The highlight of my week
 

I was in our local Gas -n- Sip this morning getting coffee and as I was leaving a young kid on his way to Jr. high school held the door open for me. I said "Thanks." and he replied, "No doubt, buddy." Very friendly and sincere, as though he were genuinely happy to be of help.

The highlight of my week
 

I was in our local Gas -n- Sip this morning getting coffee and as I was leaving a young kid on his way to Jr. high school held the door open for me. I said "Thanks." and he replied, "Oh, No doubt, buddy." Very friendly and sincere, as though he were genuinely happy to be of help.

you can say that again

Nice!!

The highlight of my week came today as I was talking with a woman I'd just met. She has a lovely garden a couple blocks from my house and I'd complimented her on how inspiring her flowers were to me and that I'd recently torn up the planting strip at my house, in preparation to create a flower garden like hers. As we talked, I mentioned that I would be attending my eldest son's college graduation ceremonies this weekend, and she looked at me, cocked her head and said, "No, what? Did you have him when you were twelve?"

If I may borrow from Thomas Jefferson,

Apparently I look like a young parent too. :D

Had a job interview. . . for like a REAL J.O.B.
I think it went rather well. It was over two hours of interrogative questions and then
some selling situational role-play. I felt really good when I left.

testing, testing, is this thing on?

tap tap tap tap... can you hear me out there?

If I write here will it appear in the other dimension too?

Why does it now appear as though there is a poll attached?

(cue twilight zone music)

Now that's gone too. Should've captured it.

Get over it.... Not reflective of the "Me" Generation Wall St. protesters who pay no tax. It will come back to bite you in the ass....:D

*intense visualisation*


C'monnnn universe!

It's hard to decide if watching the boys win footy on Monday night or feeling the baby kick from the outside was the highlight of my week.

Both have happened before, and both made me feel really happy and proud.

Wait, your baby is kicking a footy already? How very Aussie!

My two big babies kick the footy all the time. lol

The way the mini midget is wriggling about, maybe it'll be a footy player too!

I have a couple of competing highlights so far. One Carrotty and one not.

First, about three days ago I realised I had in fact managed to generate a minor obsession with my work.

Transcribing the individual register entries, with trial details including full charge and verdict onto a spreadsheet and then chooisng which categories to mark takes ages. There are around 20-30 per double page. I already did 1 year's worth of records (around 200) for the transfer exercise last year, but it was such a drag of a job that I then put off the inevitable return to it. Every so often I'd force myself back to it but get bogged down in some indecipherable name, or just seem to take ages, losing my place, rechecking details etc.

Now, for a paper I'm presenting in June, I need the first full data set (3 year's worth of entries). I've known this for a while, and been putting off the work, or as above just getting disheartened quickly. But the past week I have just hammered it. Initially it was a drag and an effort, but then it started to build. And at some point hit 'fun to do minor obsession' level. Almost like a computer game that gets under your skin. Repetetive, but compelling. Having arsed about for fucking months, I got through a year and a half's worth of records the past few days. Six months of records left to do, and then I can start playing with the data set!

But realising I'd somehow applied a game mentality to the task was a real highlight this week.

Second, day before yesterday I took Carrot's squeaky tennis ball with us on our walk. When we got to the little park there was nobody about so we played fetch for about 20 minutes. It was so lovely. He ran after the ball and ran back with it. Did a flyby and wouldnt give the ball until the second pass :p But we're working on that.

Was nice though. First time we've done that. Felt good.