I referenced in last week’s post that I was heading to play games with a colleague & her daughter (M) while they were in the area. Obligatory photo below. 🙂
Monday morning started with meetings in the office, then lunch with a coworker at our favorite local ramen restaurant (and… maybe the only local ramen restaurant? 🤷♂️). I had a break in the afternoon then, and focused on catching up on projects in office.
Tuesday was a pretty normal day, until I got a text mid-afternoon asking if I was interested in stopping by to play games with M. They’d ended up extending their stay by a few days, so after dinner I grabbed a few games (Clue & Monopoly), then headed off to see if I had any chance of winning this time (I… did not 😂).
On Wednesday, I was to the office a little earlier than normal, to meet a coworker from Fargo in for project meetings. After some meetings in the office in the morning, I took him on a tour of our Ops Center, followed by lunch at a local Mexican restaurant. Then it was back to the office for another series of meetings.
Wednesday evening we were supposed to have an event for dinner at the offices, but I was a little exhausted, and headed home to relax, in preparation for Thursday.
Thursday, I knew my day was going to be busy, but that ended up being an understatement… I got pulled into a few unplanned meetings (unplanned by me that is), and thank goodness that I spent time over the weekend getting familiar with OmniGraffle! Many of the meetings involved project planning, and being able to rapidly draw up system concepts was extremely helpful!
Thursday evening I took the coworker visiting from Fargo out for dinner at The 208 House, which he had never been to. Dinner was delicious as always!
I had intended to work remote Friday, but ended up with a couple of meetings that I couldn’t take earlier in the week and needed to be in person. I did get done slightly early though, and headed home for dinner. With it being Halloween, I intentionally didn’t do much in my front room and kept porch lights off, as I generally don’t hand out candy (nor were there many kids in our area this year, based on conversations with neighbors).
Saturday was largely spent at home, with some walks around the neighborhood thrown in for exercise. It was a little on the cool side, so I focused most of my efforts on projects around the house.
This morning (Sunday) started with Divine Service, although not quite as usual. Today I had a coworker joining me at service, and then we both went to a service at another local church where another coworker was being baptized. After the second service, a group of us went out for lunch, and then I headed home to begin prep for the week (and to write this!).
