Done yesterday (20091009)

[mdlbear]

1009 Fr
  * awake 6am; up 6:30; drugs, nose, teeth; coffee
  * short walk inspired by a call from Callie  
  * $demo working.
    ! very frustrating day; took until after 7pm to get it working
    ! hugely relieved, happy, proud of myself when I finished
    My own damned fault for losing track of which version was working.
    Oddly enough it was the latest one, which I could have sworn I'd broken.
  & Well taken-care-of when I got home
    met by Marty with a glass of gin on a tray.  Insisted on putting my
    computer down and collecting hugs all around first.  Yummy meatloaf by YD,
    salad by Colleen.
  * bed ~11ish; snuggle; up ~2:30: Snuggle, conversation, reading.
    pidgin works on the netbook.  I win.
    Decadence is english muffins and marmalade in bed at 4am.

It was a long day spent mostly at work, with only a short walk (I got a call from Callie, and decided there was no point hanging around the office when I could get a better signal on top of the hill outside.) But I got my demo working, finally, a little after 7pm.

The fact that it took so long was entirely my fault for not remembering which saved version of the software was the working one. I could have sworn that the one in the main working directory had been hacked up and broken after the last demo. In fact, it was the reverted, working version and only needed a couple of last-minute fixups. :(

But it did work, finally, so I was able to come home relieved and happy. Marty was waitng at the door with a glass of gin, though I insisted on putting my laptop down and collecting hugs first, before sitting down to a drink and dinner. Yummy meatloaf made by the YD, and a kitchen-sink salad by Colleen.

We went to bed around 11ish, snuggled for a while... then I woke up around 2:30 to find a wakeful Colleen reading beside me. I brought my netbook in (and was delighted to find Pidgin working -- I win). Reading, snuggle, love, conversation... and the utter decadence of English muffins and marmalade in bed at 3-something in the morning. I finally did get back to sleep, and got up around 9am.

A productive day, a good evening, and a lovely bonus night. Happy Bear.