"A Day in the Life of Jon"
-- 10:20 AM --
Alarm (radio) blares throughout my bedroom. I roll over in bed wishing it had not. Another hour of sleep would have been wonderful. I've only slept for seven.
-- 11:00 AM --
I finally decide to get out of bed after laying there listening to my favorite country radio station and planning out my day. Good music. But, as much as staying in bed might interest me, I do have things to do today.
-- 11:07 AM --
Shower (Ahhh, yes, warm water!). Get dressed for work -- slacks and a dress shirt. Check the mail. Find brief distractions based upon plans for the day.
-- 11:43 AM --
Start walking to work. Fifteen minute walk. Beautiful day.
-- 12:02 PM --
Arrive at work. Sit down to start proof-reading calendar copy for three folders full of 2005 religious church copy information. Pull out my headphones, adjust them on my head to allow me to hear both the office, as well as my favorite country radio station. Occassionally munch on some Hershey's chocolate. Sip ice water.
-- 2:13 PM --
Complete the proof-reading for the day. Munch the last of of my chocolate. Once again refill my plastic cup from the office water cooler. Grab the next project for the day -- a number of incomplete calendar files. Begin calling the appropriate clients on the telephone and remind them that we have not yet recieved the final proofed copy from them. Occasionally fax select clients the copy after they say they can't find the copy we sent them back in June.
-- 4:00 PM --
The workday is finished. Wrap up the day's projects. Accept a gracious 10-block ride from a co-worker. Arrive home twenty minutes sooner than usual.
-- 4:11 PM --
Change into something more casual than slacks and a dress shirt. Check email. Answer email. Get up-to-date on the days affairs. Get periodically distracted.
-- 6:23 PM --
My roomate, Scott, returns from his day of work. I remember that there were a few projects I promised to complete after I returned from work. I endeavor to do those projects.
-- 7:07 PM --
Decide to walk down to the local grocery store. Buy stamps. Buy get-well card for my landlord who recently had surgury. Splurge, buy pringles. Walk 10-minutes home.
-- 7:57 PM --
Arrive back at my apartment. Offer to make dinner for Scott and myself. He agrees. Make personal-recipe chicken/chedder melt sandwiches. Reign in the drool.
-- 8:02 PM --
Turn on the television. See that "Smallville" is on. I haven't watched that show in nearly two seasons. I enjoy dinner as I watch the rest of the episode.
-- 9:00 PM --
Watch the first ten minutes of the local 9PM news. Nothing to impressive happened today. I turn of off, and return to my computer. Check email.
-- 9:20 PM --
Feel tired. Decide to take a nap.
-- 10:36 PM --
Awakened at the news that Scott's sister (Diana) is finally arriving shortly. We had made plans to host her overnight on the couch after she got done with work in our part of town. She didn't want to have to bus back to her part of town an hour away, only to return this way again tomorrow morning.
-- 11:00 PM --
Scott announces that he's going to bed. Talks with his girlfriend on the phone before going to bed. Shortly thereafter Diana arrives. She and I chat for an hour, while she offers me some baked goods left over from her day at work. She works at a local coffee shop, and has the option of taking home some of the unsold items at the end of the day. We laugh. We talk. I ponder what a wonderful friend she is.
-- 12:11 AM --
I leave Diana to get some sleep. I return to my computer. Check a few projects, do a little writing, and then begin writing this weblog post.
-- 2:30 AM --
Complete weblog post. Upload it. Ponder the kind of comments this particular post will recieve. Decide to make a point of checking tomorrow. Head to bed.
posted by Jon at 2:32 AM I I
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