| 12/1 |
Woke up at 6:00am. Worked out for a 30 minutes,
the outside looked a bit cold so I stayed indoor. Reported to work around
9:00am, spent whole morning at a meeting and had lunch with coworkers. We
went out and had a Japanese lunch (It's been a while). Visited customer and
had meeting. Had to stay at office until 9:00pm to take care of business.
Since it was snowing outside, gave up on going back to Indiana, so stayed at
hotel for another night. |
| 12/2 |
Woke up at 6:00am, I felt very tired so I
skipped morning exercise. I just checked out from the hotel and started to
drive back to Indiana. I am not sure if taking I-75 was the right choice,
since I-69 has a higher speed of 70mph, compare to 65mph. I drove down
straight south and arrived at other office past 12:00pm. Had a lunch at a
Mexican restaurant, and enjoyed the chicken soup. Stayed at the office until
6:00pm, and went out with my coworkers. Since the office location is in the
middle of no where, we had to drive for 20 minutes to eat at an Applebee's.
Drove back to my apartment, took care of bills, went to bed. I am tired this
week. |
| 12/3 |
I woke up around 6:00am. Needed to take care of
many things because I came back home late and went to bed immediately. When
I stepped outside, the car was covered with a thin layer of snow. I took a
car back to Hertz, then stopped by a bank and dry cleaner on the way back to
my apartment. Spent afternoon at office but got cold so I came back home,
but not before going to grocery store to buy food, since I know the weather
here will be bad. We are expecting freezing rain from tonight. |
| 12/4 |
I woke up with total sickness. I wanted to go
watch BB King play, but I am giving it up. Spent whole day with no appetite,
restless. I have worked about 30 weekends this year and I was quite busy
last week so I guess it was too much. I felt miserable. Got fever back in
the evening and had very tough night... |
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| 12/5 |
I could not sleep much over night, I woke up
many times but able to sleep enough hours. Called up work to notify that I
will take a day off. Went to outside to get some groceries but found my car
was totally frozen. I had to scrape the ice off for about 10 minutes. Bought
Gatorade and chicken noodle soup. Came back home. Worked on company project,
took easy for whole day. Finally got to eat something. Drank whole a lot of
fluid. Going to bed around 7:00pm. I think I could go back to work tomorrow. |
| 12/6 |
Woke up at 7:00am, feeling a lot better than
past few days. I can go work now! Stretched my body a bit and headed to
work. Had some hard time removing ice on my car because the outside was
around 16F. I stayed at the office whole day, to take it easy but worked
whole a lot to catch up with the assignments. I stayed until 6:30pm, trying
to resolve network problem occurred just before I decided to go home. I gave
up on fixing it after spending 30 minutes there. Came home, ate dinner,
wrote some Christmas cards. I will need to finish writing soon. Snowed in
the evening a bit, expecting the morning low be around 9F. Cold! |
| 12/7 |
Woke up at 6:00am, I could not sleep well since
I kept my heater and causing the air to be too dry. I am off taking drugs
and I feel fine now. Went to work as usual but decided to stay in the
office, no client visit today neither (I thought it could be too hard on
me). Decided to go home on time. It was a cold day. Had some noodles for
lunch, spaghetti for dinner, a very much a noodle day. |
| 12/8 |
I think the room is too dry and I woke up twice
over night. Finally woke up at 7:15am, knowing it is going to be a bad snow
day. Reported to work and discussed who is going to where with coworkers for
a while. I got to stay within the state, but my poor coworker has to go out
of state for the assignment. Visited client most of the day, had a buffet.
Right after coming back from the lunch, the snow starts, it accumulated
fairly quick. When I left the place, the snow was about 3 inches, and took
about twice the time to get back to the office. My car war buried there, of
course. Took me another 30 minutes to get my car ready, and drove straight
home. Learning from previous nights, I boiled two skillet full of water.
Getting windy as night falls. Went to bed around 10:30pm. It's been a long
day.
 It was not
like this in the morning! |
| 12/9 |
Woke up at 6:30am, The snow is stopped but they
are all around the place. I drove to the office but the car got stuck in a
pile of snow just as I was entering the parking lot. The snow was too deep
and literally lifted my car, loosing the traction. I had to shake my car
going back and forth to get out of the situation. The bad thing was snow
covered entire parking lot so I had to dig up my space. Spent whole day at
the other office. Before going back to the office, stopped by at at Thai
restaurant. The food was great, and because we had three people, we got to
try with many different kinds of food. Going to bed around 11:00pm, it's
been a long week. |
| 12/10 |
Woke up at 6:00am somehow, maybe the air was too
dry. Stretched my body and worked on few things. Went to shopping and bought
myself a humidifier. I hope I can sleep well from tonight. Decided to go
swim for the first time in a while. I got tired after spending 30 minutes
going back and forth. I guess I was on the land for too long. Spent evening
at a coworkers house, come home around midnight, went to bed around 1:00am. |
| 12/11 |
Woke up around 7:00am. Although I went to bed
around 2:00am but I ended up waking up fresh. The outside was still snowing
lightly, and lasted whole morning. I just took easy until noon, took shower,
ate lunch and decided to go to the concert which one of my coworker is
participating. Enjoyed nice music for a couple of hours, then came home.
