I had a meeting in Redmond today at 10am, about 35 minutes drive from my house, so I got in an Uber about 9:05. The driver recognised our hosue: he’d driven my wife there a[…]
Month: September 2019
And back again
I got up at 5:45 this morning so I’d be at the climbing gym for 6am. The climbing gym doesn’t open until 6:30. Luckily I checked before leaving the hotel, but that was still extra[…]
I’ll never leave my heart in San Francisco
I tried to be positive, but I really didn’t enjoy walking down Market Street this morning. I think there was one time I visited San Francisco and didn’t dislike it (this April) and I’m at[…]
The journey is more important than the destination
They’re digging up the runway at SFO. Apparently all the airlines with flights scheduled into San Francisco were warned about this months ago, but maybe they thought it was a bluff and they didn’t change[…]
How to spend a rainy day in Seattle
When I woke up this morning my shoulders and arms ached most painfully, and it took me a while to remember that was because if been mucking about with furniture yesterday. Thankfully it didn’t affect[…]
Outdoor work, some heavy lifting
Last week my wife went to Fred Meyer’s, a local superstore, and purchased a sofa. Unlike IKEA, Fred doesn’t deal in flat pack furniture but instead with fully assembled stuff, so we then had to[…]
Day after
I didn’t think I’d drunk that much last night, but my body was rebellious this morning. I walked La Serpiente to school, trying not to be sick, while she told me how much she likes[…]
Another long one
Today I had a call with Europe and Hong Kong, and like a fool I volunteered to have it at 630, to give me time to take La Serpiente to school afterwards. To look professional,[…]
A recovery day
For the last few weeks we’ve been building up to an important meeting with a client, and we had that today. It went as planned, which was almost anti climactic – after all that prep,[…]
Unpacking
Tonight we unpacked lots of boxes. I disposed of ten or twelve by giving them to a coworker, which made me realise there were a lot more to get rid of, so once the children[…]