Relative Something

The day after 11/11/11 and all is well. What a relief. Except for the fact that the laundry needs to be done, and myriad other chores deserve attention, and I would prefer to take a couple of days and just do absolutely nothing for as long as my mind and body would allow. Kind of like rebooting a computer.

It is no surprise that rebooting a computer would be on my mind, because this weekend, I am assisting in a major software upgrade at the day-job. One which I believe we have tried to accomplish twice before, unsuccessfully. Each time, we have reverted to the previous, greatly outdated, version to allow production to continue. Years pass. The need, and reasons to upgrade, increase all the while. Daily, the task becomes more complicated by new records of activity added to the data base.

This may be the weekend that wasn’t for me. Next week will probably be a week of unprecedented struggles at the day-job for me.

On one hand, it is convenient to be living alone while this is going on, because there is no competition for my time or attention. But that is also a disadvantage, because I have little reason to claim being unavailable for this onerous task, and I have no pleasant distraction from the mess occurring at the day-job when I get home.

I’m counting my blessings for all the years I enjoyed living with Cyndie, and gaining insight on how much I have taken that for granted over time.