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Apr. 9th, 2018 07:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesI did in fact detect shenanigans. I am one of the 12 Harvard Heroes from the medical area, in consequence of which I got a potted orchid and lunch and 10 tickets to the reception in June to be given to friends and family. I don't think I have 10 friends and family who would want to come, though.
Anyway, this is apparently a Big Deal, and this morning I went into my work email despite being on vacation, just to see if anyone from Cambridge would actually tell me I had won, or if they left it up to my very sneaky office. What I did find was an email that said they want to take my picture. It was 10:15 or so when I read the email, and I had a 10:00 - noon window.
Panic ensued because I'm on vacation so I hadn't done laundry yet, and what the hell was I going to wear to have my picture taken in? Sorted that out, brushed hair, looked up the bus schedule and discovered one at 10:30, pelted out the door at 10:26 and got stopped by Mario who wanted to complain about the weather. Put him off, politely, dashed off up the street, and missed the bus by about 45 seconds. Proceeded to follow it most of the way to Comm Ave before it got unstuck from traffic and turned uncatchable.
Decided OK, I'll take the train to the 66. Headed off for the train and saw two in a row amble through the Washington St/Comm Ave intersection. That usually means the next one will come in half an hour. ARGH.
Decided OK, I'll walk down to Washington Square and take the train to Coolidge Corner and maybe catch the 66 there. Emailed work to say I was coming. Missed the train at Washington Square by two minutes. ARGH again. Fortunately another one came along about five minutes later, and then I walked from Coolidge Corner to work. Got there ten minutes before I said I would, looked around the REB lobby and didn't find anybody, read the email again, and they want to take my picture tomorrow, not today. ARGH some more.
Right, says I, as long as I'm here I'll take the M2 to Harvard Square and walk to Porter for more embroidery floss. At least that worked. Walked back again and hauled LizO out of the Museum of Hysterical Instruments and we went to lunch at Pokeworks. Which was an excellent idea. Then I went to Newbury Comics and failed to buy The Last Jedi, which means I'll have to go to Target while I'm in the neighborhood tomorrow and look for it there.
Came home, did laundry so I can stop panicking about having nothing to wear tomorrow, and am now planning to get to work tomorrow at a more leisurely pace and bring a hairbrush with me this time. I looked rather like a Hysterical Instrument myself by the time I got to work and still looked like it when I got to Harvard Square. At least I got my two miles of walking today. (Rule is, if I'm going to keep eating the way I have been, I've got to walk at least two miles a day while I'm on vacation.)
RCN seems to be having cable TV and customer service line problems, but not internet problems. I didn't really need to be rotting my brain with TV tonight anyway. Maybe I'll fire up Civ 5 again and actually declare war on the Greeks this time.
Anyway, this is apparently a Big Deal, and this morning I went into my work email despite being on vacation, just to see if anyone from Cambridge would actually tell me I had won, or if they left it up to my very sneaky office. What I did find was an email that said they want to take my picture. It was 10:15 or so when I read the email, and I had a 10:00 - noon window.
Panic ensued because I'm on vacation so I hadn't done laundry yet, and what the hell was I going to wear to have my picture taken in? Sorted that out, brushed hair, looked up the bus schedule and discovered one at 10:30, pelted out the door at 10:26 and got stopped by Mario who wanted to complain about the weather. Put him off, politely, dashed off up the street, and missed the bus by about 45 seconds. Proceeded to follow it most of the way to Comm Ave before it got unstuck from traffic and turned uncatchable.
Decided OK, I'll take the train to the 66. Headed off for the train and saw two in a row amble through the Washington St/Comm Ave intersection. That usually means the next one will come in half an hour. ARGH.
Decided OK, I'll walk down to Washington Square and take the train to Coolidge Corner and maybe catch the 66 there. Emailed work to say I was coming. Missed the train at Washington Square by two minutes. ARGH again. Fortunately another one came along about five minutes later, and then I walked from Coolidge Corner to work. Got there ten minutes before I said I would, looked around the REB lobby and didn't find anybody, read the email again, and they want to take my picture tomorrow, not today. ARGH some more.
Right, says I, as long as I'm here I'll take the M2 to Harvard Square and walk to Porter for more embroidery floss. At least that worked. Walked back again and hauled LizO out of the Museum of Hysterical Instruments and we went to lunch at Pokeworks. Which was an excellent idea. Then I went to Newbury Comics and failed to buy The Last Jedi, which means I'll have to go to Target while I'm in the neighborhood tomorrow and look for it there.
Came home, did laundry so I can stop panicking about having nothing to wear tomorrow, and am now planning to get to work tomorrow at a more leisurely pace and bring a hairbrush with me this time. I looked rather like a Hysterical Instrument myself by the time I got to work and still looked like it when I got to Harvard Square. At least I got my two miles of walking today. (Rule is, if I'm going to keep eating the way I have been, I've got to walk at least two miles a day while I'm on vacation.)
RCN seems to be having cable TV and customer service line problems, but not internet problems. I didn't really need to be rotting my brain with TV tonight anyway. Maybe I'll fire up Civ 5 again and actually declare war on the Greeks this time.
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Date: 2018-04-10 09:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2018-04-10 02:50 pm (UTC)