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 it's half past midnight, and it's been an odd sort of day. i'm currently deploying what i hope is the mostly-complete first part of the dramatic upgrade i've been working on the past few days, and avoiding the past few months, and then i'm hoping to get a decent night's rest.

i didn't go rollerblading tonight. i'm not confident that was wise, but instead i helped my mom regain access to her google accounts (they were blocking her because she accidentally overshot her data storage limit), and put a lot of work into the aforementioned upgrade.

this morning went pretty well, and i dropped mr smear off at school after a nice chat with a good vibe, even though it was precisely the same topic that caused a scene the day before. then i came home, got a bunch of stuff done, and still managed to enjoy a bit of a nice morning with gd. and still managed to get to work on time.

but that's where the day kinda went rubbish. i did make progress, but i found most of the shit i had to deal with had nothing to do with the code and was quite demoralizing. lunchtime was interesting, as we all "talked shop" about playing and potentially making games, but the afternoon was tedious and i was unfocused and i struggled with a lack of snacks.

so i left early, negotiated being able to exchange the shitty pads i bought (i'll do that on friday), picked up healthy snacks, and came home to help mr smear with his math homework.

there was an unpleasant moment at the beginning, but he cooled down quickly and did really well. i daresay he even seemed to enjoy it a bit. while helping him, i ate too much dried fruit and didn't feel too good afterwards. i struggled for a while to be functional*, but managed to pull myself together for a few minutes of focus time before dinner.

* during this time, i read an article about how working from home can impact one's relationships with one's kids, and mr smear and i had a chat about it. he didn't seem to think it was a big deal, so... cool.