Mission 28
Well, here I am, getting ready to write about my day tomorrow, as indicated in Mission 28 of The Mission by Nicotext. Weird stuff, I tell ya...
Dear Graham,
Tomorrow will be a little like this:
I will wake up about 5:20 AM and hit the snooze button. Then, I'll roll over and go back to sleep. This time, Peyri will be next to me, even though she wasn't next to me for the last 2 mornings. I'll snuggle up next to Peyri and it will be a little cold in the bedroom. I'll search for a cold spot on the pillow, nuzzle my head into that cold spot and then smile as I try to go back to sleep. The alarm will go off for the second time around 5:35 AM and I'll hit snooze again. But this time, I'll think about getting up. But instead of getting up, I'll roll over again and go back to sleep. Then, 10 minutes later, before the alarm goes off for the third time, I'll wake up, and go to the bathroom. Then, I'll go into the kitchen, feed the cat, and make coffee. I'll probably have to grind some fresh coffee in order to make a pot. Afterwards, I'll wander back to the bathroom and shave. At that point, I'll be good and cold and I'll go jump back in bed. After a few minutes, I'll wake Peyri up and then we'll jump in the shower.
After showering, I'll grab a cup of coffee and then start getting ready. I'm not sure what I'll wear. And I'll poke around in the closet for a shirt I want to wear and then figure out if I have some pants that I want to wear with that shirt. I'll turn on the steamer and drink my coffee while I steam my pants and shirt. After getting dressed, I'll wander into the kitchen and fix Peyri and I up a little lunch of some sort. But I may be hard pressed to scrape some lunch fixings up for tomorrow. Around 7:10 AM I will be mostly ready to go. Peyri will probably need another 10 minutes, so I'll enjoy another cup of coffee and then we'll drive up the hill and Peyri will drop me off at work.
After a kiss goodbye, I'll walk into the southwestern end of the Ed Center and wander down the hall to room 1008, navigate through the cubicle hallway and plop down my lunch, computer, and wallet on my desk. My laptop bag will unzip to reveal my IBM ThinkPad Z60m and I'll toss it in the dock and boot her up. While I'm waiting for the machine to boot up, I'll throw my keys and wallet in the desk and put my bag on the floor, put my lunch in the fridge, and change the red push pin on my calendar that marks today. I'll login and open up my standard apps: Outlook, Firefox, and Windows Explorer.
Picking up from yesterday, I'll open up SharePoint and navigate to the data warehouse project site to find the document I've been working on for the Staff Scheduling Fact. Yesterday, I validated a handful of fields in this fact build and now I'll proceed to validate a few more by examining and querying data warehouse data and then comparing to source system data. I expect this to be rather boring, but seeing as I'm close to finishing with this fact, I'll look forward to getting it done and moving on.
After I spend some time on the data warehouse, I'll undoubtedly get bored and switch gears to something else. I'm thinking I may look at the latitude and longitude data from the demographers and think about what the SQL Server table should look like to hold that data. Or maybe I'll get distracted with some email that will float in. Or maybe I'll spend some time working on the new Query Writer view that displays enrollment history information for students. Something will need to occupy my time to keep me from drifting off into boredom. Switch gears, stretch, put on some music, and refocus...
About 6 hours later I'll be numb with work and decide to pack up and go home. Maybe Peyri will call and then swing by to get me. Or maybe I'll walk home in the dusk, around 5:00 PM, and smile as I think about relaxing the rest of the night.
At home, I'll peel off my work clothes and slip into a fresh pair of jeans and a t-shirt. then I'll slide into my reef's and flip flop into the living room. I'll check out the mail that arrived today, talk to Amber and try to get out of work mode. Maybe Peyri and I will have a little snuggle in the bed and I'll let my eyes rest a bit as I remember what things are like when I'm not at work. It could even be that we drift off and nap for a bit until the night settles in outside. Later, we'll wake up and talk about whether we should go get dinner or if we should make something.
I'm guessing that tomorrow we'll make something. I'm thinking some mulligitawny stew sounds good. We were talking about making that the other day. Mmmmm. So we'll figure out what's needed and wander to the store for supplies. Around 7:30 or so we'll return and begin to put together some yummy goodness in a deep stainless steel pot. Coconut and carrots and potatoes and onions. Garlic and green beans. Mmmmm. And Turmeric. That yellowy goodness that brings it all together and gives it a touch of magic. Mmmmuligitawny stew. We'll sit at the table and munch on the stew while we listen to some music, maybe Dr. Dog or maybe something else. The stew will be good and we'll thoroughly enjoy it as we relax and nourish ourselves. There's something special about that creation process, making something with your hands, out of pieces of the earth. Whipping something up with love and warmth, giving it life.
