Beverage: Starbucks venti skinny vanilla latte
Toast: well done is better than well said.
Occasionally, I will swing through Starbucks on the way to work. I haven't really mastered all of the Starbucks menu options yet. To be honest, I'm not really sure how many of the words are pronounced. So, I tend to order things I know how to say and that don't lead to additional questions.
On different occasions I'll branch out, but the drive through has enough problems without misunderstandings because I said mochiatto wrong over the loudspeaker.
Well, this particular breakfast combination; sludgy coffee and a microwave sandwich costs the tricky price of $8.01. This of course is irritating because they never comp me the penny and I end up putting the .99 in the tip thing. So it's really a nine dollar breakfast.
You can see why I don't do this very often.
My mornings are generally pretty pleasant by the time I get to work. The crew isn't there yet so I get a little peace and quiet. Its a good time to do real work instead of reacting to things and people. Unless there is a crisis. Like there was on Monday. Then being the only one there works against me.
But this particular latte drink was peaceful. I worked on a problem. Part of it involved automation. I'm teaching myself some scripting here and there. You can see the code windowing the background. I'm not very good at it because I don't have the fundamentals. I can often make it do what I want by putting things together and trying different things. It's really satisfying when it works, but mostly it doesn't.
So this morning I made the decision to switch from coding to writing requirements. I couldn't write the tool I needed, but I could write the process and set the requirements for someone else to make the tool.
Lately work has been a lot about uncertainty and puzzles I can't solve. Merger and other changes have created a tense, unknown situation. It's tiring to be in an undecided state. I cant focus on that, i need to get things done. So this morning I wrote requirements and moved forward and sipped my nine dollar breakfast. And it was fine.
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