I finally did my laundry last night. That is, almost everything I brought. I also bought some more pants at Sears. Sigh. I'm just not really a 32" waist anymore. 34" does the trick, though. I'll probably have to buy some new shoes while I'm back in Marlborough.
While I was doing my laundry, I met some friendly neighbors named Suzanne and Emily. Suzanne is working on her PhD in Ecology at the University of Houston. She studies ants. She was kind enough to offer me a tag-along opportunity to go to Walmart or Target some time. I can't find everything I need at the supermarket or Sears. If all I want to do is food shopping and some light housewares or household appliances, then I can do it all on foot. If not, then I'm dependent on other people for transportation right now. I'm just not ready to get a car at this time, so I'll have to beg for favors.
It took me three hot hours and $5 in quarters to do my laundry. I started later than I had planned, so by the time I was done, it was about midnight. Then I just took a cold shower and went to bed.
I don't have much to do at work this week. I did the first pass of all the easy things I knew about, and now the next step is into the big tangle of historical moving parts. I can always analyze things, trying to figure out what they do, but it is not very efficient way to prepare myself to do anything. I'd rather just set to work on a project with a well-defined goal. This "review" of code and scripts is very slow when there is no specific analysis to apply to what I'm looking at. We're going to have a conference call tomorrow about what our next immediate goals are. Meantime, I'll just pester with the tools I've built already and try to be helpful with whatever comes up.
Posted by David Cymbala at May 25, 2004 02:04 PM