I Dream of a Flood

Let me start with the dream. Last night I dreamed of a flood.  I dreamed that I was walking down a city street when I got caught in rapidly rising flood waters.  They swept me off my feet and carried me down the flooded street (tip - if you ever get caught in fast moving water, adjust your body so your feet are leading the way downstream), then into a deeper flow of water. Once I was in the deeper flow of water, I was able to swim free (swim with the current, at an angle toward the shore). When I was on the shore I helped pull over people out of the water as they went by.  Some of the people lived in a nearby building and offered me a place to come and warm up, but I decided to keep going on my original journey.  It was an interesting and vivid dream.

Last night, I went to be early, about 7:00 PM. I'm not sure why. Maybe allergies. Maybe tired. Maybe even a bit of just general depression. Whatever the cause, I crawled into bed with Odd Apocalypse, read for a bit, then fell asleep early.  I woke up about two in the morning, dreaming of work. (I keep insisting that I need a charge number from work for my dreams). I finished reading Odd Apocalypse - excellent addition to the Odd Thomas series.  I won't say much more, since I don't want to accidentally let any spoilers slip, but I always jokingly tell my friends that I want to be Odd Thomas when I grow up.

Then, up and off to the office.  It was a day of meetings, but they were actually pretty productive for a change. The day passed quickly enough and then I slipped home for the evening.  Tonight I watched SYTYCD (the dance to "Bang Bang, She Shot Me Down" was outstanding), and now I am sliding into the evening with a bit of writing and a bit of reflection. I think I may make a family call or two tonight.

Lunch at the Del Monte

A quiet evening here.  I had a great lunch at the Del Monte Restaurant on Murphy in Sunnyvale - the pictured chicken parmigiana in the entry below.  I've been there to lunch twice and both times the food was outstanding. I spent most of the day at work doing deep research, which provided me with some insights that I will be able to fold into the project I am working on.  I will do some additional deep research this weekend as well.

T.R. is back in Charleston, having traveled most of the day, so I am excited for her.  Her relocation to Charleston is the culmination of a long dream, a dream she has had as long as I've known her, so that is just pretty cool.

I spent the evening watching four episodes of the third season of Deadwood and I will probably finish it off over the weekend.  I also made sure that all the patches and updates were applied to my laptop, so that was a pretty time consuming processing.  In a short while I am going to slip off to bed and wind the night down reading some more of "Odd Apocalypse".  All in all it was a good Friday. I'm looking forward to the weekend.

Ending With Odd Apocalypse

It was a pretty good day. I spent most of it just wandering in the summer sun, walking and enjoying nature.  Though, I might have an internal debate on the wisdom of walking a lot on a day when it was sunny and 85, it was still a very enjoyable day.  I am going to wrap it up shortly and spend the evening reading Koontz's "Odd Apocalypse".  Ahhhh, what a way to end the day.

Beautiful Summer Evening Unfolding

We're deep in the re-planning and re-scheduling phase at work. Today was basically seven meetings, all marginally interrelated. Progress was made, both toward the goal and toward the clarity that the project needs. I have my fingers crossed that we are going to pull something a bit more civilized out of it.

It has been one beautiful summer day after another here. I am especially fond of the mornings.  I woke this morning to the calls of wild geese in the hour before dawn.  I slipped out of bed and stood at the open window and watched them winging through the sky.  From there trajectory I think they were circling to land at Starbird Park about a half mile away.  The scent of dawn, a soft breeze, the call of geese - beauty unfolded within beauty.

Dinner tonight was chicken and coleslaw, a good choice on a warm summer eve.  I spend most of the evening watching a part of guilty pleasures off the DVR - "Haunted Highway" and "Destination Truth", both from the SyFy channel.  I love it when the casts manage to scare themselves silly.

I am not sure what I am going to do tonight - I am deep in reading Orson Scott Card's new novel - "Earth Unaware (Formic Wars)".  I am about halfway through and it is quite enjoyable. I have Dean Koontz' "Odd Apocalypse" stacked up after it.  Good reading all in all. I love this time of year.