It's almost 8:30 a.m. and I just got up. I must be very tired; it's very, very rare for me to sleep so late. I would have been able to sleep even later, but the blinds in my bedroom let in too much light to allow me to sleep in...if I had blackout shades, I might still be asleep.
Today, I have to do errands. I have to get my car battery checked, because the car wouldn't start a couple of days ago without a jump...the battery is only 2 years old. I have to look into getting a wireless Internet card for my computer, because the hotel I'll be staying in next week has only wireless Internet access; I'm used to wired access in my hotel rooms...cannot get along without access. I have to take shirts to the cleaners' and pick up others...again, for the trip. Aside from doing my little errands, my wife and I will acts as tourists in downtown Dallas. We'll go downtown later today, check into our hotel, and have an early dinner, followed by an evening with Bill Maher.
Then, tomorrow, we'll have breakfast at the hotel, continue acting as tourists, then come home to do more tedious errands. I have to do more work for my Austin meeting, she needs to catch up on an overflow of financial/accounting work for clients.
The little joys of seeing Bill Maher and being pampered in a nice hotel should outweigh the stresses of work, but they don't seem to be winning out today. I can't get my mind off the work-related stuff this morning. These last few days have been too much. I want a vacation or an early retirement. My yard needs my attention, but won't get it. My house needs my attention, but won't get it.
Spring should be fun. Clients ignore that and, instead, expect more work during this time of year than almost any other. I want to see the wildflowers along the backroads of central Texas. Instead, I'll experience the congestion of IH-35.
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