We finally broke up with Comcast. At least, the cable portion of Comcast. As relatively little as we watched live TV, it's a welcome relief to our budget. The turning point was figuring out how to stream NetFlix into our living room television. Our friend Cory Steers was the hero here. Now we enjoy our dinner with a side of T.V. marathons to accompany our conversation. It's good to have friends.
I'm constantly reminded of how just about anything can be mastered with practice. Someone showed me a trick they could do with a drinking cup and I decided to try to conquer it myself. It was clumsy at first, but within a couple of hours I had it down. These type of things give me confidence in the work place too. Uncertainty brews, and we sail through with a self-assured tailwind.
I started up with a new tutoring client this week, who seems highly self-motivated. These type of students are gifts, especially when they genuinely want to learn and not just tolerate the homework. So far most of the students I've worked with have been on this side of the spectrum.
Our basketball team won its 20th game of the season and our point guard returned successfully to action from injury. This advances us to the second of three rounds in the year-end sophomore tournament. Meanwhile the varsity won its 17th game in a row and clinched the conference championship for the third year in a row. As much as I'd like to point out the correlation between the championships and my joining the varsity bench... well, it would give God a good laugh.
Spirits have generally been upbeat at the office. My annual Code of Conduct presentation went well, and several projects are moving along on schedule. We're looking forward to a job shadow for someone considering a career change. And the new hires from 2012 had an outstanding pass rate on their actuarial exams.
I saw some of Dena's work creating business cards for a start-up business in town. It is amazing what that artistic mind of hers can bring to life. Meanwhile she's been out striding through the city streets most days, burning calories toward the spring months... which are nearly here! It's uplifting to walk out of work and still be able to see the sun after a few months of hibernation.
Off to the library for a tutoring party... and another increasingly bright week.
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