I was really tired.
This morning I feel immediately into my normal home routine, the one where I hit the snooze once and then head downstairs. I noticed that JD had managed to leave his phone home. I packed up lunch (with extra snacks) and eventually got out the door. As soon as I got to work and parked I realized that I had also left my phone home. I felt naked and bereft. No phone! No podcasts! No facebook! No gmail! Very sad.
This was the first thing I saw when I walked into my office:
My coworker had made a sign for me because I forgot before I left. It was hung from my cubicle, projecting out into the air. You will note that he taped on an addendum.
Even the guys working on the building noticed I had been gone and welcomed me back (as they cut panels to put into the hung ceiling.) It was nice.
I managed to knock out about 500 of the 1100+ emails, not counting automated emails, that I got over the last month. I hope nothing in the other 600+ was due today.
I went for my daily walk and found that the woods around work took quite a bit of damage from the hurricane. I lost track of number of trees down, but there is a LOT more light getting to the ground than there used to be. I think this is going to be one of those events that leads to change. The extra light is going to let a lot of undergrowth grow up. In a year or two my daily walk could lead me through a lot of different sights than I see now.
My first day back to work was pretty painful. I'm used to walking all day now, and sitting still makes me ache. I suppose I'll get used to slack again soon.
