Things That Were Good Today

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Remembering the 9am meeting I had soon enough after waking up that I skipped a shower to get in to the office on time.
JM being cool about rescheduling our noon meeting so EN could come in for lunch.
Coming up with the idea for EN entering the Book of Mormon lottery for tickets. Didn't win, but good thing to try for.
Positive 1:1 with JD.
Finding that we could rent Pocahontas from Netflix for $2.
Leftover soup for dinner.

Finally succeeding at getting a breakfast sandwich at Chick-Fil-A!
Driving for 3.5 hours without any issues. I'm pretty sure that's the longest stretch I've ever driven before.
EN letting me nap for about an hour after a late lunch in D.C.
Discovering ice cream candy bars in a Wawa stop.
Coming home to Italian wedding soup for dinner made by Dan.
Watching episode 3 of Sherlock season 2.

Getting to sleep in a bit in the morning.
Delicious brunch out with CP and EN where we split 3 breakfast dishes as well as some churros with dipping chocolate.
Successfully finding our way to the quarry swimming hole on the third attempt. Beautiful area and top two inches of water were warm.
CP's friend falling on the sword to get written up in the warning for having brought boxed wine to the quarry.
Getting BBQ for dinner which included freshly fried hush puppies.
Watching a couple episodes of Game of Thrones and one of Girls, which was surprisingly quite funny.

Exploring the UVA campus in the morning to feel like we got some Jefferson architecture in without going to Monticello.
J.Crew Warehouse Sale in Lynchburg, VA. Crazy! Found a lot of good stuff for EN.
Getting to CP's safe and sound.
Dinner at a Cuban place, food tasted particularly because I was so hungry.
Fashion show for CP of J.Crew haul.
Mostly successful solution of running two laptop to play Serenity from Netflix, one hooked up to the TV and one for sound since it wasn't working on the TV for some reason.

Deciding to skip the gym in the morning in favor of sleeping in a bit more and packing.
Catching up further on sleep during Dan's drive to Philly.
Getting Paesano's for lunch in Philly.
Catching up with EN over the drive south.
Sunset over the mountains in the south somewhere.
Beer & pizza & The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (American version, first half) at MB's.

Going to Stevens to swim for the first time, for triathlon training.
Massage with AS.
Spent most of the day steadily churning through email with the next day being off again.
Remember to check in with KV at SH's request to help him figure out how to approach writing an upgrade manual.
Remembering to water my lily plant for the weekend.
Got to J.Crew to return some stuff and picking up the hemmed lululemon t-shirt before closing time.

Getting to the airport in plenty of time for my 5:50am flight.
Pretty easy time from EWR to the office.
RC still in town so had lunch with him and EM.
Finding Jeopardy to watch while on the stationary bike at the David Barton gym.
A nearby guy (former competitive high school powerlifter) complimenting me on the depth of my back squat, saying it was better than most of the guys who lift there.
Getting dinner at the office before going home.