not really enough progress, but some clues to solve the problem are better than none

Today’s only real progress was to determine one of the sources for the processed data not matching the expected results yesterday. Alas, that is only part of the problem. Sent new files and attached questions off to my boss for his feedback. Also determined that I don’t have to turn in a rather complicated looking form I’d been e-mailed by the university—apparently it is only for full time uni employees who are paid by the uni, and not by separate grant money. This is a relief. The day is still young (it is only 17:30), but clovis_t flies to Scotland for his Granny’s funeral tomorrow, so I may wind up spending the evening with him, rather than doing more work.

On the other hand, in my work avoidance moments today I have renewed my SCA membership (for three years this time), sent off my credit card number to pay for the replacement wheel on my trike since the shipping company promised to reimburse me for it, and finally filled in what should be the rest of the list of “places I’ve lived” on couchsuring. This is harder than I expected it to be because their database sorts it alphabetically by country, then by state, then by city. I tend to think of the places I’ve lived in chronological order. I eventually had to copy-paste the data into Word and adjust the information layout so I could sort by date before I could work out which places I’d not yet entered. My list now shows 18 different locations (I didn’t bother to differentiate different locations within the same region unless I moved somewhere else in-between). Is that an excessive number? Someday I will add the list of places I’ve visited and places I’d like to visit, but it took quite long enough just doing this much data entry (but I’ve now got a copy in Word on my computer, too—that one sorted by time, as it should be).

not really enough progress, but some clues to solve the problem are better than none

Today’s only real progress was to determine one of the sources for the processed data not matching the expected results yesterday. Alas, that is only part of the problem. Sent new files and attached questions off to my boss for his feedback. Also determined that I don’t have to turn in a rather complicated looking form I’d been e-mailed by the university—apparently it is only for full time uni employees who are paid by the uni, and not by separate grant money. This is a relief. The day is still young (it is only 17:30), but clovis_t flies to Scotland for his Granny’s funeral tomorrow, so I may wind up spending the evening with him, rather than doing more work.

On the other hand, in my work avoidance moments today I have renewed my SCA membership (for three years this time), sent off my credit card number to pay for the replacement wheel on my trike since the shipping company promised to reimburse me for it, and finally filled in what should be the rest of the list of “places I’ve lived” on couchsuring. This is harder than I expected it to be because their database sorts it alphabetically by country, then by state, then by city. I tend to think of the places I’ve lived in chronological order. I eventually had to copy-paste the data into Word and adjust the information layout so I could sort by date before I could work out which places I’d not yet entered. My list now shows 18 different locations (I didn’t bother to differentiate different locations within the same region unless I moved somewhere else in-between). Is that an excessive number? Someday I will add the list of places I’ve visited and places I’d like to visit, but it took quite long enough just doing this much data entry (but I’ve now got a copy in Word on my computer, too—that one sorted by time, as it should be).

bonus progress for the day

I enjoyed a pleasant early evening at home, played a bit of D&D with clovis_t, did some yoga, lifted some weights, and worked a bit on the goal of actually learning to juggle. Then I returned to uni for a bit more work. (Have I mentioned recently how convenient it is to live across the street from my office?) The extra 30 minute session resulted in another 400 words being added to the paper in progress and brought my average hours worked per week for the month back to just over 32 hrs/wk (it would have been under if I'd not have returned). He flies out tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping I'll make good use of the time he's gone and make some good progress. (Especially since anyone paying attention to this journal will realize that I'd set a personal goal to get a draft of this paper to my thesis advisor by 1 Feb, and it hasn't happened yet, and that date is rapidly slipping further and further into the past.)

bonus progress for the day

I enjoyed a pleasant early evening at home, played a bit of D&D with clovis_t, did some yoga, lifted some weights, and worked a bit on the goal of actually learning to juggle. Then I returned to uni for a bit more work. (Have I mentioned recently how convenient it is to live across the street from my office?) The extra 30 minute session resulted in another 400 words being added to the paper in progress and brought my average hours worked per week for the month back to just over 32 hrs/wk (it would have been under if I'd not have returned). He flies out tomorrow afternoon, and I'm hoping I'll make good use of the time he's gone and make some good progress. (Especially since anyone paying attention to this journal will realize that I'd set a personal goal to get a draft of this paper to my thesis advisor by 1 Feb, and it hasn't happened yet, and that date is rapidly slipping further and further into the past.)