swamp and the city
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
down bad
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
if my eyes were closed, i could follow where you go
Monday, April 22, 2024
somebody told me to believe in better times
Mondays are going to be very Mondayish for the foreseeable future - it seems to be the most meeting-heavy day for my new gig, and I was in meetings from 10:30 - 3:30 without a break. And I'm in a meeting now (from 11pm - 1am, theoretically) in preparation for an event next week.
But it wasn't all terrible - the meetings are pretty interesting, and the people are great, which is a real upside compared to some previous experiences I won't name. And I took a nap this evening and did some tings around the house. Unfortunately, though, I have no other interesting tidbits to share - and as soon as this meeting is over, I'm going to bed. Goodnight!
Sunday, April 21, 2024
would you believe me now if i told you i got caught up in a wave?
I have nothing to report - I did house stuff basically all day. I did write for just a little bit this morning, but otherwise cleaning was more important than anything else. After a day of effort, my bedroom, office, and dining room are fully clean, the guest room has fresh sheets, my living room is dusted, and my garage is somewhat tidied up. [Censored] also went above and beyond with various tasks, and so this feels like a v. worthwhile spring cleaning sprint even if I didn't have guests coming later this week.
So, while today felt v. productive, it's v. uninteresting from a blog standpoint - and that means it's time for bed. Goodnight!
Saturday, April 20, 2024
if the line ends out on the road there's a story meant to be told
Friday, April 19, 2024
i need to forget, so take me to florida
I had a lovely day, all in all. I woke up feeling a little sick to my stomach, but I rebounded and got on with my work day. I'm still figuring out the rhythms of this work-from-home situation - you would think that I would be a pro at it after the pandemic, but the rhythms of this job are pretty different (i.e. many fewer meetings), and I'm also still getting up to speed.
But I slogged most of the day, with a pleasant surprise call from Ritu in the middle of it. So we chatted until I was too hungry to keep talking, and then I ate some leftover chicken taco meat and slogged the rest of the day. I also had an impromptu meeting with Adit (some people call him the cat, but clearly no one at work does) - it's v. nice to have a built-in friend at work from the get-go when I'm trying to figure things out.
Eventually, the work day came to an end, and I repeated yesterday's post-work excursion in reverse - I drove [censored] to [censored], where I dropped him off to pick up his truck. Before we left the town where it was serviced, we grabbed dinner at Toot-Toot - we'd driven by it yesterday and I didn't intend to eat there, but I looked it up after and it shockingly had 4.5 stars on Google. It's a buffet-style place and the buffet tonight was $18.99, but they had prime rib, ham, burnt ends, fried catfish, several kinds of fried shrimp, steak, and a whole bunch of other stuff. It was all pretty tasty considering the spread, and it was worth glutening myself at the time.
However, now I have a bit of a headache, which means I can't keep doing anything work or house related, which means I need to go to bed. Goodnight!
Thursday, April 18, 2024
a staircase up to nothingness inside your dna
I had a decent day despite the gloominess outside - I slogged all morning, and then I ran into town for a meeting of the mural festival group. We had a bit of business to discuss, which was duly handled. Then I came home and slogged the rest of the day. I wrapped up around 5:30 and then drove an hour to [censored] to pick up [censored], who had to leave his truck for servicing. Since we were already out and about, we stopped for dinner at La Bota II (now, technically, La Bota I), which was quite tasty.
When I got home I should have gone to bed, but I instead procrastinated on bedtime until now. But better late than never, I guess - goodnight!