Heather’s giving away several copies of a Project Spectrum blue/white/grey mix cd she made. Leave her a comment about what you’re working on for Project Spectrum and you will be entered in a drawing! Comments must be left by February 19, noon MST.
Thanks for all the input on the mobius cat bed yesterday! Although the “keep it” contingent was quite eloquent, I think I’m going to rip it out – if nothing else, I don’t have a lot of free space in my condo and it’s supposed to be a pretty large item even after felting.
Last week I mentioned that Elisa was having a contest – she wanted to see what our typical days were like. Yesterday I finally remembered to take out my camera throughout the day!
I get up at an unspecified time – I’m not quite sure, since I engage in alarm clock trickery (set it quite a bit fast, hit snooze quite a few times). I shower, dress, feed the cats, feed myself, make a mocha in a go-cup, and am in the car driving to work by 6:15 am. It’s dark. And everyone drives very fast. I didn’t take any pictures.
I get to work by 6:30. I’m one of the first people there, so it’s nice and quiet as I ease into my day, sipping my mocha and publishing my blog entry (prepared the night before). Here are some highlights from my cube, starting with my cabinet covered with Frigits:
My bulletin board – you can read it if you click on it!
A few toys… Hey, I work in IT. I have to have toys in my cube.
My work computer, with another Kenshin background.
I pretty much sit at that computer all day long. Sometimes people come over and talk to me. Sometimes I get up and use the facilities. Often I go run errands over lunch. Yesterday was an errand day. I started at my beloved thrift store – picked up some fun buttons and a black hoodie (to wear when walking around the lakes in the spring).
Then I returned a big stack of library books, but didn’t find anything to check out.
Next I went to the post office to mail a few mysterious packages. There wasn’t a line. I’m still in shock about that – good thing I documented it.
Finally, I stopped and picked up a salad…
and another soy mocha (there is a barista – she’s just tiny!).
Back to my cube – ate my salad, drank my mocha, worked. I usually leave at 3:30 pm, but yesterday I left around 4 pm, since I did take sort of a long lunch. I drive home on side streets – the freeway is already pokey.
One more errand – I needed cat food. Fortunately, my neighborhood pet food store did not have a cage of rescue kittens this time (see, for example, Mayhem).
This is what greets me when I get home and open the door:
“I’m dying! I’m dying! I’m dying! I’m dying!” -C
So I feed the cats and do other exciting things like clean the litterbox (not documented – aren’t you glad?!). I turn on my laptop and answer email, edit photos, and work on the next day’s blog entry.
Last night I straightened out the poor sweater I’m trying to dry…
“A new place to nap and play, play and nap! So very cushy… is there some silk in this, Mom? Maybe a spot of cashmere?” -M
Finally, I had some supper (popcorn and a soy hot chocolate) and settled in with my knitting to watch the premiere of Season 6.
Bedtime varies from 9:30 pm (best) to 11:30 pm (not so good), depending on how sucked into 24 I get. Since I’m out of DVDs after the Season 6 premiere until the rest of the season comes out on DVD, I’ll hopefully get more regular sleep again soon!
so is that May or Chaos you’re holding in the pic on your bulletin board? Sooo tiny and sweet!
Aww, it’s baby Chaos!
Yup, your day as an IT person is pretty much the same as mine. Exciting. Including the coming home to famished kitties!
Thanks for the tour! Love the Mulder and Scully dolls…
Great day 🙂 I love the Frigits. We’ve gone and bought the first series of 24 – I blame you! 😉
Wow, that’s more than I do in a week :o) And hey, no snow on the roads… you’re doing better than half the country right now.
I love that baby chaos picture! I have a perverse love of errand day. I think its because it is one of the few times that I feel productive.
Hey Chris- Thanks for the guided tour of a day in the life. I have toys on my desk too.
It’s a sign of extreme intelligence.
Love the kitty welcome wagon!
LOVE the Frigits!
oh my god i know that birthday card on your corkboard. i was in nyc for my friend’s birthday and she received that card from her parents and we were all laughing, like wtf. the illo is so cutesy but the “no longer an option” path is so bleak!
Did you just unwittingly reveal the source of all your awesome thrift store finds or are you throwing us off the track with a stunt thrift store? The mind races.
PS – a lot of those places look oddly familiar 😉
you didn’t go to the bathroom, floss, or brush your teeth once all day, we got sold a bill of goods and we didn’t really get the whole days worth of photos. liar, liar pants on fire.
Baby Chaos? Aww… Starving kitties are a familiar sight around here too. And Mulder & Scully dolls? (Or should I call them action figures?) Cool!
You have no winter in comparision! Hee. I loved your day.
Hey there wasn’t a line when I stopped at the post office yesterday. I even mentioned it to Rick. Poor Chaos left to starve for hours. 🙂
Was that Chaos as a baby, he’s so cute. You get more done in your lunch hour than I get done in a day.
