Got home just after 4 PM yesterday and vacuumed the entire house, took out the trash and recycling, and tidied up a bit. Carmen arrived just as I was about to pick up Kelly. I dashed up to Pentagon City while Carmen waited patiently at the new place. When we got back home, we gave…
On Friday’s I always review my work calendar for the next week to see just how hectic things are going to be. Here is my calendar for next week. It’s fairly typical: As usual, Wednesday is the busiest day of the week. But the other days aren’t much better. You may be wondering about a…
I’ve been mentioning for a few days that I have a busy schedule today, Friday. Here’s a look at my calendar for Friday, September 7, 2007*: 8-9 AM: Meeting w/Casey on CSC requirements 11-noon: Design meeting #2 for APT project 1-2 PM: Meeting w/pubs on AllBooks/APT integration 2-3 PM: APT steering group meeting 3-3:30 PM:…
Almost 11:30 PM and just home from the Happy Hour after our last softball game of the regular season. We lost. Badly. So badly it was hard to take seriously. We finished with a record of 7-2 which places us 3rd in our division and guarantees us a place in the playoffs on September 8th.…
[Written on May 27 and backdated] We had the second half of our “retreat” Friday morning. Overall, I think it was successful, but time will tell for sure. I had lunch with Derrick and Pam on Friday, which was fun. Our CIO let everyone go home at 3 PM in order to get a head…
I had the main day of my work-related “retreat” yesterday. We got started at 8 AM sharp and finished up just before 9 PM. I felt like a limp noodle when it was all over. Sitting around in a conference room all day and talking can be extremely draining. We were well-fed, breakfast, lunch and…
People trying to call me this week have occasionally expressed their frustration in the fact that I always seem to be in meetings. If they feel frustrated, imagine how I must feel. I change my outgoing message everyday, giving people an idea of when I am going to in meetings. In order to defray some…
Moments ago, one of the office assistants came up to me in order to schedule a meeting with me next week. We went through the usual dance, and I finally told her any time on May 1, 2, or 3 was fine. A few minutes later I received an email that said: How about May…
Every once in a while, I’m in a good meeting. I was presenting a demonstration of a prototype project meta-data-tracking application to a group of people today and the presentation went well. We started and finished on time and they liked what they saw. It’s a good experience to have a worthwhile meeting every now…
The meeting for which I have been preparing for the last two days is now over and it went pretty well. I demonstrated the updated application prototype and there were even a few oohs! and ahhs! which is always nice. This essentially means that I am done for the day (and the week), but I…
…head! I don’t get headaches very often, but I’ve got a doozy of a headache right now. I attribute it to a ridiculously long and boring meeting that I have to attend in about 10 minutes. It’s one of these meetings where everyone is asked to report on the status of their projects. There are…
I’ve entered into one of those busy phases at work where things keep piling on, no matter how much it seems that you get done. In the last couple of weeks, I finished up a significant project only two have two other projects hurled at me, both of which are, of course, on tight deadlines.…