Notes from the day

[cjsmith]

1. Left my cell phone at work all weekend. Fortunately, nobody ever calls me.

2. Bills paid! Yay!

3. Pecs(?)* still sore from mini-workout I did yesterday morning. That is abysmal. I can make myself sore with five-pound weights. (Well, okay, it was probably mostly the pushups. No weights at ALL!)

* Put your hands together like you're praying and then mash your palms together hard. THAT muscle.

4. Nifty new plant in my office, yay! It sure looks better there than it did on the piano here at home.

5. I'm all fired up to do more with that room I was cleaning up. *sigh*

6. My development tools stopped working. (Just the emulator, not the whole suite.) I rebooted. Didn't help. I installed the latest Windows updates and rebooted. Didn't help. I uninstalled the development environment and reinstalled, getting a much newer version. It screwed up a bunch of my project settings, which I then had to fix, but it didn't help. I gave up. I'm annoyed.

7. Despite this, made progress on a grind of a task. As my dad would say: "Slow but sure... mostly slow."

8. Use Up the Cheese Day has been scheduled. Woohoo! More CHEEEEESE!

9. Duchess is back into her old routine with a vengeance. Any time the fridge opens, or any time I start putting dry food out, she's Right There. I am so lucky to have a cat who comes trotting in for her shot.

10. Somebody took the ancient clunky homemade cat tree. I can't believe it. This room is starting to look better, if only because we're removing most of its contents.

Comments

[bigredpaul.livejournal.com]

Yes, those are the pectoralis major muscles.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[yoak.livejournal.com]

I just reread your list a second time trying to figure out which item justifies my commenting here when I realized that all I really wanted to say was:

Hi!!! *waves*

So, there you have it. :-)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I love it when you're inspired to be productive!

No weights, pushups

[mama-hogswatch.livejournal.com]

Ummm...

Simple high school geometry would likely give the exact equation for your body, but pushups are the equivilent of benching roughly 40-60% of your body weight, depending on height and arm length.

I agree it probably was not the five pound weights!

[visgoth.livejournal.com]

"Slow but sure... mostly slow."

That is great. I'm stealing it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hi! *grins* I never see you post any more. How's the little one?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I just wish I could do it all faster. T-Day is coming and I have lots to do before that. Then the Christmas parties begin the very next weekend, each with its own mini To Do list, and a coupla weeks in, this house has to look decent (HAHAHAHAHAHA) because we're having people over.

Re: No weights, pushups

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yeah. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It applies to so many things, doesn't it?

[yoak.livejournal.com]

I don't really even read LJ anymore. I just got the urge.

He's doing really well! He's growing up so fast. I love having him and wish I got to spend even more time with him.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's great. I'm glad to "hear" that you're happy being a Dad!

[yoak.livejournal.com]

I am, very. I resisted the first time, but I can no longer help myself:

http://photos.yoak.com/Baby%20Alex/Best/index.html

:-)

How are things with you? The last we spoke you were undertaking some new professional responsibilities. How is that going?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

What GREAT grins on that cute little face! Wow, he looks older than I'd imagined. When was he born? Is time flying or do I have a very poor memory? :-)

I think a big part of why I love hearing about happy fathers is that I know how much my own dad was happy to have us kids. We had our rough times growing up, of course, but I never ever doubted that my dad loved me. I want more kids to have that.

Me, I'm at a small startup, where I'm employee 12 or 13 depending on whether Paul showed up before me that day. (I think 13. Paul signed earlier.) I'm working on cellphones, which is a very different world for me -- lots of stuff to learn. It's a fun company and I'm enjoying writing a product I can actually "play with"!

Are you a full time Dad, full time card player, ...? I can't remember what it is you're up to these days!

[yoak.livejournal.com]

He was born on 5/16/07 , just over six months ago. Time is really flying for me. To you, I imagine it would seem like yesterday. :-)

Around when the baby was born I decided to take another job. I ended up as CTO of Farheap Solutions. It's a nice step in my career. It's one of the larger organizations I've ever worked for, and having the top tech job presents tons of new challenges. I'm loving every minute of it, but at times do wish that it left me a little more time for Kate and Alex.

I haven't had time to play cards at all! I've been to the casino twice, I think, since I started at Farheap. :-)

I'm happy to hear that your company is fun. Work mostly has been for me, and should be, but sadly often isn't for so many of my friends. I'm glad to think that you're enjoying it.

[yoak.livejournal.com]

Oh! I'm preparing to send holiday cards out and would love to send you one. Could you forward a postal address along to jeff@yoak.com ?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Around when the baby was born I decided to take another job. I ended up as CTO of Farheap Solutions.

Wow, nothing like making two big changes at once, both entailing a lot of responsibility! I bet you've been incredibly busy. I guess the fact you've been to the casino only twice in that time says something about how busy you are.

I'm glad you love your work, too. Me, I don't claim to love mine, but at least it's intriguing and diverting, which I can't say about a coupla jobs in my past. I agree that it's sad how many people merely endure their jobs. It's a big chunk of time to be less than happy.

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