less quiet

 well, that didn't last too long. yesterday morning mr smear was still too sick to go to school, and gd and i began the morning with a series of miscommunications that kick-started a no good, lousy, very bad day.

at the office, i resumed the soul-grinding task i've been stuck with the last few workdays, only to be whisked away to another task that had been stalled and it took me hours to find myself stuck without being able to debug my tests and then hours to get the damned debugging configured.

i wasn't feeling very positive when i stalked out the office around 6pm.

i picked up a beer on my way home, installed will you snail on the playstation. it helped. after putting mr smear to bed i had a bath, though not after a long conversation with gd, after which i slunk into bed emotionally exhausted.

at least i slept (relatively) well.

unfortunately, while mr smear is thankfully well enough to go back to school, gd and i woke up with scratchy throats and sickly feelings.

joy.