get there
Some of you may recall that at the end of the trip to PNNL there remained one performance improvement on the list. Last week was spent constructing said improvement, and this one was devoted largely to wrangling for cluster time to test it. We delivered that drop to the customer today, after Matt was unable to break it overnight, and things seem to be going pretty smoothly. Not bad for, well, me.
My grand plans for our anniversary were to rent a steam cleaner, clean all the upholstery, and generally improve the living room to a state of excellent repair. Alasdair helped me truck the cleaner around, but various errors and defects and frustrations involving an upholstery wand and a grocery store kept me from getting a huge amount done on Friday. Also, I was suffering through the tail end of a nasty cold, so I had a lot of napping to do.
We finally managed to get the wand replaced, and Tyla and I cleaned the loveseats and armchair and ottoman and futon mattress — especially the futon mattress — into whatever sort of oblivion is reserved for things that are inexcusably clean.
Yes, Jacob, I’ll be there for your birthday.
I’ve started to jones for hockey again already, for which I cannot offer a compelling excuse, and it made me think covetous thoughts about the NHL Centre Ice package. It’s not a horrible deal — cheaper than season tickets, honey! — but the pricing baffles me. $24.95/mo if you take two other channels of bletcherous baseball and football, or $199.99 for 7 months of just the hockey. I can save how much by adding channels I won’t watch? (I bet I can get more Coop-visits with the football feature, though.)
I need a beer.