things done today (a partial list)

[azurelunatic]

• Woke up on my own at just after five the fuck in the morning.
• Took the early bus to work. Didn't make myself motion sick by trying to read while that bouncy and that tired.
• (ran work errands while passing through admin.)
• Prepared for the early meeting with dev. (This was the reason that it was necessary to take the early bus to work.)
• Started the meeting with dev in the Junior Researcher's absence.
• (Thankfully fell back on the Junior Researcher's comforting presence, because he knows more about this than me.)
• Explained to dev why a "cosmetic" bug was high-priority with an apt analogy: say there's a wrinkled rug. It's just a wrinkled rug. But that rug is right in front of the door, and you trip on the sumbitch every time you go in or out. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. Got their understanding.
• Explained to dev that my workflows are not as smooth as they imagine. Eventually declared to the Nervous Dev that for my workflows, she should imagine severe ADHD with people banging pots and pans in the background. (That got her to giggle, and perhaps understand.)
• Got understanding on the number one priority and why it is priority. Did not yell or curse. Also explained that the thing had timed out of being catastrophic.
• Enjoyed lunch.
• Checked in with my manager. There is a sense of a lurking horror of THINGS TO DO OH MY GODDDDDDS upcoming, but for *right now* things are not bad. Got some closure on the Meeting Room Saga. I'll be reaching out to the new point of contact.
• Manager suggested that perhaps Nervous!Dev should do a contextual interview with me, to watch me in my actual environment and observe my workflows. I inquired whether she would want that I ask the team to then schedule dropping in on me and interrupting my workflow as happens in the wild.
• Mailed the mailings from the Junior Dev's research, and did all the associated data entry. *preens*
• Went to game night. Had fun at game night.
• Retrieved my car from the parking lot. Found, to my horror, that there were ants all over the outside.
• Picked up a few things at Costco. Refueled. Found a car wash. Enjoyed the novel feeling of clean windows.

Tomorrow, a check-in with my grandmanager.

Comments

[silveradept]

That's a very productive day. Hopefully it can be used as a weapon against brainweasels.

[azurelunatic]

Also as an explanation to myself this morning why I feel like I had three days crammed into one yesterday.

[enemyofperfect]

I salute your analogy skills! And echo your horror at the ants. o_O

[azurelunatic]

I really don't like ants after the Cookie Incident, where biting ants got into the backpack that lived on my bed.