“Remoted” – Workday 155 / Day 227 (Thursday)

Finnish military surplus!

A day of accomplishments. While searching for the missing Bank logo fleece which may or may not even be at the house and might instead be in the drawer at the downtown office-office, the missing red and gray dog sweater was found. The fleece jacket for humans is still MIA, but will probably be found next summer while searching for a swimsuit or something else unrelated.

During the workday, price quotes for signs were reviewed and signs were ordered, more quotes were requested for other printed things, logistics were handled, plans were made, emails were sent and a greater number received, meetings were attended. Whew! Even with all the rain, the basement was still dry at mid-day. And .... my Finnish military surplus wool twill hat delivered. It's cute, but it smells kind of funny, like long-term storage. But when I flee to the land of my maternal ancestors, I can blend in. You know, in an AWOL thrift store way.

Pretend fried rice!

After work, a super supper of pretend fried riced made with riced cauliflower and Gardein Szechuan Beefless Strips was had. It was so good that too much was eaten. The kitchen and bathroom floors and rugs were vacuumed, thus earning the eating of ice cream. It was discovered that the TV, despite the brand new cable box installed on Monday, once again displayed the blue screen of nothingness. Go figure. I was in no mood to deal with the call center folks again so soon, after just a few days. I performed the ritual of turning off the power strip, turning it back on, and letting it go through the five minutes that feel like forever reboot sequence.

Once the box was finally functioning, much needed mindless entertainment was enjoyed with a Finnish-language comedy about a heavy metal band (Heavy Trip). Who doesn’t love some, as the fictional band calls it, “symphonic post-apocalyptic reindeer-grinding christ-abusing extreme war pagan Fennoscandic metal”? This was much lighter fare than the dark and grisly Finnish crime series (Bordertown and Deadwind). Despite the 118 days of Finnish lessons, I still recognize only a few words, and in none of the many hours of programs has anyone yet asked “Onko tuhma kissa viikinki?” (Is the naughty cat a Viking?). But I keep hoping.