Dreams of diplomacy and psychology

It's not every pair of dreams in which you get to play diplomat -and- child psychologist.

Dream 1: ( Diplomacy )

Dream 2: ( Child Psychology )

Late mornings rock.

Security briefing at 1330, general departure of personnel from the are we're working in around 1500-1600, so we're going in around 1300 instead of 0730--hit the briefing, and get more work done in the late afternoon with fewer people around.

So, I still got up around 0530 or 06, after getting to bed before midnight; replied to some email, had breakfast, more email & IMs & more breakfast, went for a swim in the hotel pool (small but adequate, and a nice temperature), looked into the gym (also small but adequate, I'll start going at some point :), showered, and back at the computer. A leisurely morning, to be sure. Up next? Lunch, and more computery goodness. Catching up is always harder than keeping up. :P

A simple day at work

Three of us went in to work around 1, had a security briefing with the Asst RSO, waited for the other two to arrive, then got set up to pull cable.. pulled a few hundred feet of cable (seven cables in a bundle) through 2" conduit, that ran behind various office walls, through a drop ceiling, through a small room accessible only from outside, and up a floor, to get it from a central room to the end of the wing where it needed to be.. and well, that was most of the day, right there. Left the grounds around 8. Before we do much more serious work, we need to set up a more permanent storage space to organize and work from--apparently Overseas Building Operations (that we work under) has to move from its trailer yet again, soon--this will be the third time in the last month, I hear. :P

Soon, dinner---the two breakfasts and lunch I had before 1 just didn't tide me over for long. :)

Update, later: There is one thing this apartment lacks--a good pot in the kitchen. With only a skillet and saucepan, it becomes difficult to make pasta and sauce, and pretty much impossible to make a pound of pasta (or 500g, as the case may be) at once. Thus, I had to settle for half that amount, and a rather longer cooking time, and less leftovers than I planned to have. :P