Wednesday – 20 December 2006
This morning has started off less than stellarly. This isn’t to say that it’s been total ass, but there have been a couple of “glitches” that made me glad that it’s not NBN Thursday:

  1. Taking my laundry to one of the local cleaners only to have the attendant ask “…would you like these back Friday?” *sigh* Um, no… I’m flying out tomorrow. Not an insurmountable problem, just slightly inconvenient.
  2. Spilling part of a frozen mocha. Not a life-threatening problem (depending on point of view), but not “great,” either.

Aside from that, the morning is proceeding apace. The inbound commute was relatively painless. The road monkeys were out in force… and so were the zookeepers: In a one-mile stretch of I-15 Northbound, I saw three vehicles that had been pulled over by Highway Patrol. One mile. I saw the fourth and fifth troopers further down the road.

So far, the workday has been quiet. So far. Let’s hope that it continues in that vein…

Yesterday, was good. We played basketball for our lunchtime workout. Six keyboard jockeys playing half-court basketball. It was fun, but we were all sucking wind about ten minutes into the game. Some of us are pretty fit… when it comes to upper body strength and fitness; lower body and endurance, however, left a bit to be desired. Last night, after sitting around at Chris’ game, I started feeling the effects of the basketball game. This morning… yeah. Ow. I talked with Wes and Vince – both of whom also played- this morning; they’re both sore, too.

I also talked with my uncle last night. His birthday was yesterday. I asked him how his day was and he said something that struck me as rather profound:

“Every day is my birthday. Every day that God gives me is a wonderful gift.”

How cool a philosophy is that? We talked for a bit and he told me while that he would be home (at my mother’s, that is) for Christmas, he would not be there for Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. Then he told me why: He was asked to be the Lectern fot the mass in his parish. So, he’ll be there for that and catch an early flight on Christmas morning.

And that’s all the news for now. I should probably get back to work… or something that roughly approximates it.

Namaste.