Wish It Were Tank Friday

I felt good waking up and moving around a clean apartment waking up this morning. And actually making it to work on time. Although that last point was rather moot. The C's weren't in today after their long meeting from a couple of days ago. Except for my CEO Barbara that is and I would find out later on that she was planning on not only watching the :Parasite: screening I had set up for later on after work. Kind of a "movie night" such as it were like we used to have at USC Stevens back in the day. I spent last night downloading the movie again, a cleaner version with better subtitles. Wow am I really taking this thing that seriously? It started with just a little suggestion that I could do it since Faith Lee hadn't seen it yet and I was talking it up. Why not? I already had the mkv version of the movie in hand. But it's a different thing altogether when your CEO is showing up and so is her husband! Anyway that's for after work. Today I still had to work on all kinds of stuff although I was hoping for a nice, easy TANK DAY. I still had to compile notes from my meeting with my boss 2 days ago and actually go about doing those TO-DOs. Sharepoint sites to look for to show what is possible, a hardware-based solution for the technology-challenged Board of Directors. Exciting things for a tech-geek like myself to discover and disseminate. And i remind myself that this is right up my wheelhouse too. But let's not kid ourselves either. Here it is, after lunch at 2 PM and here I am watching the latest episode of Star Trek Picard S01E05. This series is more cerebral and emotional and less of the action series ST Next Gen was. I mean there's still action to be sure but as Picard has gotten older and less active, so has the show it feels. I still liked the episode though even if it's like an ongoing episode that carries on for 5 or 6 just so we can bring back old characters. Today it was 7-of-9 from DS9. Anyway 5 PM came soon enough. By then I had put up a cover to the emergency lights in the Training Room just to enhance the viewing experience. Faith and Sr Ruth had headed out to pick up popcorn and pizza. And by 5:15 it was showtime. I posted a pic of the room. There was some concern in my mind how this was going to be received. Not the idea of Movie Night, but the movie itself. After all, it was in Korean with subtitles. Some people don't like that. In the end, the experience itself turned out just fine with no technical difficulties. ANd that movie was pretty well received. After all, this is the Oscar winner for Best Picture and also the Cannes Film Festival winner for Palm D'or, also for best picture. Didn't seem to impress Alan DeJong though. ALthough to be fair, this IS Alan DeJong after all. Still at the end of the day, i was glad to have provided the movie, glad that Faith and Sr Ruth provided the food, and glad that a few people came to enjoy the showing. It was 7:30PM by the time I got home and of course I had to scramble to get my steps in tonight. I was barely at 5000 by that time although I had no doubt I would get to 11,100 for the day. It wasn't a TOTAL TANK DAY at work buy it wasn't like I overworked myself either LOL. I was glad it was Friday and that the work week was done, short though it may have been. I was glad it was payday Friday and my bank account is well past $15K even after I take out next month's rent which isn't even due until next weekend. I'm glad I was able to provide some entertainment for my team since I so believe in the power of getting people together and doing stuff together. Especially after listening to a podcast where DeMarcus Cousins said he had never been part of a team like this current Lakers squad where everyone was tight and that the camaraderie was through the roof. As in if one person goes to do something, everyone else comes along too. Now that's a close team. I don't think QueensCare has that in its DNA, but if some people at the top could come together, it's always a good thing. Finally, despite getting a late start I did finish my 11,000 steps tonight and I'm also looking forward to hanging out with my Little Bug all day tomorrow.