Continued on writing Christmas cards, I will need to ship them out sometimes
this week or else. |
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| 12/12 |
Woke up at 5:00am, tried to go swim but sleepy
so I gave up. Stopped by a post office before heading to work, so all the
Christmas cards are out! Spent whole day visiting client, came back to the
house around 9:00pm, went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/13 |
Woke up at 5:00am again, headed to the office on
time, got a rental car and headed to other office. Had a lunch from
McDonald's on the way, had meeting after arriving to the office 2:00pm,
stayed up until midnight. Had dinner at TGI Fridays, checked in the hotel
around 1:30am, went to bed immediately. |
| 12/14 |
Woke up at 6:30am, worked out at a gym before
going to work, another hard day of working on work material, had lunch with
coworkers and came back to the office. Started to see some snow from
afternoon. It snowed, snowed, and got about 5 inches within a day. Stayed until midnight again, came
back to the hotel after eating a late dinner at Denny's. |
| 12/15 |
Woke up at 8:00am. I did not my alarm clock went
off. Worked out at gym then reported to work around 9:30am. Visited client
for a big meeting. Had lunch with coworkers at a China buffet. Stayed only
until 8:00pm and went to eat a nice Japanese food for the dinner. Came back
to bed around 10:00pm. I am sure I can have a good night this time! |
| 12/16 |
Woke up at 7:00am, felt a lot better since I
went to bed earlier. Reported at work, had a Japanese lunch, and stayed
until 3:30pm. I had so many things to take to my office. Stopped by at a
Burger King for dinner, the surrounding became dark after 6:00pm and drove
in a light flurries. Came back to Indianapolis around 8:00pm, arrived at my
apartment but had to take care of stuffs before I could go bed around
11:00pm |
| 12/17 |
Woke up around 7:00am, stayed in bed until
8:30am but remembered that I have to return a car to the Hertz before 9:45am
so I drove it back. Saw a guy who spun a Pontiac Firebird out of control two
cars ahead of me. He should not put other people's safety in jeopardy,
stupid. Took a walk in the afternoon. The road to trail was still covered
with snow but I kept walking. It was good, actually, at least I got to
workout a bit. I will try to drive up to the trail parking lot tomorrow.
Cold whole day but warmed up enough. I got a haircut in the evening and also
stopped by to get some groceries. Meijer gave me a $10 off coupon last week
and I used with other $2 off coupon, so I spend a bit less and it was a
quite deal. However, I am getting annoyed of seeing too many people around
the stores, and of course every other places too. I am not planning to buy a
tree, or a gift for myself for the holiday so I am a bit sad, too. Talked
with my mom on the phone, since I missed calling for about two weeks in a
row. Going to bed around 11:30pm. |
| 12/18 |
Woke up around 7:00am. Had a relaxing morning by
just doing some laundry, and assignments from work. Went out before noon to
take a walk. The outside was snowing most of the day. I had hard time
getting to the trail because the sidewalk was very much covered with 3
inches of snow, so I just drove to a parking for the trail. I thought it was
a good idea. Stopped by a Japanese grocery store before heading back to my
apartment. Spent whole afternoon taking care of office work and cleaning the
room. |
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| 12/19 |
Woke up at 5:00am, found out it was 4F in the
morning. I went for a walk in a very cold outside. Came back, reported to
work. Stayed in the office whole day but it was a bit cold even inside of
the room. Stopped by a china buffet, had meeting whole afternoon. Came home
around 9:00pm, went to bed. I am almost there... |
| 12/20 |
Woke up at 5:00am like yesterday, but the
temperature outside was 1F! My car was surely complaining as I commute in
the morning. Tried on new experiment in the morning, had Christmas lunch
which company provided, spent regular afternoon and stayed until 7:00pm for
Christmas dinner. Arrived at hotel around 10:00pm. I am tired but I am
almost there... |
| 12/21 |
Woke up around 6:30am. Headed to work around
8:00am since I felt good and there is no place I can workout. Spent whole
day at work except for eating at a china buffet. Spent afternoon alright,
drove back to Indy with two other cars to eat Thai food but the place was
closed already. We ended up eating at Applebee's. Came home late. |
| 12/22 |
[Last working day for this year]
I woke up around 7:30am, felt tired because I was up until 11:00pm
yesterday. Went to work and headed to client's place. Spent whole day at
work but because today is the last day of work, I left work around 7:00pm, a
bit earlier than usual. Spent evening easy and headed bed on time. Had a
chicken soup at a Mexican restaurant. |
| 12/23 |
Woke up at 6:30am. It was a bit cold because I
cut the heating before I went to bed last night to saves some money.
