Monday, May 21, 2007
Morning run: 10 minutes. First day back at work in San Francisco after 10 days in Hawaii. ForecastFox says it's 46 degrees Fahrenheit outside, high predicted to be 65. It's freezing here! I'm somewhat of a weather wimp, so I wear long underwear today even though I really don't need it. Just the first day back, I think to myself. Breakfast at the cafeteria: oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins. I forget to snake some half and half before checkout so I eat it without milk of any kind—I don't mind. Passionfruit mango juice. Chatted briefly with Susie. Caught up on e-mail. Listserv maintenance. Troubleshot dead phone lines for Scott and Alyssa, submitted a problem report. Reviewed resumes. Assisted lots of students via e-mail (SC, AC, RC, KL, another KL), deflected a support request from a faculty member who is supposed to get support from a different unit, scheduled appointments for others to meet with me. Someone for ENS showed up to fix the phone lines. A few minutes after he leaves, Carol reports that her phone line is now dead. I submit another problem report. Processed audio originals (conjoin and edit) and converted to mp3. Checked in on backups—all is well. Late lunch: chicken mole special with refried beans and mild salsa and a flour tortilla from Carmelina's, raspberry iced tea—$7.10. The mole is considerably saltier than I like but otherwise tasty. Checked in with Brian W about how to upload a podcast to his new system. Posted Luquetta class action notice for Doug. Helped Joel with orientation web pages. Helped Carol with Exchange mailbox too full issues. Reviewed resumes while waiting for final draft of the 2-hour mp3 file to save. Eye doctor appointment at Urban Eyes (415-863-1818, 2253 Market Street). I got a comprehensive exam and contact lens evaluation. VSP insurance covered the eye exam but not the contact lens evaluation. I paid a $10 copay and $42.50 for the contact lens evaluation. The person who gave my exam had me try new lenses from Acuvue called Oasys. Previously I had been using Acuvue 2. Dinner at Blue with Patrick: rosemary chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli, iced tea for Patrick; meatloaf with surprise "zesty" marinara sauce and mashed potatoes, peppermint tea for me. Grocery shopping at Safevay with Patrick. Did some catching up on e-mail. Reviewed, processed, uploaded photos. Flickrd. Late tonight I notice that UCSF e-mail is down—the server is simply not accessible. Is there maintenance scheduled that I missed seeing? Patrick meets Esteban online today.