Oh hey. Today is 1000 days without a drink. Crazy, right?
Tomorrow is another day. On that topic, here's what I'm going with. I'll wake up tomorrow (Monday) and finish packing & load up the car. Then hit the road around 8:30 and head towards Burlington, where I found a coffee house about 1:10 away. I have a call at 9:00 which I can (and will) take on the road. Then the 10:00 call I'll need to be stopped because I have to show screens and shit. By 11:00 I hit the road, worst case, and head towards Patapsco. From here that's about 3 hours, plus the 1 for the call, which gets me there in the 12:30 ballpark. So figure somewhere between 12-1 depending on traffic, call length, and my hunger level.
Then ride there in the afternoon for maybe 2 hours. That puts me at 3:00 finishing up. From there it's maybe another hour to Reston. Staying here:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/8384352?source_impression_id=p3_1578267533_80bnU+JKIZUQiM4H
As usual, I'm opting for the Airbnb route for any number of reasons. From there I'll clean up, head back out to hit up Whole Foods for some food for the week, hit another coffee shop, then find a ramen shop to eat for dinner. Home by 7:30 to jump on the monthly NICA coaches call, then maybe I'll watch Dolomite tomorrow night. And blog. And read.
How's that sound?
I tried to watch Dolomite today but my phone was acting wonky so I gave in and installed the new OS, which took a while. I just had a 1:20 ride on the plate this morning so when that was done I just watched S3E6 of Into the Badlands, the show that provides endless entertainment for @jmanic and myself. I'm not sure what we're going to talk about when this is done. Anyway, after the ride I took a shower and laid on the couch for an hour then we got ready for the NICA ride, which was 12:00 at LewMo. I didn't really want to do it (understatement) but D wanted to go. So I went and it was a good day. I'm glad I went.
On the way home we stopped and bought a pecan pie and some firewood, at the same place. Knowing the area, can anyone guess where that was?
Went home and finished reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories then the Sunday Times. Then built a fire.
The rest of the week after tomorrow, which we all know will not go down like I outlined above, is TBD. There are going to be 20-25 people there, 7 from my company, then the rest from 5 other orgs that are sending people. 2 of them are partners and 3 of them are customers. Unfortunately a lot of people there will need my time, from a teaching perspective or a customer-facing perspective or a design perspective. As it pertains to the client-facing stuff, I'm the guy. So, for better or worse @rottin', I more than likely will have to force some fun on this group of people. Historically, at least before 1000 days ago, I allowed myself to let the drink smooth the gap.
I guess after the new year I often feel like writing more. Last January I wrote something every day. Did I mention there's a fire? It's kind of comfortable here in front of it.
Tomorrow is another day. On that topic, here's what I'm going with. I'll wake up tomorrow (Monday) and finish packing & load up the car. Then hit the road around 8:30 and head towards Burlington, where I found a coffee house about 1:10 away. I have a call at 9:00 which I can (and will) take on the road. Then the 10:00 call I'll need to be stopped because I have to show screens and shit. By 11:00 I hit the road, worst case, and head towards Patapsco. From here that's about 3 hours, plus the 1 for the call, which gets me there in the 12:30 ballpark. So figure somewhere between 12-1 depending on traffic, call length, and my hunger level.
Then ride there in the afternoon for maybe 2 hours. That puts me at 3:00 finishing up. From there it's maybe another hour to Reston. Staying here:
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/8384352?source_impression_id=p3_1578267533_80bnU+JKIZUQiM4H
As usual, I'm opting for the Airbnb route for any number of reasons. From there I'll clean up, head back out to hit up Whole Foods for some food for the week, hit another coffee shop, then find a ramen shop to eat for dinner. Home by 7:30 to jump on the monthly NICA coaches call, then maybe I'll watch Dolomite tomorrow night. And blog. And read.
How's that sound?
I tried to watch Dolomite today but my phone was acting wonky so I gave in and installed the new OS, which took a while. I just had a 1:20 ride on the plate this morning so when that was done I just watched S3E6 of Into the Badlands, the show that provides endless entertainment for @jmanic and myself. I'm not sure what we're going to talk about when this is done. Anyway, after the ride I took a shower and laid on the couch for an hour then we got ready for the NICA ride, which was 12:00 at LewMo. I didn't really want to do it (understatement) but D wanted to go. So I went and it was a good day. I'm glad I went.
On the way home we stopped and bought a pecan pie and some firewood, at the same place. Knowing the area, can anyone guess where that was?
Went home and finished reading Haroun and the Sea of Stories then the Sunday Times. Then built a fire.
The rest of the week after tomorrow, which we all know will not go down like I outlined above, is TBD. There are going to be 20-25 people there, 7 from my company, then the rest from 5 other orgs that are sending people. 2 of them are partners and 3 of them are customers. Unfortunately a lot of people there will need my time, from a teaching perspective or a customer-facing perspective or a design perspective. As it pertains to the client-facing stuff, I'm the guy. So, for better or worse @rottin', I more than likely will have to force some fun on this group of people. Historically, at least before 1000 days ago, I allowed myself to let the drink smooth the gap.
I guess after the new year I often feel like writing more. Last January I wrote something every day. Did I mention there's a fire? It's kind of comfortable here in front of it.
