"Puppet wrangler? There weren't any puppets in this movie!" – Crow T. Robot
Today was just like falling off a log, if you forgot exactly why you were up on this particular log and managed to remind yourself just as you fell off into the chilly but ultimately not so terribly deep waters below. You know, or something like that.
Honestly, it was really just like a Monday, though on a Wednesday, which is the sort of thing that happens every now and then.
And hey, the work week’s already half over. Imagine that!
Well, almost. I worked from home today, what with it being a Tuesday and all, and I didn’t have any trouble easing back into things. (Mostly because a lot of the people I’d hoped would have responded to my e-mails in the time I was out…didn’t.) I don’t really get back into the swing of things until tomorow, when I have to get up and get the train and all that again.
For lunch, for my last day home, I went to my favorite sushi and seafood buffet — actually, the only sushi and seafood buffet I ever go to. I think it’s a great place to explore sushi, which I used to hate, in an unintimidating setting, thanks to all the other more typical Japanese fare like beef teriyaki and shrimp tempura. And the quality is excellent, which is a definite must with raw fish, and you’re able to sample from an extensive collection of rolls and other stuff, constantly being replenished. (I’m a newbie, often content with nothing more adventurous than tuna and avocado, and the nomenclature eludes me.) My meal was excellent, and more than filling, and so even the relatively high price tag — with tip, about $25 — didn’t seem bad at all. Especially when compared to the absolutely awful microwave country-fried chicken with gravy I tried having for dinner. (For shame, Marie Callendar, for shame.)
Anyway, that was my Tuesday, more or less. Sushi (and more) for lunch, working from home…oh, and discovering what looks like a half-made bird’s nest in the tree in the front yard. This is a tree, understand, whose branches are at best six or seven feet above the ground, relatively sparse, and, at the end of the driveway, in an area of considerable foot and vehicle traffic. I found piles of twigs around the base of the tree and couldn’t figure it out — was the tree molting? do trees molt? — until I spotted what looks like a nest, sans bird. I’ll keep an eye on it, but it seems like an exceptonally stupid place for a bid to roost.
Okay, so that’s my Tuesday. Now to bed with me.
The weather turned nice again today, and I didn’t even wear a jacket to work.
Meanwhile, at work, Year of the Meeting continued, after what’s been an uncharacteristic lull.
Also meanwhile, at home, it turns out the kitchen sink might be leaking. So, you know, that’s a whole heap of fun.
But hey, I had this to amuse me on my train ride home this morning, so I guess it’s all good.
A rainy day at the home office. Not much to say about it, really.
In fact, why don’t I just point you over to my Tumblr, where I’ve been posting lots of silly things. It’s all a bit zany — you know, a bit madcap funster. Frankly, I don’t fully understand it myself, but the kids seem to like it.
I can’t quite figure out if I got a lot accomplished today or nothing done, but I’m pretty sure it was one or the other.
But tomorrow’s Tuesday, and I get to work from home. I’m mostly excited because that means I get to sleep in an extra hour or two. Friends, you take your excitement where you can get it.