The Tack Board

Sent out text invites to my birthday bbq and most people responded enthusiastically, whether they were able to attend or not. E and D are even flying out for the occasion. However, one person replied she'd be there "as long as she didn't have to work that day on hell project" (she's a former coworker, weekend work is not a thing unless you make it a thing) and another person replied she'd likely make it, but followed up by remarking that there were a lot of good world cup games on that day.

I am also making a conscious effort to not reference previous bad experiences while at work (especially work related), but I will say here that it was super refreshing to have my boss insist that we get lunch yesterday in the middle of our packed agenda as opposed to my last boss who would manage/fill time like that from the minute she woke up until the client insisted on breaking. I had days with her that went from 8am to 11pm sometimes and we were not going to stop to do something as pedestrian as consume food when there was work to be done. And if we were forced to break to eat, we would continue working while eating.

The two days traveling for work were pretty grueling actually - I only got five to six hours of sleep each night after several hours of plane travel and several hours of car travel thru traffic. I did not nail my presentation yesterday as a result of my exhaustion, and I felt I was not terribly engaging company when I wasn't presenting and was trying to keep up with my boss and coworker.

I had a thought the other day that I haven't fully fleshed out. I ran it by my friends while hiking and they thought it was interesting, but didn't quite pull it together either.

I was at work after 5 today and one of the principals (? I believe) came around and asked, what are you still doing here, go home! I explained that I was in a groove and wanted to ride it out, so he took that as an invitation to sit next to me to see what I was working on.

"... it'll be different for you anyway, because you're something of a unicorn here. I'd guess that's maybe something you're used to though"

"... And I saw something about a house? Did you guys buy a house? If so. Congratulations. If not, perhaps it's haunted, which can be its own kind of small joy, no?"