Day 110: Tuesday

I rose at 6:30AM and left the office at about 6:30PM. Tuesdays and Thursdays are our long days. I was only fifteen minutes late for an easy Mexican dinner with Dondrea and Z. We all chatted, relaxed, and let someone else make dinner. It was a pleasant break. After that, I took Air Volvo to the Volvo Cave without issue. I then found in the mail complaints from the City of Portland that my taxes were wrong. I will contact my CPA. I did have to create an account and view the documents. It appears to be trivial, and the city still owes me money. I will call my CPA and the city on Wednesday. Someday, Portland will pay me, I believe.

So, my evening of model building was derailed by taxes and paperwork. I did get my new book, Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812, published in 2014. This is a beautiful, textbook-sized book on the archeology of some 1812 wrecks in the freshwater lakes of Canada and the USA. This book has drawings of the wrecks and the best guesses of what the ships looked like. This is from the same group that did the final report on the ancient wreck book I have, which is about the same size. I love their work.

Also, my Nautical Research Guild full-color glossy magazine on the science of building ship models may not have a center fold, but there are lots of ship models being constructed one step at a time. Magnificent. Always happy to get the next issue. 2600, The Hacker Quarterly also arrived today.

No wonder the night is just disappearing! There is so much to do, read, and consider.

On the stupid side, I forgot to transfer cash to cover Susie’s Concert and my travel, but I managed to move log on to US Bank at work and move the money in time to cover all the checks! I could not believe I had transferred all the stock sales into savings and did not leave some in the checking account for these known expenses. I just wanted the interest, I guess. All is fixed without overdraft fees.

Work was the usual. As I said, I was up at 6:30, found my robe and slippers, and made coffee. I still have some Uganda coffee left (thanks, Kramers). I was rushed, so I had only a banana for breakfast and coffee. I then cleaned up and dressed. I boarded Air Volvo and soon was at the Nike WHQ Swift building. Status and change control Zoom meetings followed. Layoffs were mentioned again and seem to be surfacing in mid-April, likely on 24 April 2024.

We will see if I survive in a few weeks; I have 28 years with Nike.

I ate lunch at the Nike Cafe today, and I ate like a vegetarian. The all-vegetarian pop-up service included lentils that were seasoned and slightly mushy, surrounding a large steamed cauliflower huck that was covered in a tomato sauce that added an excellent flavor to what would usually be a near-tasteless cooked cauliflower. I commented to the cooks and manager that it was excellent and that it was some of the best food I have had there. Most excellent and unexpected. I love the unexpected (ask my roleplaying friends).

Here is lunch. The circle is thin and fried cheese–a great flavor with the other foods!

I read and did some research. It was a quiet day, and we had less than ninety days to go live at the start of July.

I will be on medical leave and miss the next install while I recover from the brain surgery on 20 May 2024.

I stayed at the office until the 5:45 stand-up meeting. It is set so late to overlap India’s morning. I then let Air Volvo take me across Beaverton in light rush-hour traffic to Si Senior’s to meet Dondrea and Z. I am so glad they joined me; sharing a meal with friends is always good.

The twice-a-week stand-up is at 5:45. Notice we have something to drink. Tea or water for everyone!

Thanks for reading!