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This Morning

I woke in a terrible panic but did manage to pull myself from bed 20 minutes earlier than usual.

Yesterday was all about other people’s problems. Even when I sat down at the computer and committed myself to 2 hours on a very specific task I failed to start the task and helped someone else instead. Mind you, it was rewarding in that I was problem solving and succeeding but nothing I did yesterday contributed to preserving the well being of my family.

This morning I could feel the stress building horribly so I woke the wife early. I don’t like doing that but I was going to crack. It is raining and I can’t get the dog to pee outside. I watch her and when she squats I run her outside but the kids don’t help. They are kids so they are oblivious to what goes on around them.

Since this is an edu and this wonderful tidbit is likely to disappear I’ve take the liberty of reproducing it here. I knew not how to contact the author so I give credit here.

Lost my temper with Noah. He needs a lot less of that and more love. He needs much more love!

Student: What is rain?

Master: The cleansing of the air, the cleansing of the mind, the cleansing of the soul, and the renewal of life…and the cause of much corrosion in New Jersey.

Ah! Rain…

One of the first things I am going to do when I have regular income is build a screened in porch.

This looks like a decent discussion of a weighted rotating banner system in ColdFusion. It looks similar to the one I wrote myself. I have the urge to review my code now and see if I need to make some improvements.

So Amy has this bad diaper and Cathy declares “whew! What’s that smell?!” Amy replies, “Molly [the dog] did it!”

So I get over to the inlaws and get the motion detecting light wiring finished rather rapidly. Spend some quality time with the father-in-law and on the way home hysterics erupt. Apparently he has called the mother-in-law urging her to get home–no other information. Her car breaks down and I quickly drop Noah and the trailer at the house to rush back to the inlaws house to find that the father-in-law has locked himself out. I drive him to the mother-in-law’s office to get the house key. She has already arranged to have the car repaired. I return father-in-law to his house. I call one recruiter for the status of one job – “they went the .Net direction,”

I am finally home light headed from hunger.

Monday.

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Student: What have I done?

Master: As little as possible and as much as feasible in the time allotted.

A New Day!

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This Morning

I ignored the dog all night despite multiple opportunities to walk her. I think she had one large pee episode but I found no poop. Either she is eatting more thoroughly or I missed it or by some miracle she went the whole night without making a mess. I took her outside and read a chapter in a Scott Card book and she laid by my feet. The minute we got in she pee’d twice and pooped twice. I am so glad we don’t have carpet. I would be absolute neurotic (painted a target on myself there now didn’t I?!).

The animals woke me at 3, 4 and 6 then the alarm woke me at 6:55. The cat had become trapped in the shower stall (yes, the one we have had in our bedroom for 2.5 years). I could not convince myself to get up.

I need stretching. My right shoulder blade is killing me. I need exercise.

Latest expense: Tommy broke a weld on his bed probably by repeatedly dropping his 200+ pounds (90.7 kg) on it.

I want sales but I don’t know how to close them. I want more work but I don’t know when I’ll have time to do it. I want a job but I can’t seem to get one.

A 45 year old man jumped off one of our bridges to his death this weekend because he could not find a job.

I achieved largely yesterday! I killed off a project that has had a red bucket c-clamped to our bookshelves for almost a year! I should be terribly satisfied (and I am). Yet I am not calm. Now I am driven to tackle another project but I cannot pick one. Soon we will go get Sarah and take her to Girl Scout Camp (Part II).

Choices: leaky faucets in upstair bath (never ignore water!!), heating elements in hot water heater, office cleaning, spray 6 week bug away application in yard, trash out of house, buy stamps, buy bug spray (for Sarah), hit an ATM (consider using our own account), program, clean, clean, clean (office, upstairs, desk – respectively), in-laws security light, bath, job applications, client management, contact management, financial management, meditation, self-improvement, exercise – more..

What a cool thought! Of course paper money will die soon but in the meantime what if ATMs were really on demand money. Instead of storing money inside it just printed new bills when needed and the bank would be responsible for destroying the equivalent number of bills. I know I know. Formula for disaster but still a cool thought similar to the BookMachine (thanks Kurzweil!).