Day 63: Quiet Day

I cannot publish information from Nike, so I cannot cover some internal announcements made at the end of the day. The press is reporting that Nike announced layoffs that start soon. I cannot comment.

I left work at about 3:30 and was in a meeting at 5PM when the internal announcements were emailed out. Again, I cannot comment.

I cooked a few potatoes in the microwave and covered them in chili heated from a can on the stove and some cheese. The chili always tastes better when heated on the stove. While promising, I don’t remember eating it.

I spent a few hours reading and watching some YouTube videos, mostly distractions, including clever editing of the Genesis of the Darleks into one 45-minute show. This is a Doctor Who series from 1975 with the Fourth Doctor, and it worked being edited to its basic story.

I was freezing, had a cup of Salep, and nearly blew my calories for today. I finally warmed up and started to work on the blog. It will be a short one as I am out of sorts.

Starting at the beginning of Thursday, I was up a few times, and my colon decided it was time to empty. This does not usually happen. This meant I was missing some sleep when my alarm rang at 6:30. I was wondering and nearly fell asleep while thinking about how to describe this start in the blog. My mind was just interested in slipping off and shutting my eyes. Instead, I rose, put on my slippers, and wore my robe.

I did the usual morning tasks of finding the coffee, assembling the French press, adding coffee, and, once ready, adding hot water. I also found the last banana that Corwin left me. All this was consumed in the office.

Corwin cleaned all the dishes and even washed the French press, pot, and pans last night. I put the last few items in the dishwasher and ran it. I found my Year 25 Nike service thermal mug, as all the other thermal cups were in the dishwasher. I have a lot of Nike mugs over the years. We got one for St. Valentine’s Day yesterday that is white with ‘Nike’ on the side.

In the office, I read the usual items and the news, and poof, the morning was gone. I cleaned up, dressed, collected my laptop, hat, scarf, and coat, and boarded Air Volvo. The traffic to the Nike WHQ Swift building was light, and I arrived early. The morning was a few meetings and me taking two hours of online classes, which feel ironic now, on how to protect Nike’s assets and to understand discrimination and how not to cause it.

Lunch was with Scott, and we talked only a bit about rumors of layoffs, but instead, we talked about all the good work coming. I had Impossible Meatloaf, avoiding the salad today; no problems except for the calories. Having been here for a while, we both waved at lots of friends at the cafe.

Returning to Swift, I did more annual online classes and helped with a meeting to change technology. A big deal. As usual, the architects on the new platform did not seem to get it. We have more meetings scheduled, and I asked our developer to see if he can get a Python program to at least read the data on his laptop. This is where we started years ago when we made the existing connection to a remote database. Exciting.

Note: I had to delete some details as I cannot share them here.

I did my six-month review with Brad, my boss. He shared kind feedback from my co-workers. Brad also suggested that surviving cancer and my wife’s passing, and what I am yet to face and still come to work, was a success. I never thought of that before. I am still going and have focus.

After that, I decided to head home to the last meetings from my home office.

And that is when we come full circle. Thanks for reading.

But you may think I have much to say about today’s announcements, but I cannot possibly comment. Paraphrased from the BBC’s version of House of Cards.