Yes, I'm still here. Sleeping, gardening, writing, not posting

Been de-stressing and hence not updating much. So a catch-up, with multiple cut-tags.

Weekend - Pete and Shirley came round for Saturday afternoon and evening.

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Sunday, caught up on some sleep. ( Read more... )

Sunday afternoon was Summer, ( Read more... )

Monday... work, the usual. Helen's birthday, and I now have a really nice source of E-cards, so I used it. It had been a couple of days since I last did a note/card to Enid, so ( Read more... )

Should have gone back to slimming/exercise class in the evening, but still feeling tired (and achey from the gardening), so skipped it. Instead, pulled out the fabric for Dave's new cloak. ( Read more... )

And then, late at night, I did a final check of email/LJ, and found Vaurien's post saying that Enid had died. Oh. Oh, various words that won't be appreciated by filters. Yes, it was expected, yes, it was as he says, in many ways a relief, yes, she went in the best way that could be expected under the circumstances, but even so... Didn't wake Dave to supply hugs, it's not fair. Bears are perfectly capable of soaking up tears. I expect I'll drivel on more about this over the next few weeks, I'm just starting to realise how much she meant to me. Dave did the sums - I'd known her for 18 years.

Ah well, on to more cheerful topics. Tuesday night, I went back to back-swording class for the first time for far too long ( Read more... )

Today's work success - small but perfectly formed

A recurring bug in an application, was, I hope, solved today. After analysing much data, creating spreadsheets, using coloured pens, uploading the app into a version-control system, studying audit trails, and swearing at code, I think I have the answer.
There was a semi-colon missing.
It's a good job I'm not paid by the line. That took me two days.