– – – –

You may be wondering what edge of the world I dropped off of. Turns out, our cable modem went south, not us, so while doing email and basic internet stuff was manageable, doing other things was too slow. At least, too slow for those accustomed to much faster activity. So what’s been happening?

I’m filling in for a co-worker who is out experiencing fatherhood for the first time. Baby Alena was born late Sunday night and it wasn’t until today that we saw photos of her. She’s a very relaxed and sweet looking baby, and we’re very happy for Doug and Emily.

Meanwhile I am plunged into doing something that I’m about 70% certain of, in a time of day that isn’t my normal biorhythmic setting. Today for about 20 minutes I thought I was on top of things and even anticipating the next big to-do thing. Alas, a mere email 30 minutes before my scheduled leave time changed all that. Apparently I missed something posted to a web to-do list on Monday and so didn’t complete step one on Wednesday and ooops will have to scramble to do the whole thing tomorrow. My boss stayed and helped me do a bit of catch up and another manager chipped in and that was a huge help! 2 or 3 sets of hands and eyes is much more productive than just one set. So tomorrow my day is definitely planned out for me.

On the non-paying-job side, my journal quilts are being sewn by hand to the display sleeve and that’s just something that has to happen. Last night I just couldn’t so I worked for a little bit on a new project that’s just underway.

I wonder how long it takes to re-set one’s diurnal settings? After this many years of being a night owl (from day one my Mom would attest) I’m thinking it will take more than two weeks to make me not want to stay up. I can get up in the morning OK, and I’m reasonably with it (pass the coffee please) but by the time the work day is over I’m done. And that’s just not a longterm possibility for me.