Tuesday started with me waking at 6AM with my alarm and rolling over for another thirty minutes, which only seemed a moment. Before, I woke twice to prove hydration in the early morning and could sleep afterward. So, I did get some sleep.
I stayed up again after I finished the blog on Monday night. I erased my old Apple computer, the 13″ M1, so others could acquire it. I worked on that beyond 11PM. Also, on Sunday, I did some model work after writing the blog until after 11PM. I plan to build a model of my father’s, Bob Wild, US destroyer. But DD-840, USS Glennon, was updated in the 1950s with a better firing control system and dropped other WW2 items like the two racks of depth charges. I will need to incorporate that in my 1/700 (small) models, as they match a destroyer from 1945. I was also looking at etched brass to improve the models from plain plastic to detailed ones using the finer detail of brass. I have done this in my recent model building (but I did not finish the newest models as I lost focus when other events happened).
So tired from staying up late two nights in a row, I found my slippers, slid into them, and rediscovered how to put on my robe–this is not usually a voyage of discovery. This all screamed, “Coffee!” I located the kitchen and, from a distant memory, remembered how to create coffee in my cup from my French Press and Equal Exchange coffee. The taste of liberal in the morning helped to restore me. With this magical brew, I made a plate of Whole Foods baked goods (the last piece) and a not-yet-black banana. So supplied with provisions, I could continue my day alert and fed.
I quickly ate, sipped the too-hot coffee, read emails and updates, and then read the news. I was trying to slam all this information into my caffeine-demanding brain to prepare for the status and process meetings all morning. Next, I rushed to the shower and did everything to be dressed and presentable at the WHQ Swift Building.
Aside: It was PJ day at Swift for the holidays. I do not own the Christmas outfit–that would be a lot of felt! Many folks were in PJs and colorful.
Air Volvo was quick in getting me to Swith without incident. I did notice on the way in that the old farm of the Baseline Belgium Horse Farm was being redeveloped into something, likely apartments. I miss the horses.
Arriving in time to grab some fruit from the breakfast spread, ignoring the baked goods and bacon, I soon sat in the atrium doing hours of meetings. These Zoom meetings went on for some time. I then worked on a few new items, talked to my boss about the new work, and continued to have a low-stress and nearly boring day.
This is good, as we are in the middle of a software install and huge data conversion. Boring is good.
I headed home at 4:30ish and rested a bit.
Next, I found the Trader Joe’s Taco Spice (you use 1/2 a packet ?!) and fried ground beef with a can of diced tomatoes. I heated the taco shells from a box with Mexican-styled shredded cheese inside the shells. Lastly, I over-stuffed the cheesy shells with the spicy meat and tomato mix, with lettuce and sour cream, making them decadent tacos. I ate too many while watching the old (1975) classic Doctor Who with the Fourth Doctor, “The Pyramids of Mars.” I like the storyline and the problem of facing a god-like evil power. It gives me some ideas for stories, but it is definitely an acquired taste and not recommended ($4.99 for all four episodes on Apple–the price hinting at the fading glory of the show).
Afterward, I helped Dondrea with a theme for Theology Pub the next day at 7ish. I wrote the blog and hope no little night project will slip into tonight.
Just a few items…
I spoke to my family member in the ER, and there are many follow-ups. The symptoms are reduced. Better.
I tried to take the old Mac to Best Buy to have the microphone repaired. Since I did not buy it from there, it was no good. I will have to try Apple or send it on without the repair.
Last night, as I headed back from Wildwood, the air was dry and cold, and the smell of burning wood and the perfume of fresh pine from the trees was in the air. It seemed so Christmas for the Pacific Northwest.
It was a sunny day. There were blue skies! We started to dry out! We discovered, we did not know this, that when the sunsets, it is blinding in the Nike WHQ Swift building’s atrium. Yes, we did not notice until today, the first non-gray day in weeks!
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