First day I missed writing, but I had a good reason…

I’ve been very good at keeping up my writing in OD2.  Un until last night I hadn’t missed a single night.  Even the night I was just too exhausted, I left my electronic mark for the day.

Last night, I went out with my friend from high school; this was the second time I’ve seen her in about a week.  We went to my favourite restaurant which is this fantastic little French Cafe.  As soon as you walk in, you’re transported to Nice France.  We ate, laughed, shared muscles and cheese and something I pretended to like, I still don’t know what it was.

As the evening went on, the owner/chef came over wanting an introduction to the beautiful woman I was with.  He mentioned that “She’s a keeper,” to which I felt my cheeks go red.  Neither one of us corrected him. We also made new memories and didn’t talk about high school once, as we agreed to if we ever saw each other again.

We got back to my place around 11:30 p.m. and she was in no condition to drive, so we decided to watch Casablanca.  Before Rick hid the letters of transit, we were no longer paying attention to the movie.

At one point during the night, I woke up and felt so content laying there with her wrapped in my arms.  We both woke up early; for me anyway, and got out of bed a while later.  While we were getting ready this morning, she kept asking me to go to Morocco with her.  It was so hard to say no.  It’s a beautiful country, and well I’d be with her.

Sadly, I just can’t right now.  Sometimes my dying cat feels like a burden.  Then I look into her huge eyes that just look so sad and all I feel is love.

It was hard seeing her go this morning, and I keep expecting for her to walk back in the door.  Since she first came to visit everything just felt right.  In three weeks it’s a new year, I know what my wish is.

Today was fun and frustrating. We agreed to the terms of my employment.  My job will be just to think and create, see and make the future happen.

As the companies Futurist; I would report directly to the CEO and be on the same level. Plus, I don’t have any direct reports or divisions to manage.  I am being given free rein to do whatever I want.

Starting salary is $270,000 per year, plus a further $200,000 minimum for stuff I need for my office per year.  I also get an unlimited cultural clothing allowance. Being a co-founder, I think this is a pretty good start.

I spent five hours trying to install two lights.  Neither one fits where they were initially going to go.  Even after switching them, I had to Macgyver them both.  One light took nearly two hours to just screw in two screws.

The box was well above the ceiling, and the screws which were supposed to hold the light in place were just a couple millimetres too short.  Using some old bracketing from the chandelier I took down, I was able to create a new bridge and hung two screws downward.  The problem was because they were so loose it was nearly impossible to get the washer and nut attached.

Other than those three things, it’s been a quiet day.   My mom’s husband hasn’t sync his Fitbit in more than a day.  He’s my biggest competition, and I can count on him getting 20,000 steps a day.  Because of my long light install, I had to make up the steps tonight.  Now I’m exhausted.  But I finished the week with 101,000 plus.