Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

Woe is me…

February 3, 2007 on 1:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off on Woe is me…

I think it is a nice Saturday outside. I don’t really know, since I haven’t been out (or near a window) since about 1:30 and I won’t get released from here until after 10pm. I have a chance to get Monday off, I might give that some thought (well, not really off, just in my office instead of here). And where is here? Somewhere in DC is where. I’m on babysitting duty. Luckily things have settled down a bit with the satellite and I was finally about to pull out my knitting. The last four shifts I’ve worked have been busy busy busy. But now it isn’t so busy and I’m actually all alone. Everyone else has gone home and won’t be back until Monday! So, I’ll be all alone tomorrow too.

While I usually enjoy these brief breaks from sitting in my office, now is not really a good time for one of my programs. And this isn’t really a brief break since it is a 4 week test instead of the usual 2. I’m sure it will get old real fast. My days are usually wake up before 10am, go for a run, shower, hop in the car and drive 1+ hr and then sit here for 8 hours, hop back into the car, get home, putz around for a bit, go to bed.

And speaking of running. I think running outside (this morning it was 24F) has hardened me to this winter weather. I haven’t pulled out my winter coat yet and I haven’t used more than just a sweater for the past two (yesterday was a warm 40F). I guess I’m just strange. I would start to suspect it was extra layers of insulation (fat), but the scales are moving down a tiny bit and my measurements from last year show that I’ve reduced body fat (inches are down, scale went up a couple of pounds).

I’m really looking forward to this test being over. I’ll have a nice three day weekend on Presidents’ Day and then we leave for Hawaii on the 3rd of March for one week. Wait… I leave for Hawaii in exactly 1 month!