Today's weather is grey and wet, an argument to stay indoors and avoid the nastiness outside. I heard the argument...I agreed with it...but duty called. First, my brother who has been helping me staff a trade show booth for one of our associations, had to head back home today. I felt an obligation to deal with the weather at least a bit...he had to get on the highway for a 3 hour drive, so a bit of local driving was the least pain I could endure as a show of empathy and support.
So, I showed my empathy by going out to get gas, taking money out of my bank's ATM, popping into an ostensibly Brazilian restaurant for lunch, and getting groceries at the expensive showcase of wonderful food near the house.
I had good intentions to use today to be a marathon worker...clear away the work that has piled up during the last two weeks that I have been away from the office. My good intentions fell almost flat. I did spend a few hours online, responding to emails and getting a few odds & ends out of the way, but my energy level is off. I need some downtime to recover from stress, too little down time, and dealing with too many stupid people. My patience grows thin when I deal with people who are, as the Magliozzi brothers say, "unemcumbered by the thought process."
For the rest of this day, I'm going to relax. I may watch the news, surf the net, or just kick back with a book. Speaking of books, I finally got around to starting "Armed Madhouse...," the book by Greg Palast. Just reading it makes me want to enter politics, with a flamethrower as my campaign manager. The bastards in politics today, regardless of party, are corrupt bastards. Either we oust them next month, or we're in for some deeply disturbing times ahead. If we think things have been bad, we have some awful surprises ahead with the current political machine in power.
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