I suppose there's a lesson in all this
Aug. 13th, 2009 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabineI am not where I want to be. I really want to be in Iowa right now, tired from a drive and a surprise birthday party. I want to be siting around my grandparents' dining room table, talking to my aunt/godmother. I want to be around the people who helped make me into the person I am.
Instead, I'm sitting in my den. I'm surrounded by my books, my dog is pointedly ignoring the rawhide chewie I bought her, and my husband and I are listening to techno belly dance music. It's nice and it's comfortable, but it's not where I want to be.
I know this is the smart and responsible thing for both me and Peanut, but it doesn't make it suck any less. I've gotten to talk to my family on the phone for a long time tonight and that's helped. They know how much I want to be there and they miss me, too. They have also made sure to point out that being a parent starts before the kid is born and parenting tends to involve making decisions that you don't like but you know are necessary.
So I'm at home, trying to enjoy some vacation time while it's still just me, Downwood, and the dog. I could have saved the days for later, since I'm not traveling for the wedding, but I really, really, really need a break from work. They're driving me a little insane.
As a side note, a 30 min testing call exploded into a 90 min bug hunt session. Much to my shock and amazement, the issue that my customer was seeing was not caused by their crappy setup. There was an actual code bug that was preventing what I thought should happen from working. We'll be getting that fixed. In the process of figuring it out, I apparently impressed one of my coworkers with my mad skillz. I R Code Ninja, yo.
I don't know what I'm going to do with myself tomorrow, but I think blueberry pancakes will be a good start. I'm sure I'll be on the phone again. I'm not going to hold my breath for Peanut to finally make an appearance, but that sure would be nice.
Instead, I'm sitting in my den. I'm surrounded by my books, my dog is pointedly ignoring the rawhide chewie I bought her, and my husband and I are listening to techno belly dance music. It's nice and it's comfortable, but it's not where I want to be.
I know this is the smart and responsible thing for both me and Peanut, but it doesn't make it suck any less. I've gotten to talk to my family on the phone for a long time tonight and that's helped. They know how much I want to be there and they miss me, too. They have also made sure to point out that being a parent starts before the kid is born and parenting tends to involve making decisions that you don't like but you know are necessary.
So I'm at home, trying to enjoy some vacation time while it's still just me, Downwood, and the dog. I could have saved the days for later, since I'm not traveling for the wedding, but I really, really, really need a break from work. They're driving me a little insane.
As a side note, a 30 min testing call exploded into a 90 min bug hunt session. Much to my shock and amazement, the issue that my customer was seeing was not caused by their crappy setup. There was an actual code bug that was preventing what I thought should happen from working. We'll be getting that fixed. In the process of figuring it out, I apparently impressed one of my coworkers with my mad skillz. I R Code Ninja, yo.
I don't know what I'm going to do with myself tomorrow, but I think blueberry pancakes will be a good start. I'm sure I'll be on the phone again. I'm not going to hold my breath for Peanut to finally make an appearance, but that sure would be nice.
