When I got back to the apartment last night Deepak had taken care of everything on my list with the exception of gas for the stove. Tonight when I arrived home the propane tank had arrived. I can now cook. Yeah, I know Steve, why should I start now?
We were scheduled to go shopping before work this morning, but I have been going since I got here and took this morning to kinda veg. Peggy was relieved! I did head out to the supermarket on site though and picked up some bread, peanut butter and jelly. I'm set.
Last night I had some concerns about the testing they were doing with the class. They were getting very granular in the Office products and I thought they needed to concentrate more on the core issues. Today I changed my mind. It was not about the test, it was about figuring out how to do something. It was giving them resources (it was open-computer) and letting them use logic and reasoning to figure out how something is done. I am really impressed by how Pinaki stresses that you have to think about the issue and use logic to resolve it.
I don't have any pictures to post today. The batteries in my camera died while I was taking pictures of the apartment. The good new is that they are rechargeable. The bad news is I don't have any spares to use while they are charging. I did send some to myself in that package that has yet to arrive! At last check it was in Bangalore though. Oh happy day!!!! Coffee!!
I spoke to Steve briefly today and it was good to hear his voice. We are working on getting GoogleTalk going and I am impressed that he has taken to it so quickly. I will get my headset tomorrow at the mall.
Avinash and Rishi were surprised that I hadn't brought my laptop with me each day to IBM. Well Peggy hadn't been bringing hers so I thought that you couldn't. I didn't realize that it was her choice. She confesses to not being as geeky as I, but then again, who is? I was going to bring it in tomorrow, but since we are going straight to work from the mall, I didn't see the sense in lugging it around. I will on Thurs. It will give the Blackberry a rest. Do you know how hard it is to carry on 9 instant message conversations at once on those things? You should see my thumbs flying!
I am going to bed now. It's hard but I have to. This is prime time for communicating with folks back home but we have been going into work around 2pm and getting home between 12:30 and 1am and trying to fit everything else in in the mornings. I'm not a night owl anymore, even if it is daytime in the states.
Cross your fingers. I ate in the IBM cafeteria, on the opposite side of where Peggy ate and got sick. It was just a chicken sandwich. Stay tuned...
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Hey, I didn't even eat the mousse...
I've missed driving home with you these past few days, especially today where NPR has been both riveting and heart wrenching with the VT news. I have heard from many folks who have touched base just because VT made them think of me, some of whom knew or had had some of the professors who were killed.
I have Google Talk installed on my machine, but I don't have any kind of headset to use with it. Not that it is ideal, but would the PC mike and speakers work in a pinch? We just need to agree on a time to try this Google Talk out, or at least the chat portion. I've finally gotten my new old computer (John's hand-me-down) up and running so that has been occupying me lately.
Glad you are getting some sightseeing in. Keep posting; we so look forward to getting an update from you.
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