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[New year's day]
The first day of 2006. I was still a bit tired from the trip to Kansas so I
woke up around 9:00AM. Took a walk before noon, stayed at home to do some
loads of laundry. I need to get back to work tomorrow so I'd better get a
good rest. I heard thunder roaring over the night. |
| 1/2 |
First day at work. The alarm clock did not go
off as hoped, so I ended up going to work 15 minutes late, without a morning
walk. Stayed at office today to work on past year's stuffs. Had lunch at
home and went back to work for the afternoon. Rain started to fall around
3:00PM, and was sometimes hard. I heard there is a big grass fire in OK and
TX, as well as flood in northern CA. What a year to start with... Came home
around 6:00PM since I don't have to stay there too long. |
| 1/3 |
Waking up almost too late. Took shower and
headed to work but still managed to stop by the apartment office to drop off
payment and also mailing out an envelope. I had to visit the client for the
first time of the year, stayed there until 5:00PM. The car my coworker drove
start behaving funny as we drive back to Indianapolis. The car could not go
any faster than 60mph. I think it must be taken to garage tomorrow. Came
back to my home last night since I had to take care of company issues. Going
to bed whenever I could. |
| 1/4 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, tried to go for a walk
but still raining. I had to give up. Arrived at work almost on time
(finally), and went to a Saturn dealer to drop off my coworker's car which
had a broken catalyst converter. Had lunch at Bub's Burger which I always
see it by the trail but never been to. The rumor is true... They have a ONE
POUND BURGER! (after cook) but neither my coworker or I tried. Maybe
someday. Had so much of talk over the phone, man. Stayed at office until
6:00PM. I stayed too long yesterday so I think I am just going to take it
easy. Going to bed on time. |
| 1/5 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, but fell back into sleep
and finally got out of the bed around 7:00AM. Went to work, took my coworker
to a Saturn dealer to pick up his car. It runs a lot better now. Spent whole
day at client's place and came back around 8:30PM. Went to bed around
10:00PM. A bit of rain or snow over the day. The tomorrow to be a bit colder
than today. |
| 1/6 |
The last working day for this week. It's been a
long week since the work started from 2nd, and I am quite tired. I took a
short walk before heading to work. I still need to visit client and stay
there until 6:00PM. Came back to office and headed to straight to home. I
went to bed early today. |
| 1/7 |
Woke up around 8:00AM. Went for Grocery shopping
and also fueled my car. My car has funny exhaust sound since the last big
snow and worried that affected the fuel efficiency but I guess it wasn't. I
still need to have mechanic look at it since I cannot accelerate quick as
used to. Went to Burger King to buy lunch, spent afternoon at home, did a
bit of cleaning but broke a plastic brackets for a window blind. I knew it
will be broken someday but not by just raising the blind! Stayed up late to
call my parents in Japan. Went to bed before mid night. |
| 1/8 |
[USPS increased first class stamp price to
39cents from 37cents]
Woke up around 8:00AM, took a look at my energy bill online and found out my
heating bill last month was around $80! My, I must have used pretty often.
Went to for a walk in the morning, came back, had lunch and headed to
Castleton mall for the first time in a while. Bought left over stuff from
holidays. Also went to Fry's Electronics to buy stuff for work. I think I
spent enough for today. Came home prepared for dinner, going to bed on time. |
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| 1/9 |
Woke up in the night maybe because I turned off
the heater before going to bed. Then I could not sleep well after that. Got
out of the bed around 7:00AM. Went to work and drove to client's location.
Stayed there whole day. Had lunch at Mexican restaurant. Came back to office
around 7:00PM and stayed there until finishing the meeting. |
| 1/10 |
Woke up on time at 6:00AM, took a morning walk
then headed to work. I was going to stay there but ended up visiting a
client. Came home after 11:00PM. I don't know how I am going to survive the
week! My car consumed very much all the gas in the tank after driving
300miles on highway. I thought it was related to the exhaust problem so I
decided to take the car up to a garage tomorrow. |
| 1/11 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, I took my car to garage then
got a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix for the transportation for this week. The car
had a quite nice sound system. I later found the car matches with heavy
metal and other traditional rock music. My opinion is that Pontiac wants to
sell Grand Prix to male drivers while G6 is for female. I am pretty sure my
bet is right. Came back to home around 10:00PM again. I am going to get sick
if I don't stop working like this! |
| 1/12 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, stretched my body, had
breakfast and took a walk before heading. Reported to work then headed to
visit client. Had pizza for lunch (it's been a while) and stayed there until
6:00PM. I had a evening meeting so I came home around 10:00PM |
| 1/13 |
Woke up a bit before 6:00AM. I heard sound of
rain so I guess it's going to be a rainy whole day. Drove to office then
headed out to visit client. Stayed there very much whole day but since I had
to return the rental car, I came back to Indianapolis around 5:50PM, the
highway was still busy and had to drive with care due to the evening
rush hour, inclement weather, and darkness. Got my car back and glad to know
that it runs so well. Came home but had to catch up with my work so I stayed
up until 11:00PM. Going to bed finally... |
| 1/14 |
Woke up around 8:30AM, realized there aren't
much time left before the haircut appointment, I jumped out from the bed and
took a quick shower. The weather was not so bad as the forecast reported
yesterday, it was cloudy and much sunlight and had less wind than predicted
40mph. Relaxed whole day to recover from the busy work over the weekdays.
