Category: Daily Life

So this afternoon I helped Sarah deliver some long overdue girlscout cookies. Then I scored some more programming. Then the boys and I joined the ladies at the mall to help with the girlscout cookie booth and relieve them for dinners. As I returned home Molly was outside and heard the Jeep and bolted down the street for it. The neighbors and Cathy thought I was going to mow her down. Spent some quality time with the neighbors afterwards and that was much fun. Time to settle.

Had a great meeting with my clients followed by helping a little at the girl scout cookie booth. Came home to debate programming or cleaning but need to run some errands first.

I like programming because sometimes it feels like I’m performing magic!

7:45 and that past few hours have been great for programming. The house is coming to life and time before my meeting is running out.

It’s 6:10am on a Saturday morning and the 8 year old and 2.5 year old have both risen. The 8 year old goes to play with Playmobile and the 2.5 year old immediately requests The Incredibles.

Joestump.net points out that the bans on gay marriages are opening legal loopholes making prosecution of domestic abuse difficult.

Two major issues resolved on a project. Excellent! Moving onto another project.

I like programming at 3am. It’s so quiet. I’ll watch the dog take a walk in the crisp air while having a steaming coffee and just stare at the stars while listening to the peace.

14 hours ago I started trying to write 30 minutes of code. Now I have 11 hours to complete 40 hours of work. I’m tired.

I was unable to use Blogger for a day and a half. I was certain that I was having network issues because Google wouldn’t allow that much downtime would they? Wherever the problem lay, it seems fixed now.

I have a day and a half of writings cooped up in me but I have weeks of coding begging to get out so I best return to client obligations.

It wasn’t until recently that I understood “three dog night.” I always thought that meant spring up and shout “Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine…” Apparently 3 dog night refers to temperature. A 3 dog night means that to stay warm you needed 3 dogs in the bed with you. Thank you Cathy for explaining that to me.

We have 2 dog nights occasionally around here but usually its just a one dog night. Molly plays a game with me. She takes my spot in the bed until I’m ready to come to bed. It’s funny and at the same time guarantees me a warm spot to settle into.

Remember when gay meant gay? Apparently other words have changed meaning over the years too. Batman’s Greatest Boner

In school I used to love to do math because not only could you solve a problem, you could solve it again and prove your answer. Math has a tangible success. You do it and receive instant gratification. Coding is much the same. I actually got to code this morning! And I produced results! And the client is happy.

Now onto more difficult, less quickly solved problems.

So the puppy is finally starting to figure out that poop and pee goes outside. She’s even picked 2 favorite spots. What’s funny is that she doesn’t seem capable of going unless she and I have played soccer. I take a blue soccer ball and I’ll kick it over the house or down to the lower lot and she will take off with exuberance to find this ball. She’ll run down the hill and bring the ball back to me. I’ll kick it a second time and she’ll return holding this blue soccer ball in her mouth but this time she’ll bypass me and go to her spot. She won’t let go of the ball while doing her business. It’s the funniest sight! Of course it only makes sense that our family would end up with a dog with rules and rituals.