What are you doing today?

jonblatho said:
Forgot to update y’all on this (still getting in the habit of getting on here instead of the shitshow at The Other Place), but I tested negative and am fine now! Thanks for the well wishes for those who sent them along.

I got my test result through my phone before I got the call from the place that tested me — but I could have played ignorant and had another night off work. Neat stuff, though.
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Terrific news, and I'm sure that you must be very relieved.
 
My French class was on my mind today - online access was problematic earlier, - the techs needed to address it - when I was doing prep and homework.

Now, I am relaxed and sipping a beer, just opened.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
My French class was on my mind today - online access was problematic earlier, - the techs needed to address it - when I was doing prep and homework.

Now, I am relaxed and sipping a beer, just opened.
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I never developed a taste for beer.

I’ve done no homework today, but we have a Live session for the stats class in 2 hours.
 
Alli said:
I never developed a taste for beer.

I’ve done no homework today, but we have a Live session for the stats class in 2 hours.
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Well, I won't do my Brett Kavanaugh impression ("beer, I love beer!") here, but I am rather partial to good, artisan beer.

Mind you, I am also exceedingly partial to good wine, preferably white wines from Burgundy.
 
Bedlinen in the wash (wash on), home heating oil ordered, and have been busily grinding coffee.

Attended an excellent online talk today, and over, missing one, because I had entirely forgotten about it following last night's French class.

Anyway, 8. a.m. meetings, especially, if they are not compulsory, do little for me; I can handle them in summer, but not - without difficulty - at any other time of the year.
 
Final Live session for my final instructional design course. I can’t believe I’m almost done and ready to get this dissertation on the road!
 
Oil delivered, another wash done, had coffee with a friend, drooled over books, read some newspapers, and browsed both here and in The Other Country.
 
And, for my own amusement and interest, I wrote out by hand all (45) American presidents, in sequence, names and dates and so on (prompted by that wonderful thread in the photography section about colouring photographs of early Presidents).

Yes, I'm a history nerd (and am also keen on photography).
 
Sewing.

Some of the domestic arts.

This is something for which I do not have much of a natural talent, and my mother - bless her - never insisted that I master it ("science is more important and more interesting than sewing", she had said, for she loved science, admired Darwin and Copernicus, and had raged that her traditional father - backed by an even more traditional sister - had thought that the study of the natural sciences was neither interesting nor relevant for a youngest daughter).

However, she did insist that I master the skill (not as simple as you think) of sewing on buttons. "This has nothing to with female subjugation and everything to do with basic, practical, necessity, and it is something that is very valuable to know how to do," she observed, her voice echoing in my mind this morning.

And she taught me well.

It is years since I have had to sew anything (when she was with us, the carer always did such things long before it ever crossed my mind that they needed to be done), but this morning, the memory of my mother's instructions ringing in my mind, I did a spot of remedial sewing, following the precise sequence of steps my mother had demonstrated to me many (well, a few) decades ago.

Now, the completed work is not a thing of threaded beauty; but, it is fully functional, and, for that, I have my mother to thank.
 
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Out and about, paying bills, buying beer (and butter, and bread, and crisps, - chips to Our Transatlantic Cousins) and sparkling mineral water.
 
Less meetings today (I had 7 yesterday and it was brutal) and I'm going to make Tomato Bisque soup for dinner tonight, pretty excited to try out this recipe.
 
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ericgtr12 said:
Less meetings today (I had 7 yesterday and it was brutal) and I'm going to make Tomato Bisque soup for dinner tonight, pretty excited to try out this recipe.
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I had 2 today. One with the business owner at 10. Then a workshop about an upcoming acquisition at 11. Never had the first meeting as we kept missing each other all day. The workshop went on until 2 at which point I needed a walk and some lunch!
 
Had one online meeting at lunch time; tonight, Decent Brother phoned and grumbled that, on account of Covid related restrictions, he doesn't have much news.
 
Apple fanboy said:
I had 2 today. One with the business owner at 10. Then a workshop about an upcoming acquisition at 11. Never had the first meeting as we kept missing each other all day. The workshop went on until 2 at which point I needed a walk and some lunch!
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Sounds like a packed day, I have a 15 minute rule and if nobody shows I bail and attempt to reschedule.

My wife and I also decided to go to the outdoor drive-through at Kaiser to get our flu shots. I always worry about getting it and now we have to think about the covid risk but they were all wearing PPE, as we were so I'm hoping it was safe. All was said and done in less than 5 minutes.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Sounds like a packed day, I have a 15 minute rule and if nobody shows I bail and attempt to reschedule.

My wife and I also decided to go to the outdoor drive-through at Kaiser to get our flu shots. I always worry about getting it and now we have to think about the covid risk but they were all wearing PPE, as we were so I'm hoping it was safe. All was said and done in less than 5 minutes.
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So although I drove into the office today, my meeting with the owner was on teams. So I knew it was postponed. Nobody ever turn up more than 5 minutes late for a meeting at our place. More often than not most people get there early. Especially if its via Teams. Just join the meeting and carry on working until someone turns up on the other screen.
 
Apple fanboy said:
So although I drove into the office today, my meeting with the owner was on teams. So I knew it was postponed. Nobody ever turn up more than 5 minutes late for a meeting at our place. More often than not most people get there early. Especially if its via Teams. Just join the meeting and carry on working until someone turns up on the other screen.
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Funny you mention Teams, most of my job now is around Teams (and Office 365) adoption, we work with some pretty large fortune 500 clients. Zoom still has the edge but there seems to be plenty of people needing telecommuting to go around.
 
ericgtr12 said:
Funny you mention Teams, most of my job now is around Teams (and Office 365) adoption, we work with some pretty large fortune 500 clients. Zoom still has the edge but there seems to be plenty of people needing telecommuting to go around.
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Its been a life saver for us during COVID. But the latest 365 Mac update is hideous for Outlook. Just so useless. Can't see shared mail boxes or calendars. Grrrrr!
 
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