Wednesday, February 28, 2007
I saw this "day in the life of" post several weeks ago and thought it would be fun-ish change of pace from all the knitting talk to give a glimpse of what I'm doing when I'm not knitting or talking about knitting.
So here was my Monday, yesterday:
7:15AM - 9:00AM: I am not a morning person, by the way
Morning wake-up call from Duck as he leaves for work. I stay in bed for 15 minutes to 1 hour longer. If I don't get up by 9:00am, then I either have no gigs or I am not caring much about the gigs I do have, heh (shhh). I really really wish I were the type of person who gets up at 5am, jogs a hundred miles, finishes writing a novel, and bakes a wedding cake from scratch before the sun breaks. But ALAS.
Today I get up at 7:45am, and the first thing I do is fire up the laptop and brush the teeth. Sometimes I will even start surfing before I brush. I am so addicted to the Internet that I would choose surfing over brushing my teeth after a whole night of drooling.
Depending on whether I will be seeing people other than Duck during the course of the day, I may or may not shower. But I will get dressed, even if the tempation to remain in one's pajamas is overwhelming. I do have standards. Despite the fact they are very sub-standard sort of standards.
I will definitely make a cup of coffee though. This is our coffee maker. For the last five years, we (as in Duck) buy raw coffee beans, roast them by hand (in an orville redenbacher popcorn maker), and use this fancy pants coffee maker to grind and make the perfect cup of joe with just a push of a button.
8:00AM - 9:00AM: Breakfast
I have the same breakfast everyday: coffee, juice, and a bowl of yogurt with granola and fruit, sometimes bananas, sometimes peaches.
The yogurt has to be Brown Cow brand vanilla yogurt with cream on top (actually, we can't get it any other way). The granola must be Honey Gone Nuts from Whole Foods. The banana must not have any bruises.
I take my coffee with two spoonfuls of sugar and half 'n half, and I have to drink them from the mugs I bought in Santa Fe.
I take my breakfast upstairs to the office and officially start my day...
Office Space
I work from home, and this is my office. We painted it several years ago and I am rather regretting my choice of color. I wanted something bold and unconventional, but did it have to be so orange? We didn't even paint the trim a contrasting color to break up all that boldness.
One day this house will be futon-free.
The cats hang out with me here most of the day. They sleep in that comfy plush-filled wicker basket when they're not on the lookout for the neighborhood black cat who likes to visit our backyard.
Office Desk
We only put the shelving units (from IKEA) up this past weekend. There will be another long shelf that will run below the cubbies, and hopefully when that's in place the blocks won't look so goofy and free-floating. I also plan on "wallpapering" the white backs with some pretty Japanese silkscreen paper. And add a lot of plants. I also want a beta fish.
The desk, chair, and rolling cabinet I bought from my former company when they were liquidating an office they shut down. I like it. Spacious and ergonomic.
Office supplies
I listen to Howard everyday. He's totally my cup of tea...but not always. Sometimes the on-air shenanigans are too distracting, too annoying, and when that happens, I like to flip to over to the jazz/standards channel.
When I really have to zone out, I pop in the iPod earbuds and listen to Mozart. When music is directly plugged into the ears, I'm able to concentrate more.
I can't concentrate when it's quiet.
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Lunch
You know, I love to eat but I absolutely hate lunch. I will gladly spend 3 hours preparing dinner, but more than 10 minutes for lunch is a pain in the ass. More often than not I don't eat til 2 because I'm just too busy stop, or too lazy to figure out what the hell I want to eat.
In any case, lunch is either leftovers (I've been cooking dinner for 12 lately to ensure leftovers) or a sandwich. Today I make my favorite sandwich, the BLT. Depending on how busy I am, I will eat lunch in the office, or I will take it to the basement and eat it while watching a recorded television show.
View outside the window
I look to my left and, hi bird!
5:00pm Sunset
Must break for sunset. Sometimes they're eh, sometimes they're spectacular.
6:00pm - 9:00pm: Clocking out
Today I don't clock out til 9pm. That doesn't stop me from busting out the nightly glass of wine while I work. Duck gets home at around 5:30pm and today he makes dinner for me: another BLT sandwich that I eat while working.
I have had six to seven slabs of bacon - extra thick - and two avocados just today. And I have barely moved from my seat. Shoot me.
When I finally do get up from my desk, I mosey downstairs and spend another more couple of hours sitting on the basement couch while knitting and watching TV.
I sit until I have to haul myself up and go to bed, usually around 11:00-midnight.
It's been a tough, relatively immobile day. But my brain, my big big brain, it's on the move constantly.
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