Somethin's shakin' early in the mornin'. People movin', tryin' to be free. If you listen you can hear them. Don't they sound like you and me?

Getting back to work

Heading back to the office after vacation is always difficult. Knowing that my time here is finite and going by faster than I had imagined made me feel anxious to get back to work and see my co-workers. I found that it was best to throw myself back into my normal routine right away which meant going back to the gym after two weeks off. I'm happy to report I survived parting with Shea (again!) and everything feels back to normal.

Work has picked up since I got back. I was able to set up a file share for the office on an old computer that was not in use. I also plan to use this computer as my server for the internal web application that I am writing. I hope to be done writing code within a month. Testing to follow that. I hope to start training staff on how to use the software and have them help out with the testing. So far I feel that I have been able to be very productive with my work, possibly because until this point I have not had to rely on others to get things done. I'm really hoping that the OAB will be able to dedicate time to learning how to use this software along with other computing basics. The training phase of the work will make or break my placement... if the software is never used then my placement objectives will not have been met. However, I have passed on a wealth of information outside of my goals on paper that I feel good about.

Tidbit of everyday life: laundry

Ok, some of you may or may not know that most people in India do laundry by hand... and I am one of them. So, for the last six months I have learned to soak, scrub, rinse, hang and repeat every couple of days. Never again will I complain about having to run to the basement to “throw a load in”. I now have to spend hours of my week getting my clothes, towels and sheets clean. Here's how I do it:


Supplies: bucket, soap and a scrub brush. (I happen to use 3-4 buckets and separate my colours.)


Soak clothes overnight and remove water.


Scrub clothes vigorously paying special attention to armpits, pant cuffs, etc. and rinse thoroughly.


Proceed with clothes to the roof for drying.


Roof!


Scan neighbouring balcony for the creepy guy that watches me hang my clothes. For once he is not there!


To save on clothes pins be sure to overlap adjacent items.


Wait 2-3 hours for the sun to do it's magic and then collect. Voila!

Next time you do your laundry give your washing machine a little hug for me. Let it know it is appreciated.

Song from title: Somethin's Shakin' by David Wilcox