I headed to the office on this dark rainy morning. Work went well. I must have talked to the Director for 2 hours today. An agent on the team received a nice pay raise. He deserves it. All his metrics are to company expectations or higher in some areas. He just needed a little guidance to get there.

The training of the new guy is going well. I am having him install and configure his workstation to make it easier for him to do tickets quickly. When I started no one gave me this information. So, I am instructing him in all the tricks I know so he can be successful and less stressed when he starts. I think he will do good.

I got home and watched some tv and talked with the kids while my wife cooked for us. Before bed me and Tori played Uno. I won every game for the first time in many years.

 🌧️ 51°F – 38°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 Me and my son went to the mall for our morning walk. It is raining but not bad. We hunted Pokémon with his new Pokémon Go Button. The old one I have, malfunctioned, and just buzzed until the battery died. I walked the whole mall, and I noticed a dark tan coat that I wanted. It was priced okay and wanted to go home to see if I could find a better price. After arriving home, I did some research and found the same style of coat for 99 dollars at Macy’s. So, we jumped back in the car and headed back. They didn’t have a size the fit me. It was either too big or small for me. I found another one that was make out of Cashmere for a little more. It was softer and had a nice cut. It also fitted me right. I bought it with a red scarf. It looks good and the red gives it a pop of colour. For a treat we went to Round One to check out some games.

After we arrived home from the second trip to the mall, I watched Seattle beat Washington Commanders. It was a fun game to watch.

 🌧️ 52°F – 45°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 I took the kids with me for my early morning shopping at the grocery store. It was very windy and heavy rain. After getting food and fuel we headed home with the heat turned up. If we lose power the heater doesn’t work. I have propane indoor heaters incase if this happens. For the rest of the day, we stayed home and played games. I did manage to find a YouTube channel about productivity that really works for me. She uses the same tools I use and had really helpful tips. I spent time changing up my settings and using a lot of what she recommends. This should save time doing emails and scheduling. She also reminded me that you can create email templates. I used to do this for a previous job and forgot about it.
I also made an Excel spreadsheet for my yearly outlook. I need something to plan trips and major items. I am so focused on the weekly and daily tasks I don’t see my major goals and personal things I want to do.

 🌧️ 54°F – 46°F 🙂 | Seattle 

 I worked from home today. The kids had the day off and were with me. I completed what needed to be done but I didn’t push myself to do more. Anything new was pushed to Monday. I played Mario Cart with my son and then cooked dinner for the family. It is stormy outside, so we didn’t venture outside. I had the temperature turned up in case the power went out. There are two bins in the Livingroom I could have cleared out, but I choose not to. I went to bed at my normal time.

 🌧️ 50°F – 45°F 😐 | Seattle 

It was a fun day. Today is my son’s birthday. After work I took the family to get macrons and play games at the local Arcade. Afterwards we had dinner at Genko Sushi. My son loves sushi and chose it for dinner.  Once dinner was finished, we headed home and played Mario Cart until bedtime.

I really should take the family out during the week. It was fun and we had an enjoyable experience. It seems we only do things over the weekend.

 🌤️ 52°F – 40°F 🙂 | Seattle