My Day: Friday August 24th 2007

0615AM: Awake for breakfast, shower, and switching over laundry
0654AM: Hug Claire goodbye
0702AM: Arrive at Carla's for coffee and Lake Union Inflatable Rowboat Ride
0715AM: Inflatable Rowboat Ride: Cautionary Orangina with coffee and strawberries
0815AM: Leave from Eastlake for work at NeonGecko
0830AM: Park on garage level 5A and head up to Smith Tower 10th floor
0840AM: Work

1043AM: Become fully entangled in HTML and CSS
1130AM: Realize that I plan to leave the office in half an hour and that I have not written any of my pre-trip e-mails
1134AM: Type frantically
1203PM: Not done, type more frantically but maintain strong composition and correct grammar and spelling
1215PM: Finish final e-mail, detailing the tasks that I did not complete
1216PM: Fail to mention that I forgot to mail the package sitting on my desk
1217PM: Irrespective of my memory failure, be told that NeonGecko is happy to have me on the team, and that I am truly making things happen

1237PM: Exit parking garage after circling down 10 half-levels, 5A - 1
1238PM: Immediately take a wrong turn and delay arrival at REI by ten minutes
0100PM: Park at REI: Labor Day Sale!
0115PM: Select hiking boots
0116PM: Run into Carlyn, sister of Harper, friend from Paganello
0125PM: Select ridiculous sale price t-shirt, short-sleeve button-down, adventure pants, hiking socks
0154PM: Select new backpack and hydration system
0201PM: Select Timbuk2 laptop shoulder bag
0206PM: Clutch frantically at Clif Bars and Shot Bloks and Cytomax drink mix
0214PM: Purchase items
0218PM: Exit REI garage

0232PM: Arrive home to pack
0247PM: Pack
0259PM: Pack some more
0309PM: Call Liz Kassoff to tell her that I will be ready in ten minutes
0318PM: Finish packing
0318PM: Realize that I need to meet for business in Massachusetts and that I have not packed those clothes
0320PM: Finish packing, no, seriously
0321PM: Leave house by means of Liz Kassoff's generous transportation

0359PM: Arrive at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
0410PM: Check bag and receive boarding pass
0420PM: Complete security checkpoint
0424PM: Eat with fork poorly constructed burrito at table with nice guy from Iowa
0436PM: Purchase $1.29 gum with credit card
0450PM: Board plane to Phoenix
0515PM: Take off

0643PM: Zoom!

0754PM: Arrive in Phoenix
0801PM: Gather belongings to deplane
0802PM: Deplane
0807PM: Realize about a seven miles from the terminal that I left my brown VC Lei-Out trucker hat on the plane
0812PM: Retrieve hat
0823PM: Arrive at terminal for flight to Boston
0827PM: Discover Phoenix airport free wireless connection
0828PM: Discover Jill Hoyle, HWRHS '01 and CMC '05, sitting across from me, waiting for same flight to Boston
0833PM: Chat

0907PM: Publish blog post