Later, we'll sit with full bellies on the couch. Amber and Peyri will give me a hard time because I won't want to let that kitty on the couch. We'll laugh and relax and eventually switch on the TV for a little something or other. Maybe we'll watch the episode of Medium we recorded last night or maybe we'll finish the rest of The Incredible Mr. Limpet that we started the other day.
Around 10:30 it will start to hit me that I'm ready to roll off into that familiar, snuggly area of warmth and otherworldliness called bed. I love to revisit that sleepy time of solace. That everlasting escapism from this life. Bringing me back to the far reaches of the universe that I've long since forgotten during the day to day doldrums. But we won't go to bed just yet. Instead, we'll watch a little news on NBC and make fun of the weather lady. It may even rain a little tomorrow night.
Peyri and I will say goodnight after the news and Amber will probably stay up a bit longer. I'll load up our toothbrushes with toothpaste and we'll brush together. Then, climb into bed and snuggle down for the night. Peyri will say something about how cold the bed is and I'll say something about how wonderful that cold feeling is. We'll snuggle a little closer and then break out a book to read a few pages. We've been reading Nick Bantock's Forgetting Room the last few nights. We'll read a few pages about Armondito and his Grandpa Rafael and then decided to stop. The lights will go down. The blankets will come up, all snuggly and close to our chins. And we'll talk a bit as we get sleepy. I'll probably be gone within 10 or 15 minutes and I'm guessing Peyri will take 10 minutes longer. The night will envelope us and the hours will drift by as the alarm clock ticks closer and closer to 5:20 AM. We'll revisit those long lost chasms of Cricketon and Poppyton and rove the lands of dreamy pinatas, well aged cheddars, and soft woven socks. The lights will flicker across our eyelids and the world will turn once more as we rest and regain our strength to return for yet another day.
That is how my January 4th, 2007 will be. At least something like that. Maybe.
There's a lot to say and little to do. Nothing more than a honey dripped clue. Nothing left but the smell of fresh dew...
Mission 28
Well, here I am, getting ready to write about my day tomorrow, as indicated in Mission 28 of The Mission by Nicotext. Weird stuff, I tell ya...
Dear Graham,
Tomorrow will be a little like this:
I will wake up about 5:20 AM and hit the snooze button. Then, I'll roll over and go back to sleep. This time, Peyri will be next to me, even though she wasn't next to me for the last 2 mornings. I'll snuggle up next to Peyri and it will be a little cold in the bedroom. I'll search for a cold spot on the pillow, nuzzle my head into that cold spot and then smile as I try to go back to sleep. The alarm will go off for the second time around 5:35 AM and I'll hit snooze again. But this time, I'll think about getting up. But instead of getting up, I'll roll over again and go back to sleep. Then, 10 minutes later, before the alarm goes off for the third time, I'll wake up, and go to the bathroom. Then, I'll go into the kitchen, feed the cat, and make coffee. I'll probably have to grind some fresh coffee in order to make a pot. Afterwards, I'll wander back to the bathroom and shave. At that point, I'll be good and cold and I'll go jump back in bed. After a few minutes, I'll wake Peyri up and then we'll jump in the shower.
After showering, I'll grab a cup of coffee and then start getting ready. I'm not sure what I'll wear. And I'll poke around in the closet for a shirt I want to wear and then figure out if I have some pants that I want to wear with that shirt. I'll turn on the steamer and drink my coffee while I steam my pants and shirt. After getting dressed, I'll wander into the kitchen and fix Peyri and I up a little lunch of some sort. But I may be hard pressed to scrape some lunch fixings up for tomorrow. Around 7:10 AM I will be mostly ready to go. Peyri will probably need another 10 minutes, so I'll enjoy another cup of coffee and then we'll drive up the hill and Peyri will drop me off at work.
After a kiss goodbye, I'll walk into the southwestern end of the Ed Center and wander down the hall to room 1008, navigate through the cubicle hallway and plop down my lunch, computer, and wallet on my desk. My laptop bag will unzip to reveal my IBM ThinkPad Z60m and I'll toss it in the dock and boot her up. While I'm waiting for the machine to boot up, I'll throw my keys and wallet in the desk and put my bag on the floor, put my lunch in the fridge, and change the red push pin on my calendar that marks today. I'll login and open up my standard apps: Outlook, Firefox, and Windows Explorer.
