Working for the weekend
Sep. 18th, 2005 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqI got hit with a rush project and a very short deadline on Friday. That is, I have to run all the jobs and compile the figures we need before Monday afternoon. Since I can't slow down time, it necessitated that I come in on Saturday or Sunday to get some of the figures squared (or rounded) away. I don't entirely mind - it's nice working here on the weekend because I have the office to myself. Casual dress, no interruptions... maybe I should change myself to a Sun - Thu schedule.
On the way here I swung by Home Depot to pick up a nut for our lawn mower. I felt a bit silly handing a 3/8" nut to the girl at the till (for a grand total of $.15 after tax), but it will be nice to get our lawn mower working again. Given that I had already driven far out of my way en route to the office, I decided that I may as well make one more detour to that Asian market where I bought those interesting beverages a few weeks back. They no longer carried that delicious Milk Tea that I bought last time, but they were carrying the same product by Lipton. It claims to be "Rich & Smooth", but I will see if that can stand up to the "Extra Thick" tea I bought the last time.
I also picked up a box of instant ginger tea. The ingredients on the box are listed (verbatim) as, "Ginger and Rock Sugar". That's it. Not too much you can do wrong with only two ingredients, eh?
If you like ginger, then you'd probably love this tea. It's exquisitely good. Maybe "Rock Sugar" is a codeword for "Crack Cocaine", because I'm already twitching at the thought of making another cup.
On the way here I swung by Home Depot to pick up a nut for our lawn mower. I felt a bit silly handing a 3/8" nut to the girl at the till (for a grand total of $.15 after tax), but it will be nice to get our lawn mower working again. Given that I had already driven far out of my way en route to the office, I decided that I may as well make one more detour to that Asian market where I bought those interesting beverages a few weeks back. They no longer carried that delicious Milk Tea that I bought last time, but they were carrying the same product by Lipton. It claims to be "Rich & Smooth", but I will see if that can stand up to the "Extra Thick" tea I bought the last time.
I also picked up a box of instant ginger tea. The ingredients on the box are listed (verbatim) as, "Ginger and Rock Sugar". That's it. Not too much you can do wrong with only two ingredients, eh?
If you like ginger, then you'd probably love this tea. It's exquisitely good. Maybe "Rock Sugar" is a codeword for "Crack Cocaine", because I'm already twitching at the thought of making another cup.
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Date: 2005-09-18 10:20 pm (UTC)Ever tried Vanilla tea?
(Twinnings have one)
Something else you probably don't want to taste is an ice-tea I tasted this summer...
Green tea with Lemon and Pear.
I bought 3liters of the stuff on a VERY hot day and I had a long drive in front of me...
(Ice-tea in the shop's fridge on sale... on a HOT day... That SHOULD have warned me)
Casual dress?
You mean, you have to suit up, and even(urgh) wear a tie?
I guess my job can't be that bad anyway, since I don't have to wear a monkey-suit.
I only wear a tie at funerals, weddings and the Opera...
(The last time I used a tie 'regularly' was waaaaaay back when I was in the RNoAF, and then only when we wore parade uniform)