You know, sometimes there are just days when you expect to do great things, only do be bombarded by the random. Not that it’s not a welcome change at times (it has its place), but I picked this picture of Felix (with the above title) as a fitting representation of my day at work.
Oddly enough, I only dealt with one client on the phone today (and that was a good conversation). I’m not complaining about people, either. My day today was originally going to be dedicated to adding some new functionality in a program (as per user request and upcoming deadline). But, as I was driving to work I decided that I actually should work on some other things — a few of the bugfixes and loose ends which are out there (hence the ‘what do you want’ thing). I guess my justification for such a change is simply that there are more people (I use this loosely, implying a wider variety of clientele as opposed to sheer numbers) who have been requesting a few fixes and changes that have been shuffled into the ‘to do’ pile. Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue (I could keep working on one thing for a while), but with the baby coming and whatnot, I got to thinking about it — it just makes sense to tie up some of the loose ends (and risk pissing off fewer people) before they get too far out there. Another thing is that there’s an impending winter storm heading our way (I’ll write another post about that)…so it’s good to try maximizing the time at work I can get.
But, the good news is that as of the end of this business day, there are fewer loose ends out there, I directly heard from a few folks who are now taken care of. That makes for a Good Day. And I’m open to more ‘what do you want’ stuff. 🙂
–MZ