Another All-nighter & weekend notes
I spent the weekend doing a crunch-crisis JSP application for a sales presentation that took place today and yesterday. The requirements for the app didn't get solidified untill Sunday morning, which was somewhat frustrating since I'd spent Saturday evening putting a sample app for it all togther. Long story short, I went in the building at 8:30am sunday, left for 1 hour on Sunday, and then finally left at 12:30pm today, chilled from the air conditioning and with tingling extremities looking for somewhere to crash. It was a true all-nighter, and there were about 4 of us that made it through. The application wasn't pretty, but it demonstrated the features we needed to show, which was good. I would have rather had more time to work on it, but its out there. Was kinda fun working with the sales team too, although this pulling requirements out of thin air is a bit frustrating. I fell asleep twice at the office, then crashed for about 2 hrs at 2pm. The good news is that the effort will pay off in a short day on Friday for the long weekend!
I sent my momma some chocolates that Franz had brought. They melted on the way there. That makes me sad.
Speaking of Franz, he called from somewhere in Peru that had a phone line. He's spent 10 days running around the countryside, and evidently he's having a good time.. eating delicacies like chicken soup and guinea pig, and staying at places that turn the generator off at night, making you have to light a candle to go to the head. The fall/winter weather there is good to him, and he's said the scenary has been fabulous. There are times like this weekend I'd like to be somewhere in the middle of the land where there's no power.
Saturday I got the Honda off the driveway. I've got a friend in town that needed a car, and since I wasn't going to get what I wanted for it from the 'easy' route of selling it to a dealer, we worked out a deal. Only problem was he hadn't driven a standard before.. so lessons were in order. Phillip was a bit nervous at first: "You think it'll take a month to learn?" Of course he picked it right up... its been a forgiving car, and he's pretty smart, so as long as he's not drinking Starbucks, doing the crossword and yakking on the phone while driving, I think he'll have fun with it. I do have to admit it was a bit strange seeing the car out at the bar on Saturday night however!
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