Well deserved vacation

I have to tell you, taking some time off and heading off to the mountains had to tbe one of the greatest ideas yet! It's been three years since I was able to stay in Banff for a whole week, and it's been absolutely wonderful. The best part is that I had some vacation days saved up from work, so I'm litterally being paid to be here! HEE HEE!

I haven't tackled any mountains, and I'm doubtful that I will. First off, I don't have my bike, so no singletrack stuff. Second, I have a six-month old daughter, and she hasn't learned to walk, let alone crawl. However, she has been swimming with mommy and daddy pretty much every day! She's also doing her darnest to sit up. She's really strong in the neck, we just need to work on the abs. Then she'll be up and about, and running, and getting into stuff... Hmmm... Maybe I should enjoy the time that we have right now when she's still learning. I would think.

I'm using the public library computer right now, so I can't post any pictures. I'll do that once I get back. I got some nice shots of the mountains from our room's balcony. It's so nice to be away from the city and not have to worry about getting up on time or getting to work. Hmmm... I'll probably be pretty bored in a bit. And then we'll go home, and if luck has it be, we'll visit Jess, Chris, Ben and the new Orr! I'm still waiting for that email though.

Awk

Funny that's how I felt coming out of my interview a few minutes ago, and it was also the name of the programming language that I was working with, PLUS it was apt that I used that language since I could get my script to work! Though the bird's name is spelt with a "u" not a "w". I did my best, and if that's not the best, well... Suffice it to say, the reason they do the testing with that language is so they can see how well the candidate responds to a new environment, since they have yet to have a candidate familiar with the language!

It was a challenge, but I felt I was close to getting something together, if only I had a bit more time to figure out the workings of the language. An hour isn't very long, and it gets shorter if you panic. I was doing my best not to go crazy, especially once I crashed the command prompt, then couldn't remember how to change directories in the prompt to get to the folder that had the runtime command for awk scripts! Yeah. That was fun.

I need to get going if I want to get a new seat post bolt for my bike. Some... twat stole the bolt for my seat post, and unless I get a new one, I can't ride my bike very comfortably or very far. I've had this happen before, and I've even had the entire seat stolen. Riding without a seat bolt is odd, without a seat is a trial! Funny how something so small is so important to the operation of something greater.

Kinda like Rini! :) Only no one stole her, and we didn't forget her in the apartment when I locked the key inside yesterday. Hmmm... still need to drop off those mail keys at the old apartment, and we finally found them today.

Getting settled

We still have a mountain of boxes to work through, but things are on the up and up for Rini. She's starting to support herself sitting up now, but I still have to hold onto her legs if she's sitting on my knee. Notwithstanding, she can support herself if I hold her by the hips. I'll take small victories where I can find them, like sleeping through the night.

Recently, I got the flu, then Caitlin got it. I don't know if Rini caught it (as I didn't throw it, and I've tried not to cough directly at her), but she had a bit of trouble settling last week. There were two nights in a row (3 and 4 August 2007) that we had to give her some infants Tylenol in order to help her sleep. We thought that she was coming down with the same thing we have, and she might have. But she seems okay now, and she doesn't fuss much when we set her down.

The other explaination is that she's going through a growth spurt, and it's going to hurt no matter what we do, or she does. Oh boy.