“Remoted” – Day 403 (Friday)

The morning involved a stress-ridden wait for new files from the late edits of Thursday. I was trying to not be pushy, but also get the task at hand done. Finally, at 9:30, having heard nothing, the design firm was emailed a follow-up. It turned out they had missed the 4:18 pm email of Thursday. Had I not checked in, there might still be no file, so I guess it’s good I am sometimes like a dog with a bone.

For some bizarre reason, forwarding a PDF often results in an error message and Outlook email freezing. The likelihood of this occurring is directly proportional to the time sensitivity of the task. For approximately the 10th time this week, it happened and no emails would open, nor could I close the inbox. It took a while to sort out and the clock was ticking. Literally. The new white, silent clock was moved to the bathroom a while ago and the new green kitchen clock ticks like a bomb because I forgot about the silent feature when I was busy looking for the specific color. 

The lunch version of
 rice and curry.

Lunch was an inspired and super tasty blend of Jasmine rice and pretend chicken and the most delicious curry sauce to ever come in a jar, for which I thank the fine folks at Whole Foods for making it available. It was tempting to eat the whole bunch of it, but self-control was exercised. A shoulder was nearly dislocated as a result of the ensuing back-patting.

The afternoon involved knocking out several things and setting up the task list for next week and suddenly it was 4:30 and finally the last lap before the weekend. Supper was a breeze – more of the lunch concoction, with cauliflower and broccoli added, which added bulk and nutritional variety, but stretched the sauce a bit. It was soon followed by wine, because it has been one of those weeks. 

The mail with the new passport arrived at the usual time after supper and now I can start planning to wander the world. Not next week or anything, but hopefully soon. There are ten years before it expires, so there’s time.