Aww the infamous HoHo picture ;o) *giggle* Chaos is so grateful to you for changing his name! You had a busy day of running about (with camera no less!) I love those Frigits too — hey, they’re kind of like push pin art in a way!
I can’t help noticing the lack of food/meals … breakfast was “feed myself”, lunch was salad and then popcorn for supper! Where are morning & afternoon snacks, dinner and clean the children’s plates x3? Oh yes, you don’t have those! I totally blame them for my extra weight 😉
Love the X files action figures! That thrift shop sure looks interesting, they are one of my favorite things to investigate, especially in new places. The other of course being LYSs!
Sounds like a pretty neat day – especially the mochas and the thrift store! I haven’t been to any of mine in a long time…maybe after the move, b/c I miss that!
(((hugs)))
I LOVE your Day in a Life! I thinks we should all do this – very interesting!
Thanks for the plug. I have toys at work too. I say they’re for the kids who come in to the office with their parents but we all know who plays with them most of the time. 😉
What a fun workspace you have! I think my husband needs some Frigits… I can see him now, playing with them all day and hardly getting any work done.
Somewhere, I have those same X-Files figures… Do you like any other anime besides Kenshin?
I feel like I was right there with you……..but, I thought you didn’t have a TV!
Thanks for sharing your day with us! I love the kitty on the drying sweater. Mine love the clean laundry. And the clean sheets when I make the bed. And the couch after I’ve vacuumed their fur off it. As you can see, they are a big help! LOL
I love this. So neat to get snapshots of your day like this.
You know, that was a very interesting post. Your day is definitely different than mine, and it’s nice to get a new perspective on things. 🙂
Wait a sec- Don’t you live in Minnesota? Where’s all your snow?! We’ve got about 2 feet over here! Not fair! I know what you mean about the rescue kitties- that’s how we got Guy!!
If chaos and cosmo did ever get together, I know we could see who’s who b/c cosmo doesn’t run up and greet at the door. That’s Danger’s job. All them kitten pics of Chaos and MayMay make me feel like I missed out!! (I got my two as adults). Great pics, as always!
Speaking of rescued kitties, the hubby is warming up to the idea of a cat. Hmmmm, keep your fingers crossed.
Poor Chaos, really Chris, you’re so mean.
Very cute how Chaos greets you. I do think it’s a law that all cubicles/desks must have some sort of toy, afterall we’d get bored.
We all zoomed in on the Baby Chaos pic, didn’t we? It is Chaos, right? And he’s so HAPPY to see you at night! finally being rescued.
No one in line at the Post Office? I just hope it’s like that when I get there today…..
It’s great to see a day in the life. I’ll have to give that a shot sometime.
hee. The Mr. had a Scully action figure too! And, when I get home, Kally’s all over me, climbing up my legs just like the bit kitty.
A great day, I have the same kitty calender sitting on my desk at work, but to the right of my computer!
I love the toys in your cube! Right now, in mine, Darth Maul and Obi-Wan are battling it out on my computer tower.
Wow! I loved seeing a day in the life!! It looked like a pretty good day to me – filled with lots of yummy coffee! I’m pretty impressed that you manage to get to sleep by 9:30! I’m lucky if I can get to bed by 11!
So all I can focus on about your day is how freakin’ orderly you are about getting blog posts out! You’re my hero!
The post office shot is priceless! And I’m filing away the frigits idea for someone who, regrettably, just had his birthday last week. There’s always next year, though! 😉
awwww…Mulder and Scully. I miss them! (Probably more than I should, ha!)
It was quite fun to spend a day with you – I keep meaning to do this too, and I keep forgetting (or have a dead camera battery). Must try next week!
I love the Pet Central “for the urban animal” line 🙂 Are Chaos and May from the mean streets?
Thanks for the glimpse into your day!
Wow, you actually leave your cubicle for lunch? And go OUTSIDE? Wow, I’m doing something wrong. (I take 25 minutes to wolf down a sandwich I keep in my desk.)
It’s so cute how the kids meet you at the door, DYING for attention.
Frigits rule.
So does Dilbert.
And are Scully and Mulder trying to kill Neo, or is Neo trying to kill them? I got lost in the plot somewhere in there.
Hey, do they give you free snacks at that job or what? My one cubicle-occupying job (copywriting for an internet co.) provided free snacks. Course, that was pre-2000…maybe the cushy free-snacks days are over…
Where do you hide the yarn from M and C?
I enjoyed the glimpse into your day. I’ve never worked in a cube before–as a teacher I had an impersonal desk in the impersonal dept office and roamed from classroom to classroom. Nary a place to lay my head. Love how you’ve personalized your workspace.
I love what greets you when you get home.
Hi there, first time visitor to your blog. Really great writer…adding you to my bloglines list. LOVE the kitties!
Are those a Fox Mulder and Dana Scully toy I spy on your desk. Cool!
Sounds like a nice day.
You can always go online and watch all this season’s episodes of “24” the next day. I’m just sayin…..
I love your cubicle toys! So you’re a Ranma fan as well, then?
Excellent post about your day. Thanks for sharing it.