Stayed up late working my stuffs so I went to bed after 12:30. |
| 1/15 |
[A capsule from Stardust spacecraft safely
landed in Utah ]
Woke up around 8:00AM. Took a walk after eating breakfast. It was a bit cold
since the temperature in the morning was around 26 degrees. Colts played
against Steelers and lost the game. I enjoyed shopping at a mall with not
many people at the time. Spent very much most of the day at home working on
a project. Going to bed on time. |
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| 1/16 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, took a walk in the
morning then headed to work. Worked whole day but ended up getting called to
report to the head company in Detroit. I got a 2006 Toyota Corolla from
Hertz and headed out around 5:00PM, the weather was not that good so I had
hard time seeing distance but arrived at hotel around 9:45PM, went to bed
straight. |
| 1/17 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, worked out at a gym in the
hotel for a while. Reported to work on time and had meeting whole morning,
had to eat quick to I ran up to McDonald's nearby to get meals for four in a
rain. Had meeting with customer in the afternoon, did wrap up,
teleconference in the evening. Been to my boss' place for dinner, back to
hotel around midnight and went to bed. |
| 1/18 |
Woke up around 7:00AM, stretched my body. I don't need to be at work in the
morning so I drove to downtown Detroit for
NAIAS (North American
International Auto Show). Stayed there until 12:00PM and reported to the
office. Stayed there for a couple of hours and started to drive back to
Indiana in the rain. Had dinner at Arby's and come home around 9:30PM. Went
to bed.
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| 1/19 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, stretched my body. It
must have been rain overnight and also sometimes of the day. I had to drive
back to Indy before 5:30PM to return a rental car. Had teleconference in the
evening. |
| 1/20 |
The last working day for the week. Had to drive
my car for client visit. Stayed until 9:00PM. I had lunch at a restaurant
nearby, and dinner from DQ. Going to bed around 11:00PM. Tired. |
| 1/21 |
I woke up around 7:00AM, stretched my body and
relaxed. Been to Perfect North Slopes
with two other coworkers in the afternoon. I have not done skiing for more
than 10 years but was able to take on so called advanced intermediate
courses without a hitch. However, it was too hard to ski at advanced level,
so fell many times and call it enough around 6:30PM. Drove to Shelbyville,
IN for dinner. We ate at Santa Fe Cattle Co. The food was quite good. Had a
very good time today and came home almost half sleep around 12:30am. I will
need to go back there sometimes! |
| 1/22 |
Woke up with headache, muscle ache and some
other physical pains around 8:00AM. Decided to update my page. Prepared for
work next week and headed to a hotel nearby client's place in the evening. |
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| 1/23 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, went for a walk in the
morning and reported at work. Visited client and worked whole day, came back
to my apartment in the late evening |
| 1/24 |
Woke up around 7:00AM, drove to visit client and
stayed there whole day for a meeting. Came back to office in the evening. I
think it is going to be like this whole week... |
| 1/25 |
Woke up around 6:00AM, stretched my body and
headed to work, joined project team to tackle on issues. Worked until late
night then headed to a local pizza place with coworkers and dined until
11:00PM. I stayed at hotel. |
| 1/26 |
Woke up around 7:00AM. It is nice to stay at
hotel because I don't have to drive a lot to visit client. Worked whole day
again until late night so I stayed at hotel. |
| 1/27 |
Woke up around 7:00AM, worked whole day but I
did not have to stay too long. Drove back to Indianapolis with
my coworker's car. Had a Japanese dinner with other coworkers. Stayed there
until 11:00PM. Went to bed right after I came back to my home. |
| 1/28 |
[20th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger
accident]
I woke up around 7:00AM, had to go work around 10:00AM to visit client's
place. Spent whole day at the office. Had a Turkey sandwich for lunch and
went to Santa Fe restaurant like last week for dinner. Came back to the
apartment around 10:00PM. Talked with my dad over the phone. Went to bed
around midnight. |
| 1/29 |
Woke up around 6:30AM, the outside was quite
noisy due to the storm over night. It stopped few times during the day and I
was able to take a walk. Did some cleaning and laundry, packed up and left
to visit client's office tomorrow. |
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| 1/30 |
Woke up at 6:00AM at hotel. Stretched my body
and stepped outside for a walk. I spent whole day taking care of the project
and stayed at office until 9:30PM. Had lunch at a china buffet and dinner at
McDonald's. Came back to hotel and went to bed |
| 1/31 |
Woke up at 6:00AM again, took a longer walk than
the last time but it was colder in the morning. Spent another whole day at
office. Had lunch at a Mexican food restaurant. Drove back to Indianapolis
in the evening, and had dinner with coworkers at a Japanese food restaurant.
It's the end of the month already... |