I don't normally bog about work, but I think today would be a good day to make an exception. Rarely does time just "fly by" while working. Time usually passes, meanders, and sometimes plods while working. It doesn't seem to matter what type of work I'm doing or if I enjoy it, the passage of time is something I can't judge very well while working. Last Thursday, I was working hard, didn't check the time and didn't look for lunch since I didn't feel too hungry. Eventually, I pull back, spread my arms, and give a wide long yawn. I tried to guess the time... 12:00? 1:00? 3:00? It seemed as though I had been working forever. 9:30. I couldn't believe it. I was ready for the day to be about done and the clocks only said 9:30. Ugh.
Today though, I started at my normal 8:00 time. I started working, researching, tracking down bugs. Things I would consider fairly routine or even boring. I check the time after a little bit and it was already 11:30! I hadn't done much work, very little productive programming and it was already 9:30. I went for lunch, came back and worked on the exact same issues and the clock yet again jumped forward to 4:00.
My net productivity for those seven hours: I commented out 10 lines of code. The code I commented out were lines of code spread throughout a single file that I had added about 7 months ago. Not only did I get rid of the progress I thought I had made back then, but I also didn't add any features to the program. Essentially, I cut the cost that I myself produced, and got paid for it. :-)
Fortunately, most days I'm a little more beneficial to the company.
I had a nice talk with my mom today. We chatted for a half hour about movies, websites, nephews, and vacations. