I have six assignments due between now and semester’s-end that I haven’t yet finished. Two search problem-sets, that pesky LAN design, the library-renovation report, and the client search and writeup.
This isn’t quite as bad as it sounds. The LAN design is 75% done, as is the renovation report. (Strange to compare them, as the former is strictly limited to six pages of text—I’ve written three—and the latter is already twenty-some-odd pages and climbing.) And problem-sets are problem-sets; might even tackle one of them tonight.
The client search wouldn’t be bad at all (I’ve got four pages of writeup already) if the client would only get back to me with some items of information he promised. (I’ve tweaked him three times. The third time, I said that I’d have to proceed without the information if I didn’t get it by the end of this week, and I intend to hold to that, because I can’t wait. This is, admittedly, poor client service—but I would never behave this way with a real client, not to mention that a real client would have deadline pressure as additional reason to get me the information I need.)
Still. Deep breath, because it’s a lot of details to juggle when I’ve got plenty of other balls (and batons and knives and whathaveyou) in the air too.
I’m more or less packed to go. The d10 came up 8, so that’s how many résumés I’ve stashed in my bag. (I’m sure the extra ones will find good homes.) I’ve shined my shoes, got my bus tickets, scribbled down my hotel reservation number, put sufficient cash in my wallet, all that good stuff. Wireless card, as always, is in the bag, as are a couple of digital-library books for light amusement. (One of ’em’s your XML book, Kevin. The other is Andrew Pace’s digital-library book, which looks bland but nutritious.)
This week and next are the big roller-coaster ride. If I can make it to April 17th more or less unscathed, I’ll be in tolerable shape.
