how is your day?

[rhubarbodendron]

Today appears to be a complete anti-Murphy day for me: everything turns out well.
The rain stopped and it's a sunny but not too hot day.
I got a visit by my uppermost boss, giving me a document that says that as a reward for my extraordinarily good work I get an additional 2 days off this year (YAY!!!!).
Then a huge package was delivered that was supposed to go to our spin-off office at the other end of town where I left a salad bowl after a party last week. I volunteered to deliver the package and this way could fetch my bowl by car instead of going 5 miles by bicycle.
On the way back I stopped at the post office and actually got a parking space right in front of it and no queue at the counter.
I fetched a letter that had been waiting for me there and found it was the contract for my new appartment.
Then my dad called to tell me that if I needed money for the move, he'd give me a loan at 0% (I'll inisist in 2.5%, that's the current inflation rate).
At noon, the lady at the Chinese restaurant refused a massive tip for my lunch, claiming that she didn't take tips from friends
and the tenants association altered their office hours from 8-10 pm to 5-7 pm so that I can go there right after work to get the contract checked.

Now, all I need for a perfect day is Peter Wingfield's wife filing a divorce...


How is your day so far? I hope it's just as good!

 

[Captain_Nick]

Great day today. I've just come back from an ACO concert and I will be singing Schubert all the way home

 

[Naira]

Well, not that good actually. I have to finish the research paper I'm writing these days and my experimental evaluation is not going that well. My algorithms work just fine but there are many input parameters and it is very hard for me to write a compact 3-page evaluation that does my work some justice... My advisor read that section for the first time and naturally wants to change everything as well...

On the bright side, I have a friend sleeping over for a couple of days who prepared me some delicious food while I was away at home. Very tasty.

BTW, it sounded so very weird to me paying interest to a parent for loaning money to you. Different countries, different habits.

 

[ryan123450]

Not too good. Came home sick, now the one responsibility that no one else can take care of is happening today, and I not only have to go back I have to work overtime until it's finished.

 

[Ood Sigma]

Not good, sadly. I'm usually pretty upbeat but a series of events has been bugging me lately. A phone call a couple hours ago really put me in a foul mood and I don't know what to do about it.

 

[Disruptor]

Irritating. Dealing with one of those people who decides to clean up everything by throwing everything away even though they don't always know what it is, and you pull out something they are tossing and say "we use these" and they still don't care.

 

[bbailey861]

Mine has been good so far, thank you for asking.

 

[Mary Ann]

Pretty good, apart from a headache. After months of rain and cold summer has finally arrived, and we've had 3 glorious days with more to come. There are some ongoing problems I'm dealing with, but I'm taking advantage of the weather and cheering myself up in the sunshine.

 

[Skellington]

Not too bad. Not only has summer arrived, but also I got a load of work out of the way; only about four loads left.

 

[auntiehill]

OK. Had another spot taken off at the dermatologist today (ouch!) and then came home to work the late shift at work. So far, half my team have bombed their first qualification test, but I'm hoping they will all pass in the end. But it will leave us very little time to do any actual work.

*shrug*

When work is over, I have to gather up all the recycling and trash, then make dinner and maybe do some laundry. Nothing terribly exciting.

 

[ladyheather69]

Thanks for asking, and good for you for having a great day! Mine is going well-got some more packing done for the move, took care of several phone calls that seem to be going in the right direction, and just having a good day
Miss the hubs though since he is where we will be come next week, but it won't be long before we are together

 

[Shanndee]

Hi Rhubarbodendron! <waves> It's nice to see you around again. I'm happy to hear that you got your apartment...that's great news!

My day has been alright. I'm still a little tired from my trip to the Island on the weekend. We went to visit our friends who have recently had their first child. Its so strange seeing them as parents. They are amazing at it though, and they love their new role. (However, that won't stop me from relishing the day that the little one is old enough to hear some of the stories I have to tell!)

Anyway, other than being tired it is all good.

Cheers!

 

[Holdfast]

The sun is shining.

I spent the late morning doing a little light work and then had a nice walk around the city in the sunshine before an afternoon eating a late lunch al fresco in the grounds of one of the colleges, before dozing gently on the grass. My kind of day.

 

[Leviathan]

Why thank you for asking!

