random thoughts – Day 1,687 – (Wednesday) – candy and ripples

Candy!!!

Today at work there was an insane quantity of candy. Some of it was left over from a meeting last week, and the rest seems to have appeared by the magic of The Great Pumpkin from the Peanuts cartoon. Or something. The M&Ms (plain and peanut), chocolate covered pretzels, Hershey minis, Swedish Fish, Skittles, Gummy Bears, and Smartees were the perfect sugar scenario for the day. 

Our team meeting was a productive event and we even got to do some of the more fun marketing things that aren’t necessarily regular events. Today we all reviewed eight concepts for a sign project – the kind of review where I laid out the designs on the counter to get first reactions to see which design(s) rose to the top.  We got a lot of good feedback to narrow the choices down and refine the remainders.

I had forgotten my usual crunchy breakfast granola bar, so it was a gazillion fun size Hershey bars for breakfast. And second breakfast. And pre-lunch appetizer. And after my grocery store Greek lunch of spanikopita twirl, stuffed grape leaves, Kalamata olives, and feta cheese. Hershey powered me through the "Planning for Medicare" webinar that just makes me want to open a vein. It feels like the entire program is designed to make people unalive themselves rather than deal with the frigging signups and b*ullsh*t. Thanks the the Hershey company for getting me through the webinar without stabbing myself.

Ripples on the canal water.

I haven’t checked to see how rare the weather was today in terms of records, but the average temperature is around 50 degrees (according to the Internet) and it was 80 degrees and sunny. In Massachusetts. In November. It's quite possible hell has relocated to Middlesex County, but I liked it. 

An afternoon walk was taken. The loop around the canal and the courthouse was a nice quick trek in the sunshine. Some of the trees are still colorful with leaves. It was breezy, so the canal water had a nicely rippled surface. I would have liked to watch the water for a while, but then I felt weird standing there so long like a weirdo so I resumed the walking.

It was super not fun leaving work in the dark but when I got to some of the trees with the white lights in them it seemed less awful. I like the lights in the trees. They are pretty and really improve the gloom of a dark night.