Geeking out, Growing up
House on Red Corner · 2005-10-21
Today must have been a bad day, or perhaps it was a lesson learned day. Everytime I put EJ down, every single time I put her down to rest or to play or whatnot, she burst into tears. I got her to nap in the middle of the day, she was out no more than fifteen minutes when I started to vacuum the livingroom rug, and she woke up screaming like a monkey. The rest of the day, I had to hold her. So it was really, really hard for me to be able to re-write the installation Makefile for the new Ethernet Card’s driver; to insure compatibility with the Linux 2.6 kernel, naturally.
Instead, I was able to work on some new web designs and practice and fine tune some of my techniques, that’s all one arm, half a brain sort of stuff. Programming on Command Line Level is not something that I can get away with thinking while partially distracted by a Screaming Monkey in my lap. Especially not when keeping that Screaming Monkey happy is why I am able to sit in front of this array of computers in the first place.
After we had come to an agreement on how the afternoon was to progress, I was able to get my exercises done. Since I dropped off the soccer squad, I have had to make a very strong decision to give myself exercise on a daily basis. I could end up being in better shape this way. So far, it has been quite instrumental in helping me to hack this sleep schedule into a more workable routine. Lil Bug is quite the water worm, she just loves the water. Not long after the bath, she settled down and was able to get a good hour and a half long nap in.
BTW, my phone is back and connected, in case you wanted to call me.