Although it's already winter break, I went to work around 9:00am to take
care of packages and mails. Had ramen noodle for lunch at home and headed
back to my office. I stayed there until 3:00pm then came back to my room.
Took a walk at a trail for 3 miles and stopped by a bank before heading
home. I finally opened my saving account here in Indiana. I also washed my
car. (They had buy 4, get 2 free deal so I bought the coupon. They say the
coupons won't be expired, and I hope they won't close the business after the
new year!) |
| 12/24 |
[Christmas Eve]
I woke up around 6:30am. It was the second day this week which I went to bed
without heater on. The weather was nice but predicting a rain whole
afternoon so I hit the road to take a walk at trail in the morning. Had
lunch and spent afternoon relaxing. Stopped by the office to check mails and
the Boston Market near by to buy dinner. I would like to have something
better than I usually eat today since many people gets Christmas dinner.
Expecting more rain tonight and tomorrow. Fog Advisory in Indianapolis, I
bet visibility becomes lower and Santa must fly with instruments tonight. |
| 12/25 |
[Christmas]
Just like a regular Sunday for me. There weren't many people around so I met
very few people on the trail in the morning. Took whole day easy. The rain
started in the afternoon turned to wet snow in the evening. Going to bed
around 10:00pm. Hope the snow stops by the morning. |
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| 12/26 |
Woke up around 6:00am. The snow turned to rain
over night so the most of them are gone. Had to go to the office to take
care of mails, packages. Spent whole day just relaxing. Because of after
Christmas shopping, I did not want to go out so I kept myself quiet at
apartment. |
| 12/27 |
Woke up around 7:30am, a regular start for
non-working day, I guess. Took a walk, then headed to Meijer for groceries,
after lunch, went to Sakura Mart for another grocery shopping. When I got
back, I received an email around 3:00pm regarding to the lifeguard training
class in Kansas I was inquiring about, and I contacted the supervisor at the
location, got a permission to co-teach the class. I called the local Hertz
for rental car, called my friend in Lawrence to see if he is going to be
around, and packed belongings. I was driving out by 4:30pm. It was quite
quick. Drove all the way to Lawrence, KS, which was about 550 miles away in
8 hours (Please do not ask about the speed limit on I-70). The car I got for
this time was a 2006 Chevy Impala LT, considered as a sporty car but I think
it is a boring car. That car behaves like a typical large sized GM car. At
least it was quiet and comfortable, but gas guzzling (25MPG). I brought my
sleeping back to I jumped into it because I was tired. |
| 12/28 |
Woke up at 6:00am, I headed to the Aquatic
Center at Lawrence for the first time. I tried to buy some gas on the way
but the place had the motor malfunctioned so I gave up. Spent whole day in
and out of the pool, covering materials. Had lunch from Quizno's. My friend
who is providing me a space to stay has a game to play in the evening so I
was alone in the apartment until 8:30pm. It gave me a time to catch up with
the materials on textbooks. I can still do the skills but I just don't
remember some "small" things...
 Kansas
always have a nice sunset hours |
| 12/29 |
Woke up at 6:00am, had a good night sleep
because I went to bed earlier than yesterday. Went to the pool around
7:30am. Helped teaching class whole day. Had lunch at Quizno's again. In the
evening, I had dinner with two other friends in this area. One of my friend
lives here so he knew some places, so the restaurant we went is called
Scarlet Orchid. Each of us tried
different food so we get to sample pieces from each others' plates. Had
quiet evening, just drinking some teas and eating cookies. Went to bed
around 10:30pm. |
| 12/30 |
The last day of lifeguard training session. Woke
up at 6:00am, packed everything and left my friend's place around 7:00am.
Spent whole morning in the water to review, and had lunch at Quizno's (for
the third time). I had a traditional one. Spent first half of the afternoon
giving written test, then the skill test. We are all done around 3:00pm and
I hit the road driving back to Indy. I stopped at Wendy's for dinner. When I
was ordering my meal, I caught a guy's eye back in the kitchen. I could read
his mouth saying "that guy is ordering #1 without cheese", so I took
precaution to prevent the meal from tainted, watching the guy who is making
the hamburgers. Instead of spitting, the guy skipped making one so I had to
wait for 10 minutes to get my meal because the place was quite busy. My, I
wasted my precious time! I kept driving back to Indy and arrived to my
apartment around 1:20am. Went to bed straight. |
| 12/31 |
Woke up around 7:30am, I am still sleepy.
Decided to return the rental car. The total was around $370, so I am glad
that I decided to come home today. Stopped by a bank to deposit money, also
stopped by the office. They had a pile of mails and packages so I took care
of them all. Came home, ate lunch, took a nap then start working on the
webpage for the last time for this year. I was out of town for last couple
of days so I had to take care of many things in my apartment. (I even forgot
to wash dishes when I left last Tuesday!) |