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I wish I could say I was writing this from home, but I'm not. I am in the office right now typing away at 6:20am. I will explain more tomorrow.

Yesterday was rougher than I thought it was going to be. I kept acting like my brother wasn't bothering me but it was constantly lurking beneath the surface of everything I did and said. It was always there like an itch you can't quite reach.

Went into work and thought I was going to make some progress until they decided to change everything on me once more. I had explained to them that their initial design wasn't going to work and had asked last week for some specific changes to tighten things up. They were supposed to get them to me by Monday morning which turned into 11:30 Tuesday night. Fine. I come in yesterday and realize their changes are nowhere near what I asked for in terms of reducing the size of things and they go off to a room for two hours and come back with something even worse. This is the design I have to implement today. WTF?

I banged my head for 10 hours yesterday and got through about half of what they want. I *think* I can hit 75-80% of what they want within the limits of the tool, but we shall see if that is acceptable. I doubt it will be but whatever.

I also got a call from our sales guy yesterday. It looks like the minute this project rolls, I am off to New York to start a new one. The upside is I will be in New York for like 3 or 4 days for a kickoff only and then able to work out of the office in the city. Back to taking the train in the mornings which isn't bad. Much better than the commute I have right now.

Stopped at the store on the way home because I needed basic boring stuff like toilet paper, razors, etc. The store was surprisingly less crowded than I expected. I was in and out pretty quick. Got home around 6 and picked the kid up at work. She had her first full day at the new job and really enjoyed it. She is feeling much more comfortable with this one.

We got home and I made us some hamburgers and fries. A basic meal. We watched a Buffy and an X-Files. Yes, we finally got back into X-Files. Only 81 episodes to go. Jeez. My friend came over last night to grab cookies that I have made for today. I was supposed to be at their gathering tonight and had baked. Cest la vie. We talked for a little while and then I played Skyrim until TGF called around 10:30. We talked for about a half hour and then sleep. I went to bed normal because I have to treat today as 'normal' not only for my client but also for my sanity...