I've managed to get an awful lot of stuff done today. I've even spent the last hour setting up the test system for scenarios. But I haven't actually tested the system yet. It's just after 3 and I'm planning on leaving at 4 at the latest. I've skipped breakfast and lunch essentially and just worked straight through, so I'm not feeling all that ( Read more... )

Had a pretty decent weekend. Yesterday I spent much of the day at my sister's, soaking up her family, since they move to the San Francisco area today. We won't see them again until Thanksgiving. At least, we hope we can make it up there for Thanksgiving - tickets are looking expensive. Will watch for deals ( Read more... )

Today is looking to be a better day. I got in to work by 6:30!!! I was madly working on the presentation information - the project that was supposed to be a much bigger team project than the small team it turned out to be. Then, after working on it for several hours today, I found out that the meeting is cancelled. But my teammates actually had ( Read more... )

It's been an ugly day all around. Anya woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep this morning when she discovered that I'd gotten up early. Hubby was testy this morning and generally disgruntled. I skipped breakfast and lunch in lieu of South Beach Bars just so I could have the time to work on a critical project. The people who had 10 days to ( Read more... )

I just sent off two thank-yous for lunches this week. The first was to the gentlemen at a resort whom a coworker and I met with in order to answer their questions about capital projects. It was a simple white card that I placed page pebble letter stickers on saying "thank you" on the front, and a hand written thank you on the inside. For the ( Read more... )