Thursday

My work calendar was fairly light for this day compared to the last two but that didn’t stop me from waking up early and having a short stack of Eggos again. The expedited breakfast routine means that I hit the ground running for work. Both in terms of timing and also being cranked up on sugar. I doubt it’s better than coffee, maybe more sustainable. I had a couple open hours to tackle lingering issues and push for answers to question I wasn’t able to fulfill. I hate having to my destiny in the hands of others. I’ve been let down too many times in the past. There is a lot of it in this job, high stakes items that are handled by others while you act as the face to the customer. It’s no fun when it doesn’t go well. I think a few of those, the lockdown and general frustration have started to wear on me. I’ve finding myself in a negative state of mind more and more. My colleagues seem to be heading down the same road and I don’t like the interactions that are happening with some. I don’t know how to steer them back. Because that is a theme across the organization we were asked to participate in a survey to take the pulse on morale. I filled mine out before lunch and found myself worked up by the end. I hope they listen and it helps identify where the problems are and we can work on solutions. The rest of the morning was spent in virtual meetings. Lunch happened at half twelve and was soup and paninis again. It’s more food than I should have at lunch but it’s really quick to make and my tummy likes it. The afternoon was spent reviewing results with some field folks. After we got through that we caught up in general and eventually things turned to US politics and I bowed out of the conversation. I could lament but wasn’t in the mood. Instead I called my banker and shared my plan for short term investments. I spread some savings around with him. Some went on my mortgage to knock the principle back and save myself a bundle in interest. Some went into my RRSP to make sure I don’t owe tax for 2020 and some went into my Tax Free Savings Accound (TFSA) in the form of investments into different mutual funds. He’d chided me previously that my money could be working harder for me. I also expressed my adversity to risk and we settled on something in the middle. I guess we’ll see how this plays out. I gave him some for that and scheduled another chunk to go in there in thirty days. Hopefully that helps my reserves rebound slightly after I make some planned purchases this weekend. I did some more work and cleared some more emails before shutting down shortly after five. I wasn’t in the mood to cook so I threw a half a sack of fries in the air fryer. These were the same fries I’d originally tried. Turns out they are Cavendish brand, not McCain’s. They were spectacular. I ate them at a furious pace. The white you see in the photo below is some three cheese ranch dressing to enhance their flavour. It was very good. I’ve also included a flower from the morning glory I’ve nursed back to health on my kitchen table. I did that because I thought it looked beautiful. After dinner I played some NHL20, watched some YouTube and listened to a podcast before an early bedtime, just ahead of ten.