I had a pretty productive morning and then I slammed into the wall here at work. I am torn right now between the need to refocus and the need to just give up and take a nap! I thought I would pivot over here and write for a bit hoping it increases the blood flow to my brain.
I think it's wrapped in the nature of what I do that it's equal parts rewarding and frustrating. When the frustrating part starts to win that is when I slip into a fugue state where I am working, but I don't feel like I am making any progress. It feels like I'm moving but not going anywhere. That is the spot I find myself in right now, so I am hoping thinking about something other than work will kick-start the brain and let me steal a productive afternoon back.
I just noticed that it has been almost a week since I've written out here so I thought I would play a little bit of catch-up. I had a good weekend all in all. I only did a little bit of work on Friday morning, mostly watching email, before I slipped into the three day weekend.
Three high points pop out at me as I'm sitting here and looking backward. I spent about two and a half hours on the phone with my friend James in Oregon on Saturday night. That was a good conversation and long overdue. We talked about dang near everything, LOL, but mostly around our shared love of fantasy and science fiction in all it's various pop culture forms.
Earlier on Saturday I went out and saw "The Lost City of Z". That was an excellent movie. It was fairly long, but you didn't really know it. It starred Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattison and it's based on the true story of based on the life and disappearance of the English explorer Percy Fawcett. He was exploring the Amazon and attempting to find a lost city. He didn't - or if he did he died before he could come back and report it. I had read the book and enjoyed it, so I was primed for the movie when it came out and the film definitely lived up to my expectations.
Then, on Sunday, I saw "Split", the James McAvoy and M. Night Shyamalan film. I got to say, definitely a recommended movie. A worthy addition to both men's filmography. I won't tell you too much about the film because I think with Shyamalan's films you have to see them to appreciate them or understand them and all the discussions about them often set your expectations off. However, in this one, he delivers and I absolutely loved the ending scenes! I am all in for the sequel.
Monday and Tuesday it was a pair of very full days. I worked and, well, work was work. Then in the evenings I went over to my friend Bob's house. On Monday I was there awaiting the delivery of a power chair I had ordered for him - which didn't show up, so he and I sat around and watched a pair of older movies. The chair finally arrived on Tuesday, so I popped back over to help him set it up, but they had already managed to get it squared away by the time I got there. I am told that assembly was pretty straight-forward. So, I spent most of the evening visiting with him anyway, then headed home.
Tonight, I am planning on no going anywhere. I am due for a quiet night at home and that is the plan for the night. Well, this helped and I feel like I've got the blood flowing back through my brain, so I am going to take a short walk and then pivot back to the work computer and dive into the 50+ email I've got waiting for me there. Wish me luck!
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