Ben's Busy Blog
My personal online journal of daily accomplishments and setbacks
Thursday wrap-upFriday, June 30, 2006
Okay, it's late, I'm tired, so I'm going to try to make this short. Please remember that the time sinks are things that took up a lot of time, but I'm not exactly sure if they're moving my life forward. Chores sometime fall in there, but I'll doublelist them just to make sure that there's no mistakes or misreads. I'm not very satisfied with this list for the day, but it'll have to do.
Accomplishments
Time Sinks
Setbacks
Accomplishments
- Cooked a great dinner with Nattie
- Big update on the Iotae article in my wiki
- Some paint cleaning
- Doctor's appointment
- Emptying dishwasher
- No video games!
Time Sinks
- Emptying dishwasher
- Doctor's appointment
- Shopping
Setbacks
- Got up too damn late!
Wednesday wrap-upThursday, June 29, 2006
Okay, today I rolled out of bed later than I wanted to (9:30ish), but again, earlier than the previous day. Overall, a good trend.
I took my usual can't-wake-up slow shower and then over breakfast I read my textbook on concepts of games and play. Interesting stuff. That usually takes about an hour or so, but I think it was slightly past eleven when I ended.
Then I went and worked in the bathroom until past 1:30 PM. After that it was cleanup (I swear vacuuming took a half hour) and then lunchtime and hanging out with my lovely Natty. Toasted corned beef + swiss + dijon mustard. Good, but needed lettuce.
After lunch I took a small break, then I worked on getting Natty's paperwork filled out for her appointment. After getting her rolling, we wound up leaving late for the new doctor, but I take the blame for that, as I really didn't want to rush her. New doctors can be scary, especially based on what they practice.
Given rush hour traffic and stopping for gas at a crowded GetGo gas station, it took over an hour to get to the appointment. Add another hour for that, then I treated us to a sushi dinner. We also went shopping and picked up a meat tenderizer and meat thermometer.
When we got home, I awarded myself a little time and played a little GTA. Then while talking with Dave I diced up the bulletin board I'd bought so I can make it into something interesting, not just a bland wall of cork. Dave did punch a small hole in my plan by steering discussion towards the potential difficulties of hanging all those little pieces, especially to bear weight.
Natty and I went to the store, where we picked up things for me to cook dinner tomorrow (new recipe: artichoke chicken casserole) Now it's late, I need to crash.
Accomplishments
Setbacks
Time Sinks
I took my usual can't-wake-up slow shower and then over breakfast I read my textbook on concepts of games and play. Interesting stuff. That usually takes about an hour or so, but I think it was slightly past eleven when I ended.
Then I went and worked in the bathroom until past 1:30 PM. After that it was cleanup (I swear vacuuming took a half hour) and then lunchtime and hanging out with my lovely Natty. Toasted corned beef + swiss + dijon mustard. Good, but needed lettuce.
After lunch I took a small break, then I worked on getting Natty's paperwork filled out for her appointment. After getting her rolling, we wound up leaving late for the new doctor, but I take the blame for that, as I really didn't want to rush her. New doctors can be scary, especially based on what they practice.
Given rush hour traffic and stopping for gas at a crowded GetGo gas station, it took over an hour to get to the appointment. Add another hour for that, then I treated us to a sushi dinner. We also went shopping and picked up a meat tenderizer and meat thermometer.
When we got home, I awarded myself a little time and played a little GTA. Then while talking with Dave I diced up the bulletin board I'd bought so I can make it into something interesting, not just a bland wall of cork. Dave did punch a small hole in my plan by steering discussion towards the potential difficulties of hanging all those little pieces, especially to bear weight.
Natty and I went to the store, where we picked up things for me to cook dinner tomorrow (new recipe: artichoke chicken casserole) Now it's late, I need to crash.
Accomplishments
- Several hours spent sanding
- Doctor's appointment
Setbacks
- None!
Time Sinks
- Driving to and from appt
- Playing GTA
- Doctor's paperwork
Tuesday roundupWednesday, June 28, 2006
Hi there, this is my first installment, so please forgive the lack of clarity/rhythm/etc. Also I'm posting for Tuesday's accomplishments during Wednesday. Dunno how that's going to look. Oh well, enough meandering. Time to wrap this up and hit the hay.
Accomplishments
Setbacks
Accomplishments
- Spent at least an hour sanding
- Started new blog
- Setup FTP to LiquidBen hosting
- Customized template
- Chaufferred girl to see retiring doctor she's seen for 17 years
- Called cardiologist requesting update on status, "What's next"
Setbacks
- Visited Office Depot, completely disatisfied with quality of whiteboard & bulletin board selection so trip was wasted
- Went to bank with girl. PNC's server was down so girl couldn't do what she wanted. Forgot completely about my own banking needs in the process
First postTuesday, June 27, 2006
Hi there, welcome to the first post.
