14 Years Married, one night of work
The day could have gone better.
It is the anniversary of our wedding 14 years ago.
The morning was fine: I went through all the morning routines, not rushed, and bid Marisa goodbye. I knew, and forewarned Marisa, that unless I was lucky I would not be able to be back home at a reasonable hour for us to go out and celebrate.
I was not lucky.
Virtually the entire day was beset by minor crises and consultations.
I tried to fend them off and push items to another day. To some degree I was successful, although am not sure I will be able to pick up to-morrow with whatever was brought to my attention: I was too focussed on my quarterly objectives.
While it was our wedding anniversary, it was also the last day of the quarter and I had not finished either objective.
I ended up with a few things done, but not enough to claim completion.
* fixed the new system for one isolated kit by changing the file search mechanism in a ruby script
* hardened an ERb file against unexpected empty lists to prevent file syntax errors in compilation
* disconnected one of several processes from the old system to the new
* finished the ruby code with successful results for another objective, but only for an experimental database: the official db with the required changes is not ready yet.
After all the noise around my office quieted down and I realized I could concentrate on my objectives, it was after 6 p.m. I messaged Marisa I would be late...as I suspected earlier that day. She was okay with it.
I worked until about 9 p.m. and realized I caught myself making mistakes (and quickly corrected) during the disconnection. I didn't want to make any mistakes, so decided against trying to push through to disconnect the others.
When I got home, all bleary eyed and tired, Marisa was upbeat. I could imagine a far different reaction.
We will just celebrate on a better day!
It is the anniversary of our wedding 14 years ago.
The morning was fine: I went through all the morning routines, not rushed, and bid Marisa goodbye. I knew, and forewarned Marisa, that unless I was lucky I would not be able to be back home at a reasonable hour for us to go out and celebrate.
I was not lucky.
Virtually the entire day was beset by minor crises and consultations.
I tried to fend them off and push items to another day. To some degree I was successful, although am not sure I will be able to pick up to-morrow with whatever was brought to my attention: I was too focussed on my quarterly objectives.
While it was our wedding anniversary, it was also the last day of the quarter and I had not finished either objective.
I ended up with a few things done, but not enough to claim completion.
* fixed the new system for one isolated kit by changing the file search mechanism in a ruby script
* hardened an ERb file against unexpected empty lists to prevent file syntax errors in compilation
* disconnected one of several processes from the old system to the new
* finished the ruby code with successful results for another objective, but only for an experimental database: the official db with the required changes is not ready yet.
After all the noise around my office quieted down and I realized I could concentrate on my objectives, it was after 6 p.m. I messaged Marisa I would be late...as I suspected earlier that day. She was okay with it.
I worked until about 9 p.m. and realized I caught myself making mistakes (and quickly corrected) during the disconnection. I didn't want to make any mistakes, so decided against trying to push through to disconnect the others.
When I got home, all bleary eyed and tired, Marisa was upbeat. I could imagine a far different reaction.
We will just celebrate on a better day!