I've been out in the sunlight lately!
I took James to the dentist-always an adventure. I've been to the grocery store. But the best place I've been this week has been the lunch I had with some former co-workers at a wonderful lunch spot in Sandy Springs called Joli Kobe.
One lady had recently quit her job, a combination of total disgust with the company and the desire to stay home with her son. No one in their right mind WANTS to stay home with small children, but if your option is either pay someone 2/3 of your salary to watch your kid while you work, you had better LOVE your job, and frankly I don't know too many people at my job who feel that way.
I certainly don't. Although it was a very busy week and I had that really competent feeling that I get when I'm churning out the pricing, contracts and orders while being fabulous at talking with my customers. Example?
Customer: I know we have an installation today, what is the name of the tech who will be dispatching and what time will he arrive?
Me (after stifling laughter): Uh, it doesn't work that way. You know how we're famous for "our tech will be out sometime between now and Christmas?" Then. And his name is Bubba.
You know, being hilariously straight up about the situation, because really, how can anyone keep a straight face?
The bulbs in our ceiling fixtures keep burning out. We replaced the former owners, mismatched, hideola, bug-filled fixtures with some cheap contractor grade lighting. They hold two bulbs apiece. For some reason one burns out immediately and the other flickers menacingly. I can hear Jason in his goalie mask sneaking up on me. Lighting is a big deal in the basement. I have windows, but it's been so overcast and dark lately.
I think we need to reconfigure the desk. I have a twenty-five year old Danish modern desk that can double as a table (and it has.) It's not exactly ergonomic; and with both the desktop and work laptop, things do get a bit scrunched up here. Although the new chair is working out great.
So we head into the weekend. I would like to go to the movies, but I don't think that there's anything James wants to see. I'm a film buff and I'm excited to see the remake of The Women. I understand that it's not as good as the original, but what ever is?
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I know florescent lighting is supposed to be green(TM) and all that, but I hate the quality of light it gives. I've heard rumors of full-spectrum florescent light, but I've never seen it. That, or I've been too dumb to recognize it when I see it.
That, and all the crap about starters and ballasts and such...if a lightbulb is more complicated than a recording channel, the hell with it, I say.
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