On the Work Day

Today felt unproductive.

At the end of the day it wasn’t that bad. I actually accomplished a lot. It just felt bad.

Where I worked last week — well, that room had been gutted for a remodel over the weekend. So, it took some time to find a new place to plant the team.

And then the team itself. Well, I was the only one to show up today.

And then there was the problem with getting my new computer configured so I could do the things that needed to be done. That took a while.

So, the morning was a mild wreck, made only slightly more unnerving by the bad case of deja vu I suffered.

I spent the morning redoing some things I’d done last week — though what I’d done was correct, the company wanted it redone with new data. I think it took longer to redo the procedure with the new data than it did to enter the data in the first place.

The afternoon, though, I’d found a rhythm, and things went smoothly.

I drove home a different way this evening. Rather than south and through the tunnel, I went north and through Towson on the Beltway. It’s slightly longer — about a five mile difference — but it took about fifteen minutes less. And no tolls. Always a plus, that.

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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