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Tales of the Furlough #2: temporal displacement

Submitted by domesticat on 17 June 2009 - 8:12am

Tickets are booked to Paris; tickets are booked to San Francisco.

We will be six in San Francisco, with tagalong extras depending on the day and the inclination of our local friends.  We have nebulous plans:  look for us in the cheap seats at the Giants-Astros game on July 4.  I'll be the one in the bleachers with the beer; that's all you need to find me in the crowd, right?  We'll do a night tour of Alcatraz and I'll relearn the San Francisco bus system and pictures, pictures, pictures!

A week in San Francisco.  We'll celebrate Suzan's birthday and tag along behind Asai in Chinatown.  Asai learned last night there's a temple there; amidst the touristy time and stomping all over the city, we'll probably take a few minutes for prayers. 

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Tales from the Furlough #1: crashy

Submitted by domesticat on 8 May 2009 - 9:04pm

Today's been a dramatic day. Wedding things are happening, and I did not participate as much as I would have liked thanks to an icky blood-sugar crash that knocked me out of commission for a while. I don't know why, but even after things level out, I'm always incredibly tired. I just didn't bounce back afterwards. Lots of sleep tonight for me; there are dragons to slay tomorrow.

Other things happened today. There were problems. At this time I'm waiting to hear everybody's sides of the story before making up my mind. It is not a subject I should be explicit about today. It should wait. Tomorrow is another day, and all problems will be answered in the order they were received.

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Tales from the Furlough #1: not dead, no video

Submitted by domesticat on 7 May 2009 - 10:17pm

Furlough, night one. A lazy night drive, a stop off at Sonic for tots and limeade, leads us to north Georgia.

Most of the wedding party is out making a late-night run to Waffle House. I need sleep more than I need caffeine, so I'm staying here at the house instead, winding down slowly and typing myself to sleep. Jeff has the video camera and I trust he'll capture anything that's awesome.

Red Shift, the red-and-black quilt, has been given away. Jeff has video of the giving. There is hilarity and much profanity. I will post it as soon as I can get my hands on it. I survived the giving, and Jim and Tracey did indeed keep the secret from each other, and oh, I will not live this stunt down any time soon.

It was absolutely, emphatically, utterly worth it.

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Tales from the Furlough #1: sniffy sniffy

Submitted by domesticat on 2 May 2009 - 9:25am

For those of you who haven't talked to me this week, which to be honest is just about everyone: the kickoff for Tales From The Furlough is coming up very, very soon. Furlough #1 will take me to:

  • Atlanta (3 nights)
  • Detroit (2 nights)
  • Minneapolis (2 nights, though really less than 36 hours)
  • Denver (3 nights)

Crashspace has been generally secured, but there are details to work out. I estimate panic in approximately 48 hours. It's a complicated, demanding itinerary, and I will have to be careful not to wear myself out early in the trip for fear of turning it into a slog, because what's happening at the end of the trip (code sprint) is equally as important as what happens at the beginning of the trip (coordinating the wedding of two friends).

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Coming soon: Tales From the Furlough

Submitted by domesticat on 23 March 2009 - 10:45am

I'll spare you all the gory details and give you the roundup; after round one of layoffs at the library, all full-time employees will be taking two one-week furloughs, one in second quarter 2009 and the other in Q3 2009. I'm looking at using my Q2 furlough to head west to do some Drupal work with some friends. My Q3 furlough is likely to take me to Seattle. Plans are still nebulous on the latter one, though.

Nebulous yet nefarious, I might add.

As for us, we're okay; my job has never been the main breadwinner, which helps. Some of my co-workers, though, are not so lucky. For them, I'm worried.

Might as well make the best of it; camera + time off = Tales From The Furlough.

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