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Journal – 280124

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I got up early with my son and went shopping for food and some items. It is really nice to go shopping before anyone is up. It saves so much time and we can talk about things without feeling rushed or yelling over the crowds of people. We headed to the mall for our walk and window shopping. The mall is decorated with Dragons for Chinese New Year. It looked good. I went home and watched tv and fell asleep with a cat on my lap again. The purring just puts me to sleep. I played games with my son and spent most of the day on the couch. I just relaxed for the rest of the day.

🌦️ 54°F – 48°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 270124

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I enjoyed a lazy Saturday with my son watching cartoons and video games. I even took a nap on the couch with a cat in my lap. In the afternoon me and my wife cleared out the bedroom to clean everything in the bedroom. The room looks great. She just needs to go through all her clothes and pull items out that she no longer needs. I ordered pizza for dinner. I purchased a thin crust pizza and found out that I am not a fan of it. I never had it and had to give it a try. We played Cheese Touch board game before bedtime.

🌧️ 49°F – 48°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 260124

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Another day full of meetings. Glad this week is over. We lost two agents, and a lot of changes are underway. I need to get out and do something that is not in front of a computer or desk. I treated the kids to McDonald for dinner and watched a Pokémon movie that I haven’t seen before. It came out in 2019. It was rather good.
After the kids went to bed, I watched the first episode of Masters of the Air. Well done. I can’t wait to continue watching the series.

🌧️ 45°F – 43°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 250124

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Another hectic day at work. The director asked a lot of us in a brief period of time. I got most of the things done but will need to finish up tomorrow morning. I am not stressed at all, just tired of the last minute this needs to be done now bs we had to do. It pulled me away from 2 crucial items I needed to do today.

I was happy to clock out and play Mario Cart with my son for the rest of the day.

🌧️ 50°F – 43°F 😐 | Seattle 

Journal – 240124

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I lost an agent from my team. He was the new guy and wasn’t able to handle the pressure. He was so close to getting over the bump and it would have been easier for him. There is a lot of knowledge to absorb. But once you get it, it’s easy. He will be missed.

I was very tired after my workday, so I took a nap when I arrived home. After dinner I played a game called Cheese Touch with the kids. It’s a pretty fun game. 

🌦️ 50°F – 42°F 🥱 | Seattle 

Journal – 230124

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Today was a snapping point for me at work. External teams were not doing their workload and it was effecting my team for way too long. I have restructured everyone’s job duties and their time schedules. It was all over the place and it didn’t make sense on how the company operates today. I had a very long discussion with the director on specific issues and how I was going to resolve them. He gave me some pointers and also some angles that I didn’t see that can affect the metrics negatively. I went back to my desk with his input and put together a better plan. I executed it at the end of the day. Tomorrow we will see if it all works. At the end, everyone will be responsible for their workload. If I see any deviation, I will be contacting them for a report. They had too much leeway for almost two years. It ends today.  

The picture below was from 4 am this morning.

🌦️ 53°F – 41°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 220124

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I think I have figured out most of the team’s issues at work. It is a schedule/duties issue. A lot of the scheduling is inherited from the previous manager. I talked to the director and the team to discuss the schedule. It looks like everyone can come in earlier. If this is the case, I can change the duties around to include first replies in the morning. This will help out the team immensely. We will start off at 30 minutes and see how it goes.

After work I worked on the kids passports. The post office was very helpful and got everything checked and mailed it off. Super convenient. On the way home I got my passport photo taken for my renewal. I just need to mail mine off. By the time we go home I had dinner then went to bed.

🌧️ 49°F – 43°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 200124

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Went shopping for clothes and picked up some items. I am going away from casual comfy to a classic more dressed up look. Slowly building up my wardrobe and pulling out my old cloths. For my workdays I and going for business casual and work from home will be a simple waffle Henley shirt and jeans. Luckily a lot of stores like Macy, JC Penney and Nordstrom’s are currently having clearance sales to get rid of all the winter clothes to make room for Spring and Summer. It was a long day but got what I needed.

I stayed up to watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I enjoyed the movie. A bit long for me, I prefer movies in the two hour range.

☁️ 44°F – 38°F 🙂 | Seattle 

Journal – 190124

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Fast day at work. I worked with people and started to create spreadsheets so I can keep an eye on the progress of the team internationally.

I worked around the house and even started to exercise today. It wasn’t much but it was a start. I just need to make it a habit and I will be good. The weather warmed up so I don’t have run water every once and awhile, so my pipes don’t freeze. The kitchen did freeze over earlier last weekend and had to warm it up with a blow drier to get the water to flow.

I don’t have too much planned this weekend. Going clothes shopping to get a new white office shirt and a light sweater for the office. I have been removing my old clothes that I no longer wear.

☁️ 36°F – 32°F 😐 | Seattle