Archive for February, 2013

Meetinglicious

February 5, 2013

Not a real word I know, but it perfectly describes this week for me.

Today I was feeling smug at the chiropractor’s office because I was feeling good.
And then he asked me what I had been doing all day, because my back was so tight.
“Sitting in meetings” was my answer.

And I had been – all day. Literally. Including one in the afternoon that I didn’t have on my calendar – until the middle of my morning meeting. And it will continue at least through Thursday. On that day I get to attend my bi-annual First Aid training followed by a Commissioner meeting.

(Note that none of this is helping me meet my strict schedule for the major project.)

Back to the subject of words, Carl wondered aloud if CarnalĀ and Carnival had similar roots.

The answer based on my limited research is, “Yes.”
Caro – latin for “flesh.”

Kind of a jumbled day all-in-all, and I am of jumbled mind so I should just stop.

The day was not a total loss, there were two points at which a co-worker and I dissolved into giggles based on misunderstood actions and misspoken words. It would be too hard to explain here, but it involved banana peels, a trip to the restroom and holding stuff.

Super Day

February 3, 2013

Of course today is the Super Bowl.
But not for a while yet.

Yesterday was a work day (for me).
I chose Saturday because today is Super Sunday.
I had some specific tasks to work on.

When I need to start a big project, I have to start by organizing.

When I do the dishes, I get them staged to one side of the sink. Neatly stacked.
Then I work my way through them.
[ This is opposite of Carl’s all over the place method – throw them all in the sink, no real order.]

So the first step I had back into my mega-project was to organize the bits of paper scattered around my office. This morphed into cleaning my office. I think I threw out two waste baskets full of paper – at least. And rearranged some bits here and there. And ordered some more. Based on dates it has been since sometime in 2011 that I last cleaned my office.

I am now staged to work on the mega-project, but not much got done on the project itself – yesterday.

Today I plan to try again to make some progress.
While watching listening to the run-up to the BIG GAME.

I got up early to take a few friends to the airport, so off to a start (although blogging is definitely not working). But it does get my brain activated and engaged – a good thing.

I have also decided I am rooting for the Ravens.
SF is in our division (I think), but my decision is based on the homophobic comments of one of their players, and the lack of decisive response from his teammates against his comments.

Not a very football reason.
OK – I like purple a lot more than red and yellow.

I hope you enjoy the game, food, commercials or avoidance strategy if the game is not on your agenda for the day.