Picking up from yesterday, I'll open up SharePoint and navigate to the data warehouse project site to find the document I've been working on for the Staff Scheduling Fact. Yesterday, I validated a handful of fields in this fact build and now I'll proceed to validate a few more by examining and querying data warehouse data and then comparing to source system data. I expect this to be rather boring, but seeing as I'm close to finishing with this fact, I'll look forward to getting it done and moving on.
After I spend some time on the data warehouse, I'll undoubtedly get bored and switch gears to something else. I'm thinking I may look at the latitude and longitude data from the demographers and think about what the SQL Server table should look like to hold that data. Or maybe I'll get distracted with some email that will float in. Or maybe I'll spend some time working on the new Query Writer view that displays enrollment history information for students. Something will need to occupy my time to keep me from drifting off into boredom. Switch gears, stretch, put on some music, and refocus...
About 6 hours later I'll be numb with work and decide to pack up and go home. Maybe Peyri will call and then swing by to get me. Or maybe I'll walk home in the dusk, around 5:00 PM, and smile as I think about relaxing the rest of the night.
At home, I'll peel off my work clothes and slip into a fresh pair of jeans and a t-shirt. then I'll slide into my reef's and flip flop into the living room. I'll check out the mail that arrived today, talk to Amber and try to get out of work mode. Maybe Peyri and I will have a little snuggle in the bed and I'll let my eyes rest a bit as I remember what things are like when I'm not at work. It could even be that we drift off and nap for a bit until the night settles in outside. Later, we'll wake up and talk about whether we should go get dinner or if we should make something.
I'm guessing that tomorrow we'll make something. I'm thinking some mulligitawny stew sounds good. We were talking about making that the other day. Mmmmm. So we'll figure out what's needed and wander to the store for supplies. Around 7:30 or so we'll return and begin to put together some yummy goodness in a deep stainless steel pot. Coconut and carrots and potatoes and onions. Garlic and green beans. Mmmmm. And Turmeric. That yellowy goodness that brings it all together and gives it a touch of magic. Mmmmuligitawny stew. We'll sit at the table and munch on the stew while we listen to some music, maybe Dr. Dog or maybe something else. The stew will be good and we'll thoroughly enjoy it as we relax and nourish ourselves. There's something special about that creation process, making something with your hands, out of pieces of the earth. Whipping something up with love and warmth, giving it life.
Later, we'll sit with full bellies on the couch. Amber and Peyri will give me a hard time because I won't want to let that kitty on the couch. We'll laugh and relax and eventually switch on the TV for a little something or other. Maybe we'll watch the episode of Medium we recorded last night or maybe we'll finish the rest of The Incredible Mr. Limpet that we started the other day.
Around 10:30 it will start to hit me that I'm ready to roll off into that familiar, snuggly area of warmth and otherworldliness called bed. I love to revisit that sleepy time of solace. That everlasting escapism from this life. Bringing me back to the far reaches of the universe that I've long since forgotten during the day to day doldrums. But we won't go to bed just yet. Instead, we'll watch a little news on NBC and make fun of the weather lady. It may even rain a little tomorrow night.
Peyri and I will say goodnight after the news and Amber will probably stay up a bit longer. I'll load up our toothbrushes with toothpaste and we'll brush together. Then, climb into bed and snuggle down for the night. Peyri will say something about how cold the bed is and I'll say something about how wonderful that cold feeling is. We'll snuggle a little closer and then break out a book to read a few pages. We've been reading Nick Bantock's Forgetting Room the last few nights. We'll read a few pages about Armondito and his Grandpa Rafael and then decided to stop. The lights will go down. The blankets will come up, all snuggly and close to our chins. And we'll talk a bit as we get sleepy. I'll probably be gone within 10 or 15 minutes and I'm guessing Peyri will take 10 minutes longer. The night will envelope us and the hours will drift by as the alarm clock ticks closer and closer to 5:20 AM. We'll revisit those long lost chasms of Cricketon and Poppyton and rove the lands of dreamy pinatas, well aged cheddars, and soft woven socks. The lights will flicker across our eyelids and the world will turn once more as we rest and regain our strength to return for yet another day.
That is how my January 4th, 2007 will be. At least something like that. Maybe.
There's a lot to say and little to do. Nothing more than a honey dripped clue. Nothing left but the smell of fresh dew...