Today in my continued adventures of God, I Hate Excel: Why don’t sheets connected to forms just update? Such drama. The sheet threw seemingly random errors yesterday. Today? Had to force a refresh. Acted like data it said was received wasn’t there.
God, I hate Excel.
Probably no shock to anyone, but I feel happy outside of work. Work just feels like stress most of the time. There are things I do there that make me feel proud. Usually though? Just stressed.
The new macOS has all these little changes that I think are really great. I know a lot of people have been less than enthusiastic about the release, but as a day-to-day user who doesn’t rely on it for business or delivery (at least not on my home Mac) it’s been a nice little quality of life change.
Working for the weekend?
I am doing the responsible thing this weekend and cranking out a ton of work. Days like this make me wish I had hourly pay. At least for anything on top of what I am required to do during the week.
In the first few hours working today, I feel like I’ve accomplished at least a day of work that I would get done in the office. The back-to-office thing seems very disruptive for some personality types.
All I get in office is loud chatter (open concept!), disruptive noise (yay renovations to encourage us to return!), and constant excuses to leave my desk (oooh, have you been up to get a coffee in the last 10 minutes?). Getting actual work done? Jokes.
Went the whole weekend without working. Will I regret it this week? Probably. Do I regret it now? Not in the least.
Finished reading: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 📚
I didn’t enjoy the writing style of this book, but I did enjoy the stories. They were quite touching and tapped into something very human.
I should have spent today working, but I also really needed the day off. Guess which won.
Still, I will probably squeeze in some before our concert tonight.
The wife shot me a short video about this site: everynoise.com
I may never return!
I love TIFF season. A very excited young woman came up to me and asked, very sincerely and eagerly, “Are you Jack Black!?”
She was so sad when I wasn’t.
Currently reading: The Field Updated Ed by Lynne McTaggart 📚
Whenever I get a span of three or four days off from work, I start to wonder why I work (apart from all the obvious reasons). And then I get really forlorn about the idea of going back to work. With a four-day weekend coming to a close, you can guess where I am mentally.
My goal to read this year – any volume really – has been augmented by audiobooks. I can’t help but feel like they are cheating somehow, but I do enjoy them. I am currently reading The Field and listening to Babel. Libby and my TPL card have been heaven sent.
This month has blown by somehow. So has the year. It’s been hard to keep up. I am working with my therapist on meditation, which is a practice a friend of mine recommended to me years and years ago. I should have listened then. Maybe as I get more practice, it will help slow some things down.
Bree had a vet visit today that went really well. The only change we need to make is taking bones out of her treat repertoire. She has some very light chipping on her canines. Otherwise, the vet said she’s doing well. No big fluctuations with her weight, good coat, and everything else tip top.
Oh snap! It’s almost the weekend. My favourite 15 minutes of the week are almost upon me. Time dilation is real.