Lately, nature has been a little unnatural. I spent most of last week trying to adjust to a 12 hour day, splitting my sleep between the responsibility of working in the office during the day and the duty to fix an agency server in the middle of the night.
Last weekend was a return to normalcy. This week has been a return to abnormalcy. I'm back on a half-day day, working on cleaning up some agency servers to prevent any of my (younger and more fit) co-workers from having to do this crud.
My day usually starts around 5:00 AM with a cup of black coffee. I pull myself together, kiss the dog and pat Marilyn on the head, and take off for work when the spirit moves me. Time in the office usually expires around 3:00 PM, and it's home for a nap in the coma-inducing recliner. I don't know why, but the thing can put me to sleep while I'm drinking a cup of coffee.
Dinner, and discussion of the day follows, with various activities to fill the time until around 10:00 PM when I get to start work for my second shift of the day. Usually, I'm done by 1:00 AM, grab about 4-5 hours of sleep, and do the whole thing over again.
I'm really looking forward to this vacation where I can drive for 8 or 10 hours, eat dinner, relax in a motel, sleep for a reasonable time, rise rested, and drive some more. Of course, there will be stops here and there just to keep my sanity, but being on the road is something I have always liked to do.
It will be good to see my Mom, sister, brother-in-law, and niece. I plan a stop to see Mt. Rushmore, and anything else that grabs my attention on the way west. I'm planning to ad-lib the route. It should be fun.
Back on the home front, Marilyn dragged in a huge bag of cabinet hardware last night. The "Knob Quest" is over, and the grail is in the garage near the appliances.
The refrigerator, range, etc. won't be lonely for long. The new cabinets will be here Thursday, and the cabinet guys will start demolishing the old kitchen on Monday.
Good on you, Marilyn. I hope it's everything you want.
6 days and counting.
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