even worked past 8:30pm
There was one particular document I needed to put together -- way back at 4:30pm I realized I'd either start working on this thing "now" and who knows when I'll get to go home, or I go home now and work on it after I get home.
So, I made the right decision, I went home first, had dinner first, and then could focus on drafting this document in peace and quiet with no email interruptions and nobody popping their head into my office.
Nowadays, drafting a document works best for me when I do it outside of normal work hours.
Ideally I'd get an early start on work tomorrow so I can quit early and play with toys, but I also want to run 4 miles tomorrow, and I'll probably need to pick up my car tomorrow, so I don't know that either starting early or quitting early is going to happen.
At this point I'm not going out to the hot tub, so another night without intoxication! I skipped intoxication Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights so far this week. I did have three drinks at B's on Monday night. And still ran 3 miles the next morning.
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Although I drink fairly often, and always have since high school, I can almost always take it or leave it. It's not an addiction for me. I wouldn't even enjoy drinking alcohol every day, that would end up interfering with too many other aspects of my life. I mean, drinking every day while on vacation is fine, given how rarely I go on vacation and how short my vacations are.
I find caffeine and chocolate both way more addictive than alcohol, which is why I engage with both of these substances rather minimally and mindfully. As compared to alcohol which I engage with liberally and way more than the US government recommends (2 drinks or less in a day for men? -- hell, sometimes I drink more than that before Noon). I don't drink while on the job, however. And I never drive drunk. One great thing about having the condo is that I have a place to crash to if I'm out drinking downtown -- take a cab or walk back to the condo and don't drive back out to the suburbs.
A couple times I've had too much after driving over to B's condo and then I've taken a Lyft back home and retrieved my car later. Monday I brought a sleepover kit with me just in case, but I was safe to drive home.
Probably if I didn't drink alcohol I'd be buff as hell instead of feeling a little chubby, but my chubbiness has not kept me from finding and keeping a variety of partners over the course of my life. Not that I require my partners to be buff as hell. Though I think K was the hottest man in DC when we first met ;-) KWC was literally a model around the time we met, with his photo in some advertisements. They're both still quite handsome.
Anyway ... no hot tub tonight. I'll go get ready for bed. After tomorrow things are all up in the air depending on the course of T's COVID. I don't know where I'll be Friday night. And I don't know whether I'll have Jury Duty on Monday, or if I do, how long it will last.
So, I made the right decision, I went home first, had dinner first, and then could focus on drafting this document in peace and quiet with no email interruptions and nobody popping their head into my office.
Nowadays, drafting a document works best for me when I do it outside of normal work hours.
Ideally I'd get an early start on work tomorrow so I can quit early and play with toys, but I also want to run 4 miles tomorrow, and I'll probably need to pick up my car tomorrow, so I don't know that either starting early or quitting early is going to happen.
At this point I'm not going out to the hot tub, so another night without intoxication! I skipped intoxication Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights so far this week. I did have three drinks at B's on Monday night. And still ran 3 miles the next morning.
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Although I drink fairly often, and always have since high school, I can almost always take it or leave it. It's not an addiction for me. I wouldn't even enjoy drinking alcohol every day, that would end up interfering with too many other aspects of my life. I mean, drinking every day while on vacation is fine, given how rarely I go on vacation and how short my vacations are.
I find caffeine and chocolate both way more addictive than alcohol, which is why I engage with both of these substances rather minimally and mindfully. As compared to alcohol which I engage with liberally and way more than the US government recommends (2 drinks or less in a day for men? -- hell, sometimes I drink more than that before Noon). I don't drink while on the job, however. And I never drive drunk. One great thing about having the condo is that I have a place to crash to if I'm out drinking downtown -- take a cab or walk back to the condo and don't drive back out to the suburbs.
A couple times I've had too much after driving over to B's condo and then I've taken a Lyft back home and retrieved my car later. Monday I brought a sleepover kit with me just in case, but I was safe to drive home.
Probably if I didn't drink alcohol I'd be buff as hell instead of feeling a little chubby, but my chubbiness has not kept me from finding and keeping a variety of partners over the course of my life. Not that I require my partners to be buff as hell. Though I think K was the hottest man in DC when we first met ;-) KWC was literally a model around the time we met, with his photo in some advertisements. They're both still quite handsome.
Anyway ... no hot tub tonight. I'll go get ready for bed. After tomorrow things are all up in the air depending on the course of T's COVID. I don't know where I'll be Friday night. And I don't know whether I'll have Jury Duty on Monday, or if I do, how long it will last.