It's been one of those weeks where nothing seems to go right. My sewing machine sat with the tension bit all pulled apart for 2 days while I figured out how it went together so I didn't get my "one cover a night" done. I have a friend that was bringing around another sewing machine on Wednesday, which he forgot about. It arrived yesterday and so for the last two nights I've been back at it. Three down, still two to go though! This is a picture of the corner chair I covered tonight. There's no cushions on it, it's just the base, and all together it will look great.
Work has been flat-out this week and I've had lists of things to do, but not getting very far with them either. Something "urgent" always seems to come up that pushes the rest of the to-dos down the list. This afternoon was a nightmare. I was trying to get a few jobs out of the way, but managed to stuff things up so I had to re-do some things two and three times. By 5 o'clock I was so looking forward to getting out of there.
We had a couple of 2-hour lesson-type meetings that also cut into my work time. A new electronic system for purchase orders has been implemented and we had to learn how to do it, though I know it's going to take some time for everyone to get their heads around it. No more writing out a paper order and getting a signature. Now we have to know the supplier, the cost, and where to allocate it to. I'm not looking forward to the next time I need to purchase something. Just putting an ad in the paper requires the "purchase order process". Aaahg. Putting an ad in the paper always required a purchase order, but I'm going to need the instructions for the new system when next we advertise.
I'm writing a procedure at work for processing development applications. So far I have 5 pages of hand written notes, and it's not complete. My boss suggested that in the event I'm hit by a bus, somebody else needs to know all the steps involved! True enough, but I'd prefer to think of it like: in the event I win the lottery and suddenly decide to give up work.
My problems with this particular MT install and the switch to FastCGI are still plaguing me. I've added a line to the .htaccess in the MT folder that I hope will stop the errors I had when trying to post. On the rebuild, I got a 500 server error, and looking in the error log I found it was an incomplete header error. I'll know if it worked when I go to save this post.
Update: Adding this line worked!! No more rebuild problems.
I have less than a year now to give up smoking, I promised the kids I'd give up before I turn 50. The count-down has begun.