Busy

The last few days at work have been busy and a little stressful. Lots of putting out fires. Not literal fires of course. I don’t drive a red truck for a living.

Anyway, as is usually the case when I am working in the office, I feel like I would be in a better mindset if I were working from home. If nothing else, I would have furry little critters hanging around and cheering me on*.

I took this picture just before I left this morning, just for some moral support or something. You know how it is.

*Are they cheering me on or are they making fun of me? I can’t tell. It’s like the Cheers and Jeers section of the old TV Guide except you don’t get to know what category you’re in until it’s all over.

Poker Chip

Today is an in the office day. I shortened my morning exercise routine by 15 minutes because I was worried I was going to be late. Now here I am, all set to leave… and I’m 15 minutes early. Good planning there, Mr Chuckles. Ugh

Anyway, here’s today’s photo a day. It’s my old Les Paul’s poker chip. Enjoy!

Package Sent

Sent

Post Office

I made it to the Post Office this morning before work. My five rolls of film that are ready to develop are on their way West, heading to the lab. I won’t start feeling all giddy and excited until I get a notification saying the package has arrived. Then I’ll start refreshing my order status all day long, waiting for word that the scans are done.

Nerd boy over here is about to get nerdy.

Here’s the clock from downtown. Heading South toward the post office:

And here’s the clock again, this time heading North toward home:

Finally, today’s photo a day photo submission is this view from behind the post office parking lot. Somewhere I have pictures of this gazebo that aren’t through the trees from a nearby parking lot. Maybe I’ll dig one out and share it. Later.

Mood

You Know You’re in Lawrence, MA When…

Lawrence

Monday

Welcome to Monday morning, friends and neighbors and readers and only friends… that’s a bit of a mixed metaphore/movie reference there, huh?

I’m working in the office today and I am ready to go but it’s too early so I am writing a post. Is that a little too inside baseball? Is that a little too much of how the sausage is made?

I’m in a fuckin’ weird mood this morning. Sorry. The Bruins season starts tomorrow. It probably has something to do with today being weird.

Anyway. I need a new guitar project. I’ve got a couple of things that were put on pause that I should probably get back to. We’ll see.

Delicious

Jen made a pot roast today. Oh my goodness, was it ever delicious.

After dinner I took pictures of the cats licking each other. I wasn’t planning on it, it just happened.

Ready to Ship Out

Ready to Ship

Failure

I drove to Hampton Beach this morning. I left way too early and got there half an hour before the sun came up. It was 45 degrees out. I froze my ass off.

It was also a waste of time.

The sky was perfectly clear all the way there. Just before I arrived I saw a band of clouds moving in… right at the horizon… completely blocking the sunrise. Damn it.

I was going to stop at a few other places on the way home but I was too annoyed by mother nature. I did finish a roll of film though, and I just placed an order with thedarkroom.com and I packaged it all up and it’s all ready to go. I just need to get to the post office. That probably won’t happen until Tuesday.

For now… here are some digital pics of the cool waves and the no sun. Sorry.

See what I mean about the clouds?