random thoughts – Day 1,630 – (Tuesday) – downloads and downtown

 Despite some quirks with work, it was an overall good day. The only real annoyance was that it took forever to download portrait files from last week’s photo shoot. They all automatically dump into a download folder rather quickly and automatically, but they need to live on the department drive, which takes a ridiculously long time to do. Today's files took more than two hours to execute. Half the photo subjects haven't made their choices yet, so there is still a part two to look forward to. Ugh. Can't wait.

Broken box. Bummer.

While the computer was tied up doing the move of massive-size files, a truck was running outside for longer than usual. It was a Prime delivery truck, idling at the end of the street, blocking the neighbor’s driveway. Finally, a door slid open and a driver emerged, carrying a large box topped by a smaller box.

Halfway across the neighbor’s front yard, the bottom failed on the bottom box and the contents were downloaded onto the the lawn. Based on the crappy taping on my recent deliveries including the box that recently arrived with 16 pounds of cat food that nearly downloaded on my porch, I wasn’t really surprised. I felt for the driver, who seemed both annoyed and flustered. 

Slow files are annoying, but not nearly as bad as what that poor driver seemed to be going through, having to re-stuff the box with ten miles of brown crunched up paper plus several items that were previously inside the box. Then, when he tried to pick it up again, it looked like it might collapse all over again. It was kind of funny, but only because it wasn't my stuff. 

The file move finished at about three minutes before 5:00. It was just in time for me to start closing files and get ready to sign off the computer for the day.

Harmonious colors.

First Tuesday of the month means book club, so I didn’t have to deal with thinking about supper. As I was preparing to leave for downtown, I noticed that my purse and the book’s cover coordinated nicely with each other and the chair cover on the kitchen chairs and even the wall color in the kitchen. At book club, someone pointed out that my nail polish also coordinated. It seemed like a carefully curated moment suited for a Hallmark movie or a decorating show, but it was mostly a coincidence.

We all liked the book, Shark Heart, by Emily Habeck. We were seated outside, and enjoyed the sunshine and nice air for likely the last time for a few months. Soon, the tables, chairs, and concrete barriers will be collected and stored for the winter.