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Feb. 3rd, 2015
No more sleeps
Feb. 3rd, 2015 07:53 amI used to work for a wonderful guy who had a home in Spain. He and his wife would steal a couple of weeks a couple of times a year to go enjoy it (until they finally did retire there). As each time would approach, he would start his count down ... 4 sleeps until Spain!! 1 sleep until Spain!! NO MORE SLEEPS!!
I have no more sleeps until my brother comes to visit. The last I heard from him, he was at the Austin airport and Google says his plane is in the air. His first plane. He has to change planes in Dallas. And gets here at 3. I got a spare Orca card (mass transit) and I'm going to take the light rail out to the airport to meet him.
Before then, I have breakfast to make and eat, kitchen to clean, swimming to do and I need to take a UPS box (that the driver did NOT pick up yesterday - grrrrr) to Office Depot. Other than that, I am ready.
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Remembering John (of the No Sleeps! until Spain), I wonder if he and his wife - who was also very cool - are still there and still enjoying it. I hope so. John was a great, great boss. He was nearly 100% blind. He could see shapes, I think but not much else. It was enormously freeing to sit down across from him and have a business conversation and be able to make any and all facial expressions you wanted without having it effect the meaning of the content.
A reorg shifted me to report to Van who was also a great guy but with 20/20 sight. One time we were in a 1:1 discussion and, forgetting where I was, I made some kind of funny/weird facial expression and he quipped "Susan, I an NOT John." Cracked me up.
I have no more sleeps until my brother comes to visit. The last I heard from him, he was at the Austin airport and Google says his plane is in the air. His first plane. He has to change planes in Dallas. And gets here at 3. I got a spare Orca card (mass transit) and I'm going to take the light rail out to the airport to meet him.
Before then, I have breakfast to make and eat, kitchen to clean, swimming to do and I need to take a UPS box (that the driver did NOT pick up yesterday - grrrrr) to Office Depot. Other than that, I am ready.
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Remembering John (of the No Sleeps! until Spain), I wonder if he and his wife - who was also very cool - are still there and still enjoying it. I hope so. John was a great, great boss. He was nearly 100% blind. He could see shapes, I think but not much else. It was enormously freeing to sit down across from him and have a business conversation and be able to make any and all facial expressions you wanted without having it effect the meaning of the content.
A reorg shifted me to report to Van who was also a great guy but with 20/20 sight. One time we were in a 1:1 discussion and, forgetting where I was, I made some kind of funny/weird facial expression and he quipped "Susan, I an NOT John." Cracked me up.
oh so thankful
Feb. 3rd, 2015 08:18 amMy loft has one access to the outside - sliders to the terrace. Out the terrace is the parking lot for the stadium on the right and an apartment building on the left. Beyond that apartment building - between it and the train station - they are building a hotel. For the past few weeks they have been doing the pile driving.
Just now, I went out on the terrace to wipe the city grit off the table and the noise was just relentless. pound pound pound pound pound It's now been going on for so long that I am sue it will be over by the time it is warm enough to have the terrace doors open.
thankthelord!
Living in the city is great. When you move here, you automatically sign up for a bunch of stuff, like city grit and city noise but pile driving is really the worst. It was really bad when they built the stadium and even worse when they were building the apartments. Unless they donate the rest of the stadium's parking lot (not likely) this could be the end of pile driving around here for my lifetime. WHEW. and YEAH!
Just now, I went out on the terrace to wipe the city grit off the table and the noise was just relentless. pound pound pound pound pound It's now been going on for so long that I am sue it will be over by the time it is warm enough to have the terrace doors open.
thankthelord!
Living in the city is great. When you move here, you automatically sign up for a bunch of stuff, like city grit and city noise but pile driving is really the worst. It was really bad when they built the stadium and even worse when they were building the apartments. Unless they donate the rest of the stadium's parking lot (not likely) this could be the end of pile driving around here for my lifetime. WHEW. and YEAH!