Hello Again Blog

Mrph.  This week's been nonproductive as far as anything other than work goes, and even that is iffy.  Some of it was fun though!  I got to finally meet Neil Gaiman for a moment last night.  He is just really really NICE.  If we used Whuffie or Karma instead of cash he'd still be wealthy.  The poor guy is willing to be whisked around the world for this signing tour, signing for 1500 people in each spot, and that's AFTER he's pre-signed tens of thousands of his latest book.  He was right at the top of his game during the speaking portion and was just the funniest I've ever heard him.  Then he signed for all of us, and was still signing when we got home to Sacramento (the event was in Santa Rosa).  He was super personable during that part too, and happily doled out handshakes and hugs, and exclaimed over all the little gifts and drawings people brought him.  He seemed genuinely touched that we read Blueberry Girl to Evy at our wedding.  Apparently he got 2 hours of rest after last night's signing before being whisked off to Michigan for another, and then the guy apologized on Twitter because he was late to that one due to the SFO closures.

I'm worried about work.  The boss went on vacation and I said I'd do a BUNCH of stuff this week, but then there was a software release and I spent 3/5 days vetting that instead.  I'm worried he won't care about the vetting part and dwell on the bit in which I didn't get as much done as I said I would.  I wasn't quite worried enough to work this weekend though.  I did about 50 hours total, and you'll read below that the health aspects get cut out first.

I didn't do ANYTHING else that I said I would this week.  Remember how I was going to call about getting some counseling a few weeks ago?  I haven't yet.  I also didn't cook at all, or take breakfast to work, or do anything about Burning Man.  I did exercise, but I mostly forgot to wear my activity monitors during it, so it only counts in my head.

Today I went to Eco Thrift looking for playa wear, but didn't find anything but a couple of shirts suitable for work.  I tried on every pair of size 22 pants I could find (4), but they were all a couple inches too narrow for my gigantic legs while being a couple inches too big for my waist.  There were no skirts or anything, and I couldn't find the fabric at all.  :-/