congested

by dose, der hode day. i did manage to get into the office early, and spent the next few hours performing dark arts and almost got everything done. i left at precisely the right time to have an opportunity to eat before my doctor's appointment - i finally finished the last book, and it was with tears still in my eyes that i graduated from hogwarts and began reading ayn rand - for the new intellectual.

[edited: whoops, didn't know that ayn rand was a "she"] where the hell was this woman all my life?! i probably should be reading her fiction first, though...

the doctor's office: my across-the-board blood test results are in, and it turns out that i'm healthy. awesome! and (surprise!) have a high h. pylori count. i didn't need to do the breath test again to figure that out... anyway, he finally gave me a referral to a gastroenterologist.

i went to the second office, for a productive meeting with the boss and to fiddle around with php and pear until i could get our webserver sending mails through gmail's smtp. it fascinates me how complicated the procedure was, all because the effective php.ini wasn't in any of the expected locations.

rule to remember: always, when installing something or tweaking something for php, run phpinfo() to make sure you know which ini file needs to be updated. otherwise it won't matter how correct everything is :S

i eventually decided i needed a break if i was going to get more work done (for my main job) and go rollerblading... i came home and got settled, only to be roused by pg to go shopping with her. pre-holidays shopping is intense. i read a bit, scribbled a bit, then ate dinner with her, then passed out for an hour. i woke up feeling crap. i needed another half an hour just to have enough energy to shower and drink a cup of tea, make my apologies to SxS for not seeing him tonight and churn this out. and now i'm about out again.