausage.
Saturday: Went to Jenn’s place again. Her Dad was coming over from west Texas to deliver her Christmas furniture, and I was on-hand to help unload it. I presented the tool-shed plans I had been working on to Jenn’s Dad. He had some good ideas on how to proceed.
Jenn and I then went to lunch at a tiny place in Richardson called “Dells Charcoal Burgers”. It’s been around since 1951, but one wouldn’t know about it unless they made a habit of prowling the older parts of town (like I do). Jenn had agreed to help me pick out a new color scheme for the re-modeled bathroom (the current towel set had been following me around since I moved into the place some seven years ago). With Jenn’s advice, I was able to find a green bamboo shower curtain, that was complimented by dark green towels. I was pleasantly surprised to find some that were made in the USA. The final touch was chrome and white ceramic shower curtain rings to match the rest of the fixtures in the new bathroom. We spent the rest of the day just goofing around.
As the day wound down, I felt a slight scratchiness at the back of my throat. I skipped jogging, drank some orange juice, and went to bed early in hopes of heading off anything really bad.
Sunday: I woke up to discover that my tonsils felt like I had been gargling a mixture of battery acid and metal shavings. I drank more orange juice and stayed in bed. This really honked me off, as I had planed to take advantage of the mild weather we were having to work on the Mustang.
Monday: Took some time off to recover. Still felt dead.
Tuesday: Felt well enough to sit up and read a bit. Did get to the computer, and added in the updates to the tool shed plans. I’m rather proud of myself. It was about a month ago when I purchased this program. I had not done any read CAD work since college. Now I’m able to crank out the tool shed plans in several hours time. It’s detailed enough for me to calculate a beginning cost for lumber. I’m using better grade materials and construction techniques, and am still coming in at about 50$ less than the starting cost for a smaller shed sold by Home Depot. Of course, if the bathroom debacle taught me anything, it’s to increase my cost estimates by about 50%
Wednesday: Felt a little better. Not quiet solid enough to return to work, but with deadlines looming, I don’t have much choice. I’d feel bad about exposing my coworkers, save that I suspect it’s one of these clowns who infected me. So who was it? The gal who was so messed up she lost her voice? Or the guy recovering from bronchitis who insisted (despite his cough) he was no longer contagious. I guess it’s a pretty moot point, as about 25% of the people here seem to be suffering from one ailment or another.