Weekend Status Updates

My lack of ability to provide a most recent account of my activities over the period defined as the 'weekend' has never surprised me. At least in the past when I was more diligent in writing in my blog and keeping an account of what happen on a regular basis. Though I believe one reason I stopped in the past was I began to weight the time invested into it compared to the benefits. Being able to open up the blog and reflect back on messages is of course worthwhile but at times I feel talking to myself out loud yields better results. However that is a rant for another day and this entry will cover the accounts of what happened on Friday and Saturday but not in any great detail as there's many task for me to attend to today.

Friday:

As we are all familiar with Friday begins the last day of the work week which for some maybe a slow day due to anticipation while for the rest it may seem like any other day or perhaps even quicker than others. The latter in most cases is quite true for myself as there is always a multitude of activities to complete with a set time frame. Most of the day was spent testing some of the research I attended to earlier in the week. Due to the results of a meeting on Thursday I was able to determine why one workflow wasn't working properly and as such need to follow-up with the business to double check there logic. This usually takes sometime so I ended up working on another task that used up the remaining hours of the work week.

Once I returned home I watched some streams and played a good bit of Isotropic/Dominion Online. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary sense I knew the following day was going to consist of a 4 hour trip (2 hours one way and 2 hours back) to a family reunion which I wasn't looking forward.

Saturday:

Even with knowing that my body would need to be awake again at 7 am , I decided to stay up till 2 am just for the entertainment factor. Equally with a 2 hour trip I would easily be able to fall asleep in the car on the way there, at least so I thought at the time. Prior to departure I made a pit stop at Wawa to obtain gas for the week and breakfast/lunch for the trip (consisting of 2 donuts). Originally the departure time was set to 8 am but everyone didn't arrive till 8:25 but we weren't in a hurry. For a portion of the trip I spent reading some of my Network + book while the second half I spent with my sleep mask on and listening to the "The Silmarillion".

Upon arriving I looked around the area then found a nice set of 4 trees to sit down and continue reading my Network+ book. With another chapter complete I turned my MP4 player back on and continued with the "The Silmarillion" which resulted in me actually taking a quick nap which was nice. After some interval of time that I'm unable to recall I was called in for a family picture and after the photo I went back underneath the tree to continue my nap.

Its exceptional rare for me to actually take a nap but due to being out in the country it seemed much easier to relax my mind and blank out all my thoughts. At one point it was beginning to get cold which resulted in me moving to the car to continue the nap. Eventually I woke up when my sister was calling for me though for no apparent reason. At that point I was roused and didn't obtain anymore naps for the day. The rest of the afternoon I skipped acorns across the road till it was time to depart.

For the return trip my sister took a 30 minute nap while I kept my nephew entertained. He seems to be amused by the simplest of things such as smiles or shaking/rotating ones head in different directions. On the return trip we did stop by a Martin's however by the Martins there was a pizza place I hadn't seen before. Adventuring into this establishment was well worth the trip as I returned with a menu and a 'buy one get one free' coupon. For the remainder of the evening I played a game called "Heroes of Newerth" which I had not played in about a month. The reason for the absence is mainly because its a team game and without at least one friend it can be a bit difficult. This activity went on till about 3 am at which I point I went to sleep.

Sunday:

For today I plan to focus on cleaning and relaxing. I may have another updated later today. Have a great day everyone!