OK, so it's fathers day today, the weather is great. By that I mean lots of rain, storms, and I got a call from Liz before on the way to her Dad's place saying that she got caught in a hail storm. No great problem, our car isn't worth crap anyway. We got some cabling fixed on the boost relay on the starter motor the other day which address the issue of me having to clutch start it the other day, and things are much better now. The silly old thing only has to last us until some time early next year when we intend to whack a bit extra on our home loan and buy something better.
The rain is great, soaking up our brown parched lawns and gardens, and meaning that the seven months and counting since we washed the car can wait longer yet again. In fact, right now I'm typing this sitting outside watching the rain fall around me, just enjoying the sounds of rain and storms. And iTunes. Of course, the poor powerbook and I are under a cover, but it's still quite a bit of a break from my computer desk. Especially since I was there all day yesterday making up for other people's poor planning at work which left me with about -3 days to get 10 days of work done. Packs of fun.
Normally when I work from home I'm not all that productive (at work I have three desktop machines and piles of papers), but I found the combination of
Desktop Manager and and external 17" monitor for extra desktop real-estate gave me plenty of working space for my
Tarantella connection into work. I might even convince the boss that I need to do it a bit more often...
Whilst on the topic, he mentioned the other day that he should be able to keep me on past January next year (my current contract end date), making our long-term planning just that bit easier.
Last but not least, congrats to
Kung for finally paying off his loan. Don't crash any more cars dude!