2018-06-05
Back to the grind after the long weekend. Cold and rainy. Dropped kids to school
and did some grocery shopping at Garbo, then back home for a productive morning
of work before a brief call with Will and a steak lunch with Wil. More work in
the afternoon, then made bangers and mash and watched an episode of A Series of
Unfortunate Events before putting the kids to bed.
And, partly due to a chat with Wil after lunch, I got my mojo back and did some
HackTile work. Not much, but enough to get my head back around it and make some
progress. The last part of the refactoring is writing the entity manager; I hope
to do that over the next few days to get things back up-and-running.
May need to visit Boffins to get a good C99 reference.
2018-06-04
Sleep in. Dzung off to pick up kids from their sleepover, then I took Jack
grocery shopping after a late breakfast of scrambled eggs and strong coffee.
After lunch (Dzung made ramen) we went shopping for a new desk for Dzung’s
office (no purchase yet), then back home for a long session of Letter Tycoon
(cold and rainy day, so indoor boardgames are perfect). Dinner of leftover
tortillas and soup, followed by a session of Kirby Star Allies. Kids to bed, and
Dzung and I finished the night by watching “I, Tonya”. What a lazy WA Day!
2018-06-03
Beautiful morning. Eliza off to tennis training. Jack and I reading over a lazy
breakfast, then searched for (and found) Dzung’s lost Kindle. Picked up Lilian
and Eliza and headed to Dim Sum for family “brunch”. Beautiful sunny day eating
outside at 8 On The Point. Went back to Van and Kiet’s and walked the kids over
to the new adventure playground near the stadium, where they spent a happy hour
building a cubby house.
Back home for a rest, then dropped the kids to Finlay’s for a sleepover. Dzung
and I out to meet up with Annie and Elaine for a dinner at Garum, Guy Grossi’s
new Perth restaurant. I thought the food was great, although not all of us
agreed; there was a general mood of dissatisfaction with everything, which put
somewhat of a damper on the evening. Ended with a brandy and a few more
chapters, and, as you may have guessed, no HackTile.
2018-06-02
Sleep-in and a leisurely outdoors breakfast in the brilliant sunshine. Still
feeling bad. Jack reading Calvin and Hobbes, which he discovered in my
bookshelf, while looking for something to do other than playing on screens.
Usual Saturday chores of clothes washing and taking the kids to karate. Faith
and Yoshiya were there; had a long chat with Faith about their recent trip to
Japan and her promotion at the ATO. Grabbed sushi, seafood chowder and crusty
baguette for lunch on the way home, and relaxed afterwards on the daybed,
reading Finders Keepers (I finished Mr. Mercedes this morning).
Philae over at 6pm to babysit the kids; Dzung and I went to Long Chim for dinner
and then watched “Behind the Barricade” at the Concert Hall. Home to bed. Zero
progress on HackTile.
2018-06-01
Well, well, well. Haven’t been feeling well. Wrote a Rakefile to make writing
diary entries more efficient. Full, productive day at work. Jack had his friend
Eli over afyer school, but ended up throwing a tantrum. Punishment is a total
screen ban over the WA Day long weekend. Made tortillas for dinner. Delicious
with a G&T. Kids to bed and Dzung and I watched a few episodes of Endeavour, the
Inpector Morse prequel with all the pretty girls. Well, I half-watched while
finishing Mr. Mercedes. And, yet again, no Hacktile!
2018-05-31
Well, I’ve really fallen off the wagon right here. Didn’t write this until the
next day. Had a busy day of work, then looked after the kids while Dzung was out
at company drinks. We picked up F&C from Tankk and watched YouTube videos. I had
a beer. After putting the kids to bed and reading to Eliza, I was the one who
was tanked, so I had an early night. Plan to make up for that “tomorrow”.
2018-05-30
Productive day at work. No HackTile action (think I’m putting things off because
big refactorings are boooring). Thinking about getting a new TV.