(no subject)
Apr. 28th, 2013 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynToday is a gorgeous, sunny day of warm weather. Any window I look out has a fantastic view.
I have an appointment I have to deal with at one and some server stuff at work to deal with after that. I think I may just sack out inside until the one o'clock and then do the server stuff (it involves moving virtual machine to a new blade and making sure they come up normally and function properly, because we badly need them to run on better hardware, and the copy process takes an hour or more at a time) from home, because as lovely as it is, today I just don't feel like doing much of anything. Even biking, which I love.
Some days are like that. Especially when you realize, looking back at the year so far, that aside from a work-from-home day to take the cat to the vet, and the lock-down-the-office day of the Boston Marathon suspects manhunt, I haven't taken any days off yet this year. Holidays, weekends, yes, but those are on the schedule- I haven't taken any vacation days or sick days.
So- handle the appointment, start moving the servers around, do as close to nothing as possible. Grocery shopping can happen during the week, as can cleaning the house, etc.
I know there are only so many gorgeous days in a year and that one day there will be a last perfect day* and they shouldn't be wasted, but I really need to just say "Nope. I've handled the things that I absolutely had to and now that's it, thank you."
*Possibly the single most important thing Carl Sagan ever said when it came to affecting my world view. I watched Cosmos when I was six, and as much as everything else about it impressed me too, it was that line at the start of his description of the eventual stellar death of the Sun that hit me hardest: one day, there will be a last perfect day.
I have an appointment I have to deal with at one and some server stuff at work to deal with after that. I think I may just sack out inside until the one o'clock and then do the server stuff (it involves moving virtual machine to a new blade and making sure they come up normally and function properly, because we badly need them to run on better hardware, and the copy process takes an hour or more at a time) from home, because as lovely as it is, today I just don't feel like doing much of anything. Even biking, which I love.
Some days are like that. Especially when you realize, looking back at the year so far, that aside from a work-from-home day to take the cat to the vet, and the lock-down-the-office day of the Boston Marathon suspects manhunt, I haven't taken any days off yet this year. Holidays, weekends, yes, but those are on the schedule- I haven't taken any vacation days or sick days.
So- handle the appointment, start moving the servers around, do as close to nothing as possible. Grocery shopping can happen during the week, as can cleaning the house, etc.
I know there are only so many gorgeous days in a year and that one day there will be a last perfect day* and they shouldn't be wasted, but I really need to just say "Nope. I've handled the things that I absolutely had to and now that's it, thank you."
*Possibly the single most important thing Carl Sagan ever said when it came to affecting my world view. I watched Cosmos when I was six, and as much as everything else about it impressed me too, it was that line at the start of his description of the eventual stellar death of the Sun that hit me hardest: one day, there will be a last perfect day.
no subject
Date: 2013-04-28 07:57 pm (UTC)