The exercise:
Write two haiku about: man vs machine.
Folding machine at work decided it had folded and stuffed enough surveys this morning. Trying to get it serviced but we're probably within reach of the end to just let it do the folding for us and we'll do the envelope stuffing to finish things off.
The exercise:
Write about: going full tilt.
Trying to get a mail out done for one of the electoral districts. A survey, along with background information, for over two thousand residences.
We're getting there.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: sorting things out.
Helped sort bottles and cans for a fundraising drive at the boys' school this evening. If I had known how big a job it was going to be and how late it would go and how long a day work would be today, I would not have volunteered.
It ended up being pretty fun with a good group of parents, but I am now quite officially done doing things until I have to go back to work on Monday.
The exercise:
Write about: the protege.
Training is going well so far. She seems to be picking up on things pretty quickly and, more importantly, is asking the right questions.
The exercise:
Write about: the long and the short of it.
This weekend felt long at some points, and like it was flying past at others. So a typical long weekend.
The exercise:
Write about: the queen.
In honour of tomorrow being Victoria Day, or something. I'm sure she won't mind if you take your inspiration from elsewhere.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: late nights and early mornings.
Been a long week. Happy to have a long weekend to (hopefully) catch up on some rest.
The exercise:
Write about: counting down the days.
Training my replacement begins Tuesday. Looking forward to meeting the new team member.
Very, very much looking forward to not having to listen to the Board meetings for much longer. Well, really just the one Director.
Today's meeting should have been much, much shorter.
The exercise:
Write something to do with things being: unseasonal.
Waiting, ever so patiently, for warmer spring weather to arrive. Not feeling the least bit impatient with all these cool, rainy days.
Nope, not at all.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about: a lucky day.
Hope you all had a nice Friday the 13th today. I mostly hid at my desk and worked on getting next week's meeting agendas published. Oh and also preparing to train my replacement, who starts on the 24th.
The exercise:
Write about: the rain.
Legs felt okay today. Which probably means they're waiting until tomorrow to exact their revenge.
The exercise:
Write something to do with: cycling.
Biked to work and back home for the first time today. Survived. Going to need a few days to recover. Looking forward to doing it regularly enough that it will be significantly easier than it was today.
The exercise:
Write four lines of prose about being: lost in the rhythm.
Put my headphones on and turned the music up this afternoon and just focused on getting the minutes done. Wasn't as bad as I'd feared it would be, but the Directors certainly could have made my life easier than they did.
The exercise:
Write about something that is: interminable.
Man, that was a long day at work. Not looking forward to polishing up the meeting minutes tomorrow.
I did ask my boss if I could leave them for my replacement to do but she didn't seem too keen on the idea...
The exercise:
Write about: running around.
Busy day getting ready for the Board meetings tomorrow. They're mostly back to attending in-person, so I'm expecting 14 of the 19 Directors to be there.
Quite the change from the 3 that attended the first meeting after I started working there in January.
The exercise:
Write two haiku about: two for one.
Now that I'm working in Penticton and the boys are a five minute walk from school, we don't really need two vehicles any more. The van has barely been used the last couple of months. I'm also going to start biking to work a few times a week now that the weather is more agreeable to such things.
So, after plenty of looking and waiting for the right deal, we went in to the local Nissan dealership on Saturday and traded in the Pontiac Montana and the Kia Rio for a 2016 Nissan Rogue:
So here we are, back down to one for the first time in five years, with all the savings that involves, and it is shiny and new and red and we're all quite happy with it.
