here's life

...this afternoon was the most pleasant weather I've seen. I came out of work and it was about 80 degrees and the sun was shining. A beautiful afternoon. I guess the rain yesterday left, but the cooler temperatures stayed. I am glad that I didn't work late today.

A little later I was playing volleyball with some of the interns and a Rivet Joint aircraft was taking off and landing from the airstrip across the road. It was interesting to see the plane flying over that I heard about from the L3 trip.

This afternoon I went over to Aaron's apartment and drilled a hole through his wall with my cool new drill and some drillbits I got from the Boeing Surplus Store for $2.50/lb. Then we ran the cable for his internet from the living room to the office and got his computer set up on his new desk. Then I came back and started work on my desk. I got some of the angles and lengths figured and cut. I hope that the neighbors continue to allow me to run a circular saw next to the building.

It was good to spend some time outside working with my hands instead of just my brain. Or what's left of it after two days of trying to understand a complex relational database and it's means and methods. It is interesting that if I mess up the database in certain ways, it can't just be fixed. Just like if you grew up in an abusive situation, I can't just tell you "It's over, you are safe now." Even if you know I am right, it may not repair the emotional damage, or change your irrational emotional responses to today's circumstances. In some cases in the database, I can't fix things because I don't have the power or authorization. In other cases, it is just too inter-related for us to just poke with a stick and make it better.