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Life continues to be highly busy, between trying to hammer out software and now getting ready for our upcoming vacation, along with all the usual chores of homeschooling and cooking and what-not. I must have taken 50 phone calls today, and spent most of my day in manager mode (which is frustrating when you’re also trying to write software).
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Today we finally managed a meeting of our Cub Scout den, after getting snowed out three times in a row. Consequently much of my day (the part that wasn’t full of coding or homeschooling) was taken up by prepping for and then holding the den meeting.
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Things do not seem to be getting any less busy around here. Today I started off with a rare non-paid-work morning, getting photo galleries implemented on the Cub Scout pack website. Sometimes it’s nice to do work that you know will be appreciated and for which there isn’t any particular pressure.
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The last couple of days pretty much vanished in a pile of conference calls. I’ve managed to write some code as well, but mostly I’ve just been trying to manage and prioritize things. I’m looking forward to this easing off again at some point.
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It was a busy busy weekend for us – a few outings surrounded by lots of code writing. Somehow things just don’t seem to be slowing down, which I guess is good, but is certainly tiring.
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Lots of snow today (well, for us, anyhow – around 4 inches) and bitterly cold weather. We stayed inside and even gave the kids a rare snow day off, which they spent watching movies and playing games for the most part.
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Today was only about medium hectic on our scale. I actually got out of the house for a few minutes this morning to drop off a check at First Christian Church (the Cub Scout pack is holding our annual Blue & Gold banquet there) and do a few other errands. Then it was back to juggle email, instant messages, and schoolwork until lunchtime.
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Another Monday, though this one seemed calmer than most. That’s probably because schoolwork was exceptionally light; Kayla had a follow-up doctor’s appointment for her arm (all is well, and the cast may come off in two weeks), so I kept it easy for the others as well.
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Today’s major theme was “email.” This inevitably involved a bunch of billable time, but rather than moving forward on new code requirements I devoted the bulk of the day to cleaning out my inbox, which had burgeoned to about 250 messages (pretty unusual for me; I try to keep an empty inbox). I didn’t get it cleaned out by the end of the day, but I did get down to about 15 messages, which was a vast improvement and made me feel less anxious.
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My latest habit is getting in the way of older habits. I’ve been starting off the day with 20 minutes on the treadmill, and that means I haven’t been sitting down first thing to write about the previous day. So, journalling will probably be spotty until I get this worked out.
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