Today was a quiet day. I woke up and took care of the kids, drove David to the bus and then came back to do some work while Nathaniel did some acrobatics and entertained himself.
He also played outside some.
He took a really long nap which meant I could get much done. I’ve got so much to do that I am in that super-scattered place I get to when I have too much to do. So I accomplished a bunch but not nearly enough and then it was time to get David. Since picture day is tomorrow, we did a final bit or practice.
And then an authentic one.
Jake came home and played with the kids while I dealt with my allergy attack and I’ve been moping around ever since. Just feeling exhausted but I guarantee you my second wind will come in one hour, just when it’s bed time.
I wanted to take a moment and talk about work. My sister commented today that I don’t talk about doing work on the blog. And since I mention so many other things…I’ve been writing my blog for ten years now and I rarely ever talked about work over that time. A few cryptic posts when I was at Goldman, some sad, depressed ones from TFA and none from the job before Google. And nothing from my previous positions at Google either. There are several reasons for this. The foremost is that this is a personal blog. It’s not about work. It’s not even about technology so I tend to not focus on work, here. Secondly, I want to keep it completely separate lest I get carried away and write something that will get me in trouble. I have enough other things in my life that I don’t need to do that. Third, since this is a record for me, I prefer to focus on things I care about more like my kids, art, books, etc. However, lest you get the wrong impression, I work. Every single day. Some days more than others. Some days I am more productive, other days not as much. Just like I was when I worked at the office. Some days I had meetings all day long, some days I took a super long lunch cause I had to. Some days I got interrupted 100 times. Working at home is similar. The interruptions are different and I never take lunch and there’s no smooth beginning and ending to my day but there’s also no commuting and much more kid-time. It also means I can work in super-comfy clothes that may not be suitable for outerwear. But in case others are under the same impression, I do work almost all of the day, every day. I do most of my crafting early in the morning or after the kids are in bed. Or weekends. And I love my job. I love my team. I love our product. I love what I do and I am very proud of it.
So there you go. This is likely the most I will write about work for a long time.
One more thing, in case you haven’t noticed or read my blog through an RSS reader, I added a new “Little Notes” section to the right. It is a place for me to talk about things that may not fit in with my daily post or things I might mention earlier in the day. They do also go to my Facebook account but I wanted to let you know just in case.
Last week, I made four layouts for Margie, whose going to be on the Home Shopping Network with the Paper Girl line at 4am EST tomorrow. It’s a 24-hour crafting marathon on HSN and Tim Holtz will be there, too. If you have a Tivo, I recommend you record it. Maybe you’ll get a glimpse of my layouts. (I hope I do!)
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for my kind husband who knows that I am crazy but loves me anyway. Bless him for forgiving me for getting stuck in little things.
2. I am grateful that I know PHP and was able to tinker with the plugin on the side to make it do exactly what I wanted it to do.
3. I am grateful to have finished another wonderful book. I am on a roll lately.
4. I am grateful for a birthday call from one of my bestest friends, Levent, all the way from Turkey. Love you my friend.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. having some of Daddy’s poptart
2. playing with my paper airplane outside
3. checking out an Amelia Badelia book from the school library
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