Sheep Guarding Llama

Working the way that I do really gives me incredibly little to write about on a day to day basis, at least as far as SGL goes.  My days are very predictable and monotonous, at least in the bits that I can disclose.

Normal day in the office until mid afternoon when I had to drive out eat to work from a different office and not the one I am normally in as my secondary office.  But I got to leave slightly early so it was a break even in travel.

Just a quiet evening at home.  Nothing at all to report.

The family got home last night so we are getting back into the normal routine.  A normal day at home as well as a “normal” day at work, working from my own office today.

We did nothing when I got home this evening.  We watched some Frasier and just spent time as a family.  Everyone is tired from being apart and all of the travel activities.  So it was nice to just have a day of nothing at all.

Like yesterday, I was working at an offsite location again today.  My week is looking like it is going to be extremely busy.  My time is in high demand these days at the office.

Work was good and I made a point of not staying late today.  I attempted to leave early, because Dominica and the girls had gotten home in the middle of the afternoon, but I did not manage that.  But I did manage to leave on time rather than staying late and, thankfully, coming from the offsite location saves me five or possibly ten minutes on the way home so that was nice.

Before I left the office, Liesl asked Dominica to tell me that she wanted Subway sandwiches for dinner.  We have not gotten Subway since we have moved up from Texas.  It was something that Liesl had really started to like a lot before we moved up to New York.  I had actually thought about it over the weekend while everyone was gone that Liesl had been asking for it regularly while we were in Texas and even as late as our drive from Walt Disney World up to Connecticut in November and I was wondering why she had not asked for it in months.

So I had to seek out a Subway, but managed to find one that was actually very convenient for me to get to on the way home from work going the “old” way across the northern Westchester County.  That was actually quite easy and something that we can do again when Liesl decides that that is what she wants for dinner.

I got home and the girls were so excited to see me (and I them.)  We ate right away and on Liesl’s very first bite she was suddenly in a panic and it took a bit for us to figure out what was wrong.  When we did, we realized that her next front tooth, the one directly against the other that she had lost, had come out in her last bite.  She was bleeding just a little bit.  Really, it was all fine, but the whole thing had scared her a little bit.  I had to dig through the sandwich to find the tooth.  A little more traumatic than losing a second tooth needed to be.  Liesl gave up eating and wouldn’t touch the sandwich again until nearly bedtime when she was hungry and suddenly ate a full half of a foot long Subway sub.  (Liesl always gets American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo.  Like her daddy, mayo is her favourite part of the sandwich.)

We spent the whole evening just hanging out in the living room and catching up on everything that had happened over the last four days.  The girls had a lot to tell me about the circus.  They had collectible booklets and stuff to show me pictures.

I am very glad to have my family back home again.

Today is fourteen years of continuous production for Waste Watcher.  Hard to believe how long ago that way.  Today is also my last full day without the family, they will be home tomorrow night.  I hate being home without them for any length of time.  The basement looks great, though, the girls are going to be really surprised (Dominica already saw pictures of the hours of work that I did.)

Went to my office first thing this morning for a meeting and then immediately went over to the other office that I work at fairly frequently.  I was over there the rest of the day.  Actually worked until eight.  On the way home, since there was no one at home, I stopped to grab a slice of pizza and some pasta to go and came home.

Very little to report.  I literally worked all day, got home and it was straight off to bed.  The girls will all be home tomorrow.  It was a good night to work late since there was no one at home waiting for me.

Today is my one complete day at home, just me all alone.  The girls left yesterday to go to Albany and then up to Frankfort.  I have to work tomorrow, but today is just me, all day with time to myself.

I did not go anywhere today and I didn’t not turn on the television or radio or anything again today.  Totally a quiet day to myself.

I set to work, again, down in the basement and really did an amazing amount of work.  By late in the day I had crawled around the floor enough on my hands and knees that I managed to get all of the larger pieces of things picked up and was able to run the Kirby down there to vacuum for the first time in I don’t know how long.  What a difference that made.  The room looks completely different.  That was exhausting but I feel better now.

I managed to write a new article tonight on “The Cult of ZFS.”  And I got a little caught up on SGL too.

It was a very quiet, lonely day but I did not feel too lonely.  It has been a while since I had a day completely to myself and it let me get a lot done.