one day at a time

 that's the only way to navigate my world, these days. we still haven't received word regarding gd's canadian documents, and juggling between paid work, my side project, the graphic novel, the tattoos, trying to be a good husband and father, dealing with neck and nerve issues, and not being completely sedentary is proving a little overwhelming, so i'm kinda just rolling with things as much as can and hoping i don't screw up or neglect anything too important.

yesterday was a rough but successful work day - at one point i only almost cried out of sheer frustration, but a coworker jumped in to the rescue and was able to solve the mystery with secret knowledge (it turned out he'd broken the thing a while back and we hadn't figured out how, then subsequently got distracted and forgot about the entire incident).

i was ready to deliver my side-project yesterday, but my client was forced to bail on our meeting so we're doing it tomorrow. which is nice, because i've taken today off for sukkot and it's given me a chance to add some nice little improvements.

speaking of sukkot, today was our first hybrid prayer service and it was a great success - i was not expecting to feel emotional but hearing a bunch of people singing together today was really nice. and then i ended up hearing live music for the first time in ages, which was fun. even if the music itself was a bit crap. mr smear's class (including the parents) was treated to a live band before they put on a little show of their own, and i was lucky to be able to make it (gd arrived late, after mr smear had performed, because she'd been getting her neck examined).

the weather's been lovely and it's been a great day so far.

oh! back to yesterday: mr smear and i finished his lego technic alt-build and it was really cool, and we also received a "frog robot" that needed some "man of the house" assembling - it's such a cool little thing (it's a very simple design, but it's behaviour is very sweet) that mr smear took a while to grasp that it's not a voice-activated servant :P

either way, wins for dad.

chag sameach!