Thursday June 30th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a vacation.

Last day of work for a while today. Last day of work in the office for a while longer.

I'm on vacation for the next two weeks, and following that I'll be working remotely for another two weeks. We're heading for Vancouver on Saturday, spending some time visiting and seeing the sights there, and then heading to Vancouver Island on Tuesday to visit my parents and some friends and more sightseeing.

I'll be working remotely from there for the last two weeks of July before we return home for the start of August. Feeling very grateful to be in a position that is allowing for such a long, summertime visit to the Island. Not to mention appreciating that Kat can work online from anywhere as well.

Spending most of Canada Day tomorrow packing and preparing for our departure.

Wednesday June 29th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: technology.

The background image on the blog randomly decided to stop appearing correctly on my laptop, but the mobile version still works. Haven't been able to figure out how to fix it yet, so I've just gone with an abstract option that looks... fine.

Hopefully will get it sorted out shortly, or at least find an image that I'm happy with. It was probably time to update the look of things around here anyway.

Tuesday June 28th, 2022

The exercise:

Write two haiku about: waterfalls.

Rained real, real hard three times today. The last was the final straw for the roof at work, as water started leaking from the ceiling about ten feet from my desk late afternoon.

Just glad it wasn't directly overhead.

Monday June 27th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: an association.

Sunday June 26th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a day at the beach.

Since it's finally starting to really heat up around here, we took the boys to the beach for part of the afternoon today. Once we were eventually able to find a parking spot.

Saturday June 25th, 2022

The exercise:

Write a four line poem about: pilots.

Friday June 24th, 2022

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about: patterns.

Thursday June 23rd, 2022

The exercise:

Write something which takes place in: Italy.

Wednesday June 22nd, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: learning.

Put on a brief training session for our Community Services department this afternoon on the program we use to put the Board agendas together. My replacement was there as well but she's not quite ready to be doing those on her own.

It went well and I felt pretty comfortable doing it. Certainly not something I could have pictured myself not completely freaking out about ahead of time back in high school or even university.

Tuesday June 21st, 2022

The exercise:

Write two haiku about something that has been: adapted.

About three quarters of the way to work this morning the Midnight Oil song Beds Are Burning came into my head, for no apparent reason. The chorus very, very, very quickly turned into "How can I bike while my legs are burning?"

Thankfully I could not remember any other lines from the entire song at that point, otherwise I'm quite sure more adaptations would have occurred before I arrived at the office.

Monday June 20th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about something that is: blue.

Sunday June 19th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about something that has been: unlocked.

Saturday June 18th, 2022

The exercise:

Write a four line poem about: serenity.

Friday June 17th, 2022

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about: the research assistant.

Thursday June 16th, 2022

The exercise:

Before I forget again, let us return to getting Out of the Woods.

Wednesday June 15th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a flashback.

Our receptionist had the day off today and I was covering for her. Was definitely having 'it's too busy to get any actual work done' flashbacks to my time in that position in Osoyoos.

Was a good reminder, I suppose, to fully appreciate my current position, which generally sees me at the front counter only very occasionally.

Tuesday June 14th, 2022

The exercise:

Write two haiku about: team building.

We had a little social get together before the end of the day for my department at work this afternoon. It's the first time we've been able to do something like that since I started (and we've had two more new people join since then) so it was really nice to have the chance to just hang out.

It's definitely been a bonus that I really like everyone on my team at the RDOS and it hasn't just been about the shorter commute for me.

Monday June 13th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a record.

Sunday June 12th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a celebration.

I certainly didn't have an eye for easily remembered dates for anniversaries when I started this blog on June 9th, way back in 2008. I'm quite certain I've forgotten many more years than I've remembered to mark the occasion.

Anyway, happy slightly belated 14th birthday, Daily Writing Practice.

Saturday June 11th, 2022

The exercise:

Write a four line poem about: flying.

Friday June 10th, 2022

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about: shifting gears.

Was mostly able to sit back and let my replacement finish up the compiling and publishing of the agendas today. Which also allowed me to focus a little more on my new duties.

It's going to be a mental adjustment leaving my old job behind. Gives me a new perspective on how things went when I was first training to do it.

Thursday June 9th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: lighting a fuse.

Helping prepare next week's agenda felt like lighting a fuse today. Should be an interesting meeting.

Wednesday June 8th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: support.

Tuesday June 7th, 2022

The exercise:

Write two haiku about: security cameras.

The RDOS has been dealing with a lot of break-ins and vandalism recently, so I've been tasked with (inherited the task, really) figuring out how many security cameras we need and where they need to go, along with the necessary signage to go with them.

Which has already been less straightforward than I would have expected it to be.

Monday June 6th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: a late arrival.

Finally had a genuinely nice day today. Feels like it has been a long time coming, as May was generally trash, weather-wise.

Sunday June 5th, 2022

The exercise:

Write about something that: stays.

Saturday June 4th, 2022

The exercise:

Write a four line poem about: making up for lost time.

Friday June 3rd, 2022

The exercise:

Write four lines of prose about something that is: abhorrent.

At bedtime tonight I had to stop myself from asking Max 'Why is it that the more tired you are, the more abhorrent the thought of sleep becomes?'.

Kids are the best, you guys.

Thursday June 2nd, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: recognition.

Wednesday June 1st, 2022

The exercise:

Write about: moving on to the next step.

Finished the mail out this morning, then finished getting ready for tomorrow's Board meetings. Hoping for a relatively quiet day, but no matter what happens I'll be happy to have that pain in the butt done.