Welcome to Sunny Belarus
July 11th, 2007… errr Syracuse.
Yesterday's high was 92 with a dew point of 68. I leave Texas and land in a Syracusian heat wave. To make matters worse, the air conditioning control panel in my hotel room doesn't have a label on it so I can't tell which button does what to ensure that I've got the thing set to turn my room into a walk-in freezer. Thankfully, today is much more appropriate. A high of 74 and thunderstorms. Much more livable.
Work yesterday was interesting. I met a few new people from a few other groups, both of them excellent resources for my current role as well as advancement in the future. There's a lot of office politics being battled out here right now. And thanks to some accidental information from one of the new people I met, there is some political stuff going on in my own team back in Texas as well that I didn't know about before now. Not good things but, not anything I can change either. All I can do is be prepared for the worst and ready to take any opportunity that might arise because of it.
After work I went out to dinner with two friends from the office and drank a little more than I should have. Though I'm not sure how the two are related, this left me going to bed about 2 hours earlier than I normally would, and, even then, only after laying around watching whatever happened to be on TV for an hour which is something I never do. It was fun anyway and I think I needed the rest because I feel pretty good this morning.
Tonight I'm taking a trip to a little pond I saw on my way to Rochester two weeks ago. It looks pretty and I saw several beaver lodges there. Hopefully, I'll be able to find it. As long as it rains or remains overcast this afternoon, I should be able to leave early enough to try to find it in the daylight.
