This weekend we took off for downtime an recuperation. The summer has flown by with every weekend and every weekday filled with work, projects, festivals, trips, and chores. We needed a period of enforced relaxation, particularly after L was attacked by a stray cat the prior week. Fortunately her dozens of lacerations are healing amazingly ( Read more... )

The following is a lengthy recounting of the day our cat Mucha died. Skip this post if you want to avoid the angst. ( Otherwise, here's the story. )

Worked 41 hours this weekend (since Friday after normal work hours). Very, very tired. Almost done. Need lots of sleep. But need to get up early for the go-live and the inevitable deluge of problems that need solving for our hundreds of users. Nighty, night.

I just did my timecard for the week and I've broken a personal record for hours worked!

Now to get a couple of hours sleep while the test tracking system is down for maintenance...

It's the weekend before the Monday go-live, and as expected it's full of frantic fail beyond belief. L and the kids wisely left town for the weekend to visit the grandparents and to give me completely uninterrupted alone time ( Read more... )

Taking 15 minutes this morning to take a break between meetings and update LJ ( Read more... )

I was on a commuter bus yesterday afternoon, leaving the city at the peak of the exodus rush hour. The bus was packed to capacity. At the last stop a young Japanese woman got on, and seeing the lack of seats took up a position leaning on the wall near the driver, pulling a small hardback book out of her bag ( Read more... )

We watched the final episodes of The L Word tonight. Talk about a dissapointment ( Read more... )

I'm a bit punch-drunk from working 27 of the last 30 days (2 days off for Chinese new Year and one day off for my wife's birthday), with another couple of weeks without break ahead of me. Still, progress is being made, the go-live is approaching, and my family is being very supportive of me ( Read more... )

Okay, I think I've cemented my status as a tea-obsessive ( Read more... )