Today I took part in The May Day Project, an event in which the participants were to document one day in their life--Saturday, May 10--with photographs taken throughout the day.
The thumbnails link to the full-size photos.
0050: Bed. Alex waits for me.
0744: Wakeup. The snooze alarm already has gone off three times. Yes, it's Saturday, but I have to be at work today to oversee a server move.
0814: Car. There's something in the rear passenger tire. Looks like I'll be walking to the office instead of driving over. In the rain.
0839: Office. Arriving at the Visitor's Center in order to sign in with security. The black band at the top of the photo is my umbrella.
0847: Server. These are the servers that need to be disassembled, moved to another location, reassembled and hooked back up. I'm here just to oversee the process.
0859: Breakfast. The cafeteria's not open on Saturday, and I didn't eat before I left home. The vending machine supplied the Diet Dr. Pepper and the animal crackers. Yum.
1033: Email. Sitting at my desk reading email and catching up on blogs while the contractors work on the server.
1318: To lunch. We're leaving the parking lot, heading out to go get some lunch.
1358: Lunch. Just finishing my really wonderful meal at El Paso Cafe on Pershing, just off Glebe.
1505: Leaving. I finally realized that I don't really need to be present, since there are other government employees there in the server room to supervise the contractors. Walking home in the rain, I decide to stop by the library.
1522: Library. Stacks in the Columbia Pike branch of the Arlington County library system.
1552: Home. As I open the door to my condo, Alex runs out into the hallway and rolls on the floor, as he always does.
1712: Naptime. For some reason, I'm exhausted, even though I didn't do the hard work today. I lie on the futon in the computer room and settle in for a nap. I had thought about going to see the taping this evening of This American Life, but I haven't eaten dinner, I'm tired, and I have to get up early again tomorrow.
1856: Suppertime. Well, suppertime for Alex, anyway. I open a pouch of Whiskas. Yum.
2015: Dinner. Now I'm ready to eat. A Lean Pocket, frozen corn (I've added some spices and cilantro), some grapes, and the ubiquitous Diet Dr. Pepper. Caffeine-free this time, for variety. And served in an ever-so-tasteful Max Headroom plastic cup (yes, I swear I really am a gay man, appearances to the contrary notwithstanding).
2119: Ripping. Over the past few days I've been ripping all my CDs to my hard drive in preparation for buying an MP3 player for when I walk to and from work.
2209: Blogging. I'm responding to a comment in my journal from Jeff over at Rebel Prince.
2400: Just under the wire. Midnight, the end of this day and of this May Day event, and I'm brushing my teeth.
Dropping by from the May Day site :) Love your photos.. your cat is so adorable!!
thanks for participating in the project! great to see everyone's day :)
Thom, I really liked your page, and your May Day photos. I'm working on getting mine finished as well. I have an Elven alter ego I'd love to share with you sometime. Hope you'll stop by my site sometime. jdh
Dropping in from Mayday. Looks like you had a wonderful day.