This morning my brain leaked out of my left ear and squidged off to have a little sulk. After tracking it down, spending 2 hours convincing it to come back to work, things settled down until a small black hole caused by a stupidity singularity opened up next to my desk. At this point several demons erupted from a rift in space time and I was forced to duel with them, one-on-one to the death - you know how it is.... 2 demons enter, one leaves.

...so y'know - 'bout average.

 

[Avon]

today i went insane and decided to watch every Royal Rumble in one sitting.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

BTW, it sounded so very weird to me paying interest to a parent for loaning money to you. Different countries, different habits.

That's less country-related but rather due to the fact that my parents are old and have very little money themselves.

3 pages only? Geez, that's very crammed. It must be extremely difficult to sum up all your work in that little space!

Not too good. Came home sick, now the one responsibility that no one else can take care of is happening today, and I not only have to go back I have to work overtime until it's finished.

That sucks! Can you at least take the day off, tomorrow, to make up for it?
I hope you get better really soon!

Not good, sadly. I'm usually pretty upbeat but a series of events has been bugging me lately. A phone call a couple hours ago really put me in a foul mood and I don't know what to do about it.

I sympathize. I've had terrible stress with my landlady lately, and wasa nervous wreck for a few months. Thank heavens I've found a new place (horribly expensive, though) and shall move in September.
Is there a way for you to run from your problems? There's nothing wrong with withdrawing, regrouping and fighting another day.
If you can't run - have you tried comfort food or a long stroll? Those two helped me a lot.

Disruptor, is that anoying cleaner a family member? (Sounds rather mother-in-law-ish.) Family is a natural force, like tsunamis, hurricanes and avalanches - there is no defense against them.

If it's just a hired cleaner, I'd not employ him/her ever again.

Enjoy the sun, macloudt How about an ice cream as well, to celebrate the final arrival of summer? (Now I finally know where ours got to!)

Don't worry about your tean, auntiehill - theatrical people always claim that if the dress rehearsal is a complete mess, the premiere will invariably be perfect

Hi Rhubarbodendron! <waves> It's nice to see you around again. I'm happy to hear that you got your apartment...that's great news!

hi!!! <waves back, enthusiastically> Yes, I got it. It's awfully expensive but compared to being sent to a loonie asylum (or killing my landlady) it's the lesser evil, I guess. I'm all excited and spend hours planning how to place the furniture and what colours to chose for the walls, curtains and carpets. The kitchen is a particular challenge as it's extremely weirdly cut.

Leviathan I love you post! Are you by any chance a writer? If you aren't, you ought to be! Your books 'd sell like mad. As for the demon duelling ->there can be only one<

Junxon you certainly have masochistic tendencies


As for everyone else: congratulations on having a good day

 

[Avon]

yeahhh.. i'm never doing that again. at one point i fell asleep and dreamt i was bret hart.

 

[Rhaven]

Meh, the animals are quiet in their kennels. No major surgeries are planned. And I get to surf the net in relative peace.

 

[Ood Sigma]

Not good, sadly. I'm usually pretty upbeat but a series of events has been bugging me lately. A phone call a couple hours ago really put me in a foul mood and I don't know what to do about it.

I sympathize. I've had terrible stress with my landlady lately, and wasa nervous wreck for a few months. Thank heavens I've found a new place (horribly expensive, though) and shall move in September.
Is there a way for you to run from your problems? There's nothing wrong with withdrawing, regrouping and fighting another day.
If you can't run - have you tried comfort food or a long stroll? Those two helped me a lot.

Without getting into the details, the issue is really just a perception problem. One person I know perceived a problem between me and someone else where one didn't exist. It put me in a foul mood because I don't like people judging other people and putting me in the middle of that judgment. And I can't really talk about it with the other person because if I do, it will only enhance the negative feelings. So I was left to stew about it. It's not something I want to fight about. (Vague enough?)

It still bugs me, although enough time has passed that it isn't ruining my day any more. Yeah, eating comfort food or just doing something enjoyable that I can totally lose myself in helps me to take my mind off problems when they do occur. So does having some alone time. Sometimes I think I'd be happier as a hermit. (Not really, but the thought does cross my mind sometimes!)

 

[bbailey861]

Not as good as it was last week. The pace has been frantic today.