I’m sorry, the title is a deep cut Bowie lyric I get in my head whenever I think of “carpet.”
Anyway, new living room carpet! Before, followed by after:
OK, barely any difference; except the smell – and new carpet smell is NOT as nice as new car smell. But the true difference comes from having emptied the living room of everything; and only putting things back piece by piece after deliberation. If it doesn’t spark joy, it is probably going to find a new home.
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The annual February ritual.
The “Shelves of Shame” exhibit at the New England Maple Museum, Pittsford, VT (VT251 rides again).
Today a great thing that happened; someone said, in front of the whole team, “Chris, I can always count on you to make me laugh, even when I’m having a really shitty day.”
I like when I’m encouraged to believe I contribute more to my workplace than just mad java chops*.
*I don’t actually have mad java chops.
Work was so annoying today with the seeming constant OMG-drop-everything-this-is-important! Stop-what-you’re-doing-and-look-at-this! OK-stop-that-now do this! I guess I have to adopt an attitude towards interruptions like I do towards problems. Start documenting them and proving that they’re never going to go away. In fact, recently Burkeman tried to convince me that there’s no such thing as an interruption. How quickly we forget.
On one side of the ledger:
On the other side:
There will always be entries on both sides of the ledger.
I miss cooking.
Tomorrow is our last full day here! Between flight cancellations & weather, I am putting no hope whatsoever into actually getting home on schedule. But tomorrow will still be a milestone, at least: our last scheduled full day here.
My friend Maggie posted her goals for 2022; and banal as they were, they were at the same time uplifting to read, because a year ago everyone’s goal was just to survive.
In that spirit, I give you…
Kick Killer Insomnia to the Curb. It would be unrealistic to say that from now on my goal is to sleep eight hours every night of my life. But the kind of 110% awake killer insomnia that makes me promising to kill myself in the morning… with my new pal Mel A. Tonin, I hope to make that a thing of the past.
Lose Absolutely No Weight as I eat exactly what my body wants. Familiar now with both my biomom & biodad’s phenotypes, my pudge factor is actually exactly where it should be.
Food Is a Sacrament. Whether it be a fantastic home-cooked dinner, a night out, or a simple bowl of oatmeal… Ah, Meaning!
Continue to Grow My Career in Astounding Ways. Techlab was probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; but now I find myself positioned in a key role on a heavily “agile” incarnation of Fedwire which is a whole new world.
Be at 1.5 with Nature. I used to be on Woody Allen’s wavelength: “I am at two with nature.” Finally after decades of rural living, I am inching asymptotically closer to one…
Frolic with Fiber. No particular fiberific goals, as the goal is specifically the general (Joe Oxymoron). Having fun is the only goal.
Read, Read, Read.
My m-i-l has all her marbles.
She has excellent physical health, with the exception of a broken bone.
Which has received top-tier medical attention.
And is healing.
Broken bones being one of the things that medical science has a proven track record of being able to understand and fix.
She even has a good amount of money saved.
She has not one but two phones at her disposal, and a new tablet.
And a list of useful phone numbers given to her by a social worker.
Really, is there anything I “have” to do here? Or even should? Besides provide loving support?
Tytania 