Morning

Colleen's fever broke briefly before bedtime last night, but appears to be back now. I'll see whether she needs me to work at home today. (9:45 -- she does, and I am. It's nice to have wireless phones with an intercom feature.)

The Y.D. has taken to pouring herself a big commuter cup of coffee to take to school in the morning. This leaves me with maybe a cup and a half.

The sky was beautiful this morning, with thousands of little scraps and ragged bands of cloud, backlit in the East by the rising sun. The forecast says that it's likely to rain later in the week.

There's something scheduled every weekend from now to the middle of December; the rest of the year will fill up quickly. Time? It's an herb.

A longish day working from home

I've been working from home all day, taking care of a very sick Colleen and ripping stacks of CDs. (The latter, especially, give me a convenient way of timing my breaks and an excuse to come out and interact if anyone's in the living room.)

Without the usual workplace distractions and most of an hour's worth of commute, I've actually been pretty productive. Even without working hardware, there's a lot of planning and documentation I can -- and did -- do just as well running Emacs at the other end of a net connection.