Month: December 2012

The Daily EO: December 21st, 2012

The strange consistent sound drove me from my office.

Grrr/buzzz…pause….grrr/buzzz…pause….grrr/buzzz….pause…

Down the hall from me someone was using the heavy duty paper shredder.  She was in sales and much of her discarded documents contained confidential information, so it made sense that this sensitive stuff was destroyed before disposal.   It was a large box of paper and her buzzing continued for 20 minutes or so.

Then the next person started with their box.

grrr/buzzz…pause….grrr/buzz…pause….grrr/buzz. . .

As I moved through the office, I noticed many conversations that started with:  “I’ve got bit yet, probably about 10 minutes?” or “Hey!  Wait!  I am next!”

The 5, 6, 7, 8 full garbage bags piled up near the shredder.

grrr/buzzz……pause…..grrr/buzz….pause….grrr/buzz….

Shreds of paper gathered on the carpet around the office.

December 21st, 2012 Extra-Ordinary:  Apparently the annual shred-a-thon is a Christmas tradition – corresponding with our carpets and chairs being cleaned.  Not a pending FBI raid.

 

The Daily EO: Vacation Wrap Up

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Beautiful Horizon

Extra-Ordinary Things from Vacation:

24/7 All you can eat Ice Cream

A lady stopping me in the street to ask where I get my haircut

Ocean Sunsets

Shooting guns

60 SPF Sunscreen

Red Grape Sauce on pork loin

Old San Juan

Hearing a cruise ship lounge player singing “King of the Road”

Snow covered hills of Muskoka

Free rum punch in St. Lucia

Cruise Spin Instructor saying “You’re pretty fit”

 

The Daily EO: December 17th, 2012

Normally by this time of the year, I walk around smug and wondering why everyone is so worried about Christmas.  By this time my gifts are wrapped, delivered and mailed, Christmas cards are done, the house is decorated, christmas get-togethers are planned, groceries are in the house, and I relax and enjoy the season.  And now, none of these things are completed and I am almost a basket case.  How do you people do this?  My god!

I just cannot get to our Christmas cards in time.  So many times I have sat down to write it, and my stress and frenetic behavior holds the words back.  And nothing comes – it’s stilted and there is no joy in it.  And I leave it, thinking I’ll find another day to get it done.

But there are no days left, no real way to get anything done on time.  My husband told me I could do them after Christmas and that would be okay.  But it doesn’t feel like it would, instead it feels likes I have failed.  Ridiculous?

December 17th, 2012 Extra-Ordinary:  Wound a little too tight.

 

The Daily EO: November 29th, 2012

My e-reader ran out of battery.
I didn’t bring any papery books.
My laptop had no internet access (or games) and no files to work on.
My pen ran out of ink.
I had read the magazine on my way down there.
No entertainment system.
My phone was about to run out of battery.

November 29th, 2012 Extra-Ordinary:  The longest 2 hour plane ride ever.