the public speaking
OMG! Hi journal! Long time no see!
I gave a talk to about 80 coworkers yesterday, about the stuff I work on. With slides, microphone and everything. I think I was so nervous at first that I effectively did the peepee dance just out of uncontrolled fidgeting. But in the end, it all worked out. I'm a funny guy with funny things to say, and I got a lot of laughter and feedback from the audience, most of whom were strangers to me. So, thank god it's over and I got a full nights sleep last night for the first time in a while. And that now my immune system can begin the climb back up from "anxiety-land" and I can finally get over this cold.
So today's a work from home day; take a little time to recover. You'd think things would be quieter with Leopard coming out, you know, tomorrow, but I've found myself with enough people clamoring for my time that I need to be kinda sorta doing work this week.
Ella's curled up into a ball next to me on the couch. She has fleas - I can giver her a flea bath and clean her up as often as I like, but the next time she goes out with her dog walker she picks up 2-3 fleas from the dogs she plays with (time for a frontline re-apply). I like to call her fleas her "dark passengers", a la Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
The marriage thing is going pretty well. You know, kinda like the 3 years we lived together before we got married, only now with more thank you cards to write.
I gave a talk to about 80 coworkers yesterday, about the stuff I work on. With slides, microphone and everything. I think I was so nervous at first that I effectively did the peepee dance just out of uncontrolled fidgeting. But in the end, it all worked out. I'm a funny guy with funny things to say, and I got a lot of laughter and feedback from the audience, most of whom were strangers to me. So, thank god it's over and I got a full nights sleep last night for the first time in a while. And that now my immune system can begin the climb back up from "anxiety-land" and I can finally get over this cold.
So today's a work from home day; take a little time to recover. You'd think things would be quieter with Leopard coming out, you know, tomorrow, but I've found myself with enough people clamoring for my time that I need to be kinda sorta doing work this week.
Ella's curled up into a ball next to me on the couch. She has fleas - I can giver her a flea bath and clean her up as often as I like, but the next time she goes out with her dog walker she picks up 2-3 fleas from the dogs she plays with (time for a frontline re-apply). I like to call her fleas her "dark passengers", a la Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
The marriage thing is going pretty well. You know, kinda like the 3 years we lived together before we got married, only now with more thank you cards to write.