Thunder of Wade

Month: June 2009

pants

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On June 4, 2009

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My co-worker and I went to Chipotle for our weekly lunch event.   We met up with his cousin and sat at a table outside to enjoy the sunshine.  I was part way through my burrito when my co-worker spilled his drink.

I could see it racing across the table toward me and I had only a moment to act.  
Abandon the burrito and use the lag time that gave me to get out of the way 
or
Carefully set my burrito down in the tray, protecting it from the soda, and take whatever came at me.  
Well, there was really no question about which way that was going to go.   I carefully set my burrito down and moved away from the table – too late to avoid the onrush of soda that soaked my pants.   
But, the burrito was safe and that’s all that mattered.   My co-worker felt bad, but my pants dried quickly in the sun.   And the burrito was awesome.
later…

clever, shoes, mile

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On June 2, 2009

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As I was getting ready for work this morning, I remembered that I had a meeting today with a student group that had caused me some grief in the past.   I have to work with them, so I got dressed with an eye toward a carefully calculated impression.    Long sleeve white dress shirt with a UA logo indicating that I was part of the establishment and would be expected to follow the rules.  Sleeves rolled up to indicate that I was someone prepared to work.   Dress pants – and my dressier flip-flops – an indication that I’m cool and that I can relate.   Or at least that I’m trying to fool myself into thinking that I’m cool and that I can relate.     I never put this much thought into what I’m wearing under usual circumstances, but this group had been stubborn and I was going to need all the help I could get.

So, image complete, I headed into work.  And when I checked my calendar, I realized that I also had a meeting today with the Office of General Counsel – i.e. the lawyers.   And while flip-flops might be appropriate for a meeting with a student group  – they would not be appropriate for a meeting with the lawyers.  
One of my co-workers and I headed up to the student union for starbucks and I mentioned my footwear issues and that I might have to go  home and change shoes before my meeting.   He asked what shoe size I wore (10) and then offered to let me borrow his shoes for the meeting.   He had a backup pair in his car and no meetings – so, it would work out fine and though I had to go sock-less I was in much better shape than before. 
I ‘shoed-up’ just before my meeting and things went fine.   Back to flip-flops for my second meeting and that went fine too.
They say you have to walk a mile in someone’s shoes before you really know them.  I didn’t quite cover a mile, but I was impressed by his generosity and I appreciated it.  
I learned a lesson about planning and still ended up making the right impressions.
The rest of the day has been pretty much business as usual, but I’ll head out of here in a much better mood than I had yesterday.
later…

600, day, swim

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On June 2, 2009

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This is post number 600 for my blog and I had rather hoped for something deeply meaningful or a fundamental truth about existence.  Instead, I think it’s pretty much going to be same old-same old.

I ended up  having a really really crappy day yesterday.   One task that should have taken 15 minutes lasted all day.  I had 2 meetings that annoyed me and promised to create a massive amount of work.  And then I screwed up the survey tool software by not carefully following the instructions – though, to my credit, they were very much counter-intuitive.
So, my swim was delayed and I didn’t get to go to the pool until after work.  I was really looking forward to getting some of my frustrations out.  
Instead, the two lap lanes were in use.    There’s a guy swimming in one and a mother teaching her kids to swim in the other one.   Now, it’s a big pool and I’m pretty sure that a swimming lesson is not appropriate in the lap lanes, but I tried to not be annoyed by it and got in the lane with the guy swimming laps.   
I tried to stay out of his way – he was less concerned about staying out of my way – and as a consequence I ended up scraping my elbow on the wall.     I stopped in the middle of the lane, lifted my arm out of the water for an inspection and as soon as I did that, it started to bleed.
So, that was it for me.  I kept my arm out of the water and got out of the pool.   I snagged a paper towel and had the bleeding mostly stopped by the time I was dressed and on my way out the door.    When I got home, I opened it back up and cleaned it with alcohol and then slathered on the neosporin and a band-aid.  
I played some video games, read a book, and cooled down.      Today is not shaping up to be awesome, but I’m going to keep my head down and get through it.     On a brighter note, the boss is out of the office this week – so, I’m predicting a slightly longer than an hour lunch hour.
later…

weekend

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On June 1, 2009

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Went to Olive Garden on Friday for dinner – not really impressed.   The calimari appitizer was underdone and the pizza was rather mediocre.   They did take the calimari off the bill, but even with that I just wasn’t impressed.   Think I’m going to avoid that one for a while.

I went to the final soccer game of the season for my FRM’s son.  As usual, I drove FRM’s mom to the match and hung out with her and the little dude’s mom.   (one day I really need to map out their family tree).    FRM’s mom seems to have reconciled with he and his new wife – I think partly because of their new baby girl.   Which is good – since FRM’s mom wasn’t on speaking terms with the rest of the family and it may any encounters very tense.  The little dudes and dudettes won the match 2-1 – so, very exciting times.
I got a little sun in the afternoon and took a trip to Lowe’s for some 2 ft square concrete slabs so we can set the grill off the patio in the back.   They were heavy and since my room-mate is headed for spine surgery soon, I was the designated lifter of  heavy things.    I also bought some dumbells while I was out – it’s way past time that I started lifting again, even if it’s just to tone up a bit.   I also need to work on my abs – so, it’s literally crunch time.
On Sunday, my room-mate’s second cousin and her husband stopped by in the evening for a visit on their way to Falling Rock.  It was a surprise visit in that my room-mate had forgottent they were coming until they called in the morning.   We did a rush job of cleaning to get the place ready and had a nice dinner and evening.   I taught them some origami too.
This morning I woke up with a headache and despite a brief respite during the walk up to starbucks, it’s been pretty persistant.  I think it’s the lighting in here.  I took an excedrine and we’ll see how that goes.  
Two meetings today – one at eleven (pushing back my swim) and another at one (rushing my lunch).  Looks like I’ll be swimming late this afternoon.
So, not a bad weekend, but something of a rough Monday already.  Better get back to work.
later…

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