it was good while it lasted

i mean, i'm still feeling grateful and all. life's alright. heck, i tried a new pillow last night and actually slept well (crazy dreams about a burning man event in a montreal university notwithstanding). then this morning i made the mistake of trying to flatten my hair a bit before heading out, and my neck and shoulder went into spasm and have made today one long, arduous battle.

after dropping off mr smear, i drove gd to the mall to get her new sewing machine fixed (turns out it was nothing serious, just a rookie mistake), and tried to get some work done while she was being attended to. that didn't work out so well due to wifi issues :(

yesterday, my first day alone at the helm of our cloud solution, was full of surprises. the first being that one of our customers is having issues that we didn't anticipate, and the last (and biggest) being that i discovered that i didn't have access to our production infrastructure - and i did *not* want to have to harass my counterpart on his vacation. fortunately, with literally two minutes of assistance this afternoon, i managed to sort out my access which was a huge relief. 

so i've spent most of today sore and unfocused. i got gd to watch hannah gadsby's nanette this afternoon, which meant i rewatched it too, and it was just as powerful the second time. mr smear told me a great story at bedtime because i couldn't read to him, gd and i watched the first episode of good omens which is brilliant, and now i'm going to bed early-ish and praying that i'll be functional in the morning.