{"id":47653,"date":"2021-05-18T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/chronicles\/?p=47653"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:55:34","slug":"01-02-12-getting-caught-up-with-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/chronicles\/01-02-12-getting-caught-up-with-business\/","title":{"rendered":"01.02.12: Getting caught up with business"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 January 2012
\n<\/em><\/strong>Dublin, Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Trying to recover from the holidays is always a big ordeal, as one is used to a lax schedule. But when you operate your own business and schedule, you have to be on top of your tasks and items – and I find that is a difficult transition between America and Europe. I found that out pretty quickly in experiencing the “bank holidays” of Ireland and how an entire city shuts down during one.<\/p>\n

While the snooze got hit several times this morning while I was attempting to awaken at 8 am, I did finally manage to get out of bed by 9:30 am. Quick breakfast of granola and coconut milk, water bottle filled, I was ready for a hike into the city for some chai n’ wifi while accomplishing a heap load of uploads and downloads. Of course, after hiking into the city for a half-hour, I come to my reliable Starbucks only to find it “closed”. Uggh … I walked to the next location I knew of, and it too was “closed”. Heading in towards Trinity College, past “Occupy Dame Street” and over to the Starbucks most of the students use – and it was opened. Nestled into the corner with my laptop and a Chai Creme frappacino (yeah, venti – I need to cut that sizing down … too many calories) … <\/em>Ready to accomplish a day’s worth of work. Clocked 9 hours of work into my business … a decent day for a late start.<\/p>\n

Downloading movies, processing photos, research data, uploading photos, blogs, travel reviews, and writing as well as some job hunting. Email overload with over 32,000 messages I still need to dwindle down.<\/p>\n

Around 7 pm, headed back home for a 45 min – 1 hour walk back to Rathmines. As I walked into our flat’s door, I was warmed by the crackling of the fire, salmon and cream cheese crackers on the table, and my love making a dinner of pork steak with applesauce, boiled potatoes, mashed carrot n’ parsnips, and a hot chocolate with white toblerone for desert. Delicious.<\/p>\n

That evening, we enjoyed watching the finale to Sanctuary<\/em><\/strong> and Merlin<\/em><\/strong>. We then capped off the evening with The Darkest Hour<\/em><\/strong>.  Not sure I cared that much for “The Darkest Hour”, but it had its elements of value. Sanctuary and Merlin of course rocked – both coming to their own “ends” of sorts with “new beginnings” to lead you on into the next season …<\/p>\n

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