This past week largely saw a return to my normal schedule.
I worked remotely Monday morning, then headed to the office for some in-person meetings later in the day.
Monday evening as I prepared to leave work, a coworker asked me about my photo backup strategy, something I’d mentioned in passing before, but never in detail. She asked me to send her my recommendations, and instead of just a text, I ended up writing a blog post, which I published the next day. LINK
I would go on to spend a majority of Tuesday thru Friday in-office, with only a few exceptions.
Tuesday for lunch, instead of eating at my desk as is usual, a coworker and I headed to a local restaurant for a change of pace.
Then in the evening, I had another meal out, this time to catch up with some vendor reps that were in the area town. We met up at the local 2601 Oyster Bar, where I (of course) had my normal salmon, a personal favorite. It was great to catch up, and we split our time discussing business and family.
Wednesday evening I joined some coworkers and a colleague from out of town for dinner at Brienzo’s. It was my first time meeting this colleague in-person, so it was nice to put a face to a name, and hear some about their background, family, etc.
Thursday was by far my busiest day in a very long time, with only a brief 30 minute break for lunch until around 3:30p in the afternoon. That, of course, meant that I crammed most of my other work into the last 90 minutes of the day, then headed out with coworkers and the colleague from Wednesday to (of all places) the Oyster Bar again. Once I’ve found something I like, I really don’t mix things up much, and I once again enjoyed the blackened salmon.
On Friday, even though many coworkers tend to be remote, I was in office for a few in-person meetings (and some work that I couldn’t do easily at home). I stayed until mid-afternoon, then finished my work week out from the comfort of my home office.
Saturday morning started with a haircut, followed by going for a short drive around the area while it was sunny (and a little warmer than the past week). After that, I worked around home, splitting time between working on old family photos, putting up Christmas decorations, and genealogy.
On Sunday I started the day with Divine Service, followed by grocery shopping, and then relaxation. I also ripped some new (to me) Christmas albums to my Plex server, and worked on a few family photos and genealogy, before sitting down (after dinner) to wrap up this post, and begin preparing for the week ahead.
Something cool I saw this evening: a “tracker action” pipe organ, in a post from Cabel Sasser. I shared it with my sister, an accomplished organist, and thought others reading my blog might find it interesting as well.
And with that, I’ve come to the end of this post. Have a good week, and see y’all in a mere seven days!
