At 5:05 p.m. (CT) Friday, the two-week vacation came to an end.
Along with the wife, we headed to the office. We work for the same company.
Dawn had to catch up on paperwork.
As for me, I needed to get a complete a monthly project that is due Monday. Happy to say I got that in shape and sent off.
For the record, we both checked our work e-mail accounts at least once a day while on vacation.
These days it is essential to keep on top of it and clear all the spam out of the way, instead of having 2,000 e-mails waiting for you.
Some co-workers were still working. They asked why I was there. I told them it was after 5 o'clock on Friday. The vacation was officially over.
Even when you get ahead at the beginning of a vacation, you are trailing because a mountain of work awaits upon your return.
No complaint, just an observation.
So, after two hours, we were done and out the door.
And as I write this entry, I am still relaxed.
It felt like I was gone two months.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Welcome to my world
Good evening.
On my way to read a friend's blog, I stopped to create a personal blog.
I write one for The Daily Journal in Kankakee, Ill. It is called Bontyful.
I have been at the newspaper for 23 years. I am currently the Web/Wire editor. I also write a weekly column for the paper.
I have a funky cat named Smokey. He is a neutered male Russian Blue. He is declawed on his front paws, but has a heck of a grip and great back paw claws. My wife and I adopted him in August 2008. Someone left him in the neighborhood.
Smokey has his own Facebook (Cat Bonty) and Twitter (Smokey Bonty) pages. For a month or two he was The Daily Journal's weather cat before being let go in a contract dispute. He now does a daily forecast on his Facebook page.
You can also find me on Facebook (Jeff Bonty) and Twitter (bontyful). Smokey and I run an imaginery radio staion on my Facebook page. I link tunes from YouTube. Depends on our mood or request we get.
You will find out I live a boring life, but somehow I find things to write about each day.
Do not be alarmed if I ask you questions. It is a way I research and come up with blog and column ideas. I am curious. Maybe that is why I got into the newspaper business.
As I tell my friends and co-workers, sit back and enjoy a different view of every day life.
On my way to read a friend's blog, I stopped to create a personal blog.
I write one for The Daily Journal in Kankakee, Ill. It is called Bontyful.
I have been at the newspaper for 23 years. I am currently the Web/Wire editor. I also write a weekly column for the paper.
I have a funky cat named Smokey. He is a neutered male Russian Blue. He is declawed on his front paws, but has a heck of a grip and great back paw claws. My wife and I adopted him in August 2008. Someone left him in the neighborhood.
Smokey has his own Facebook (Cat Bonty) and Twitter (Smokey Bonty) pages. For a month or two he was The Daily Journal's weather cat before being let go in a contract dispute. He now does a daily forecast on his Facebook page.
You can also find me on Facebook (Jeff Bonty) and Twitter (bontyful). Smokey and I run an imaginery radio staion on my Facebook page. I link tunes from YouTube. Depends on our mood or request we get.
You will find out I live a boring life, but somehow I find things to write about each day.
Do not be alarmed if I ask you questions. It is a way I research and come up with blog and column ideas. I am curious. Maybe that is why I got into the newspaper business.
As I tell my friends and co-workers, sit back and enjoy a different view of every day life.
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