Friday Leftovers

Here goes…

- The New England cold that has been flirting with me for the past month or so finally decided to commit and settle down.

- I was out sick both Friday and Monday last weekend.

- I quickly gave up trying to be productive while out sick and languished about the house drinking fluids, watching movies (latest theme is the apocalyptic type), and knitting.

- I’m almost done one of the bulkiest sweaters I’ve ever made. I’m not sure I’ll wear it but I decided not to rip it out so that only means moving forward and finishing it.

- I dragged myself to work each day this week and am starting to slowly feel better.

- Still, I’m beyond delighted tomorrow is Saturday.

- I was only gone for four days, but something changed, I couldn’t quite put my finger on what.

- This week I presented at a conference. It’s been hanging over me to work on the presentation for the last month. So nice to be done and it was well received.

- Don’t you hate it when you have a cold and are speaking and your throat suddenly goes beyond dry you think you’ll choke.

- I drank a lot of water during my hour and half presentation.

- The first day back from being sick I wasn’t sure if it was real or I was napping. I was walking home after work, across the bridge looking at the wonderful city skyline at night. Same as usual, except now there was:

• 3 or 4 helicopters circling above in the dark cloudy sky. They didn’t look like the traffic type but more government issue.
• There were spotlights criss-crossing the sky - batman call style.
• 10+ motorcycle police parked outside the federal reserve building just chilling but a little ominous
• Sirens galore as I reached the subway station - ambulances, EMT and fire all coming from different directions on different streets

- I felt like I was at the beginning of a movie where something was going to go seriously wrong with the world. I think it might have been a combo of the cold drugs and watching too many movies when I was out sick.

- Worth noting that Occupy Wall Street is across the street from the federal reserve building and subway station.

- Last night swung by an opening. Some friends from growing up went out on their own and opened a business. I was going to show my support and then to home for an early night.

- Ended up running into someone from my industry I’ve been wanting to catch up with for awhile - there goes an hour.

- A little later, Maggie and Dave from Maine came down to help celebrate - there goes the night.

- Had a blast catching up and hanging out - skyping (on an iPhone) with Sara in DC in the bathroom (only place where it was quiet), ended up closing the place down.

- It was strangely déjà vousish of old highschool times with a twist of our older mature selves. Strange when old and new worlds collide. There was talk of a ski weekend away this winter. That would be fun, although I haven’t skied since the ‘90s!

- Took two subways and a bus to get home - they all arrived within minutes - very nicely timed and appreciated as I fell into bed at midnight!