Veteran Insomniac

Today has gone really really well. Seriously one of the best days I’ve had in awhile. Woke up without being tired, decided to wear my kick-ass Oakey O-line shirt because I had execs to impress again. Got to the meeting prep session and went over my part a couple times in a dry-run. Without any specifics, we’ve come up with a way to revolutionize the processes we currently use. It’s a lot of change, but it’s very very good. In the break before we presented, I ran down to the cafeteria and found they had one of my favorite types of sandwich, which locked this in as being a pretty solid day. Egg salad for the win. Got back into our meeting room as people started filling in, director of this, VP of that, whatever. Went through our presentation, nailed all facets of it. I’m really excited to see what comes out of this last few weeks.

Left the meeting and got back to my desk, about 2 miles away from the meeting room. The campus is a lot bigger than I thought. Went over and filled in my Supervisor and Manager with what went on at the report out, then walked to lunch cause it’s a CRAZY nice day today. At this point I just felt fantastic. I don’t know what all came together, but I feel great. I think it’s the shirt.

So the weekend was pretty decent. Finally got some time to loaf around the house & not have any fixed plans until the evening. After a pretty solid Naxx25 run friday, we finished up the construct quarter by the skin of our teeth, and pulled out some major shenanigans against Sapphiron and Kel’thuzad. I’ve now got both the keys to the focusing iris, so Malygos is going down soon. We got a few good runs in on him on Monday too, it’s just damn phase 3 that’s a problem.

So, Saturday night after finishing up Naxx, I went over to Ben & Sara’s for brownies, Settlers, Flight of the Conchords, etc… when we get the hankering for some terribly unhealthy food. After venturing to Greenlake to find an hour wait at Beth’s , we settle on nachos. Coming back from the Safeway, my engine starts belching steam, and my heat pegs to the top of the dial. Ben & Sara went a block down to the QFC and picked up a couple gallons of water, one of which went in the radiator. I made it back to their place and let it cool down for a bit before trying to make it back across the water. I had to stop on Mercer island to let it cool down and add ANOTHER gallon in, so I’m thinking I have a leak.

Sunday I hitched a ride down to Southcenter with Mac and Mike on their way down to the coast, played a really fun game with Ben Williams. Came out a draw, but there was major damage done to both forces. As the store was closing, Joel showed up, fresh from the sandbox. Joel, Ray, Annie & I all went out for dinner to Famous Dave’s for some good old american BBQ, and Joel was gracious enough to cover everyone. Amy and Jordan never showed up, so no mage went on, but it was fun to just relax & hang out with Ray, Annie, and later, Joel. I’d had kind of a nasty cough all day, and it got even worse on….

Monday, woke up knowing I’d have to take the bus in. I yawned and felt the air BURN the way down. I reflexively coughed and felt a pain in my ribs indicating I’d been coughing all night. So I called in, moved my PC downstairs for less noise crosstalk, and got a bunch of achievements I’d been putting off. I also started cleaning up the “office” area upstairs, and my room. I’m combining that with a garage project that should organize most of my assorted junk.

Spotted the leaking hose in my engine at lunch, should be pretty simple to take care of. Glad it’s not something more expensive.

So, I did a very dangerous thing this morning.
I found the exact time that I can get up to leave my house and still make it to work on time. I may just set the time on my clock wrong again just so I don’t end up being late because of traffic, and because I like to screw around a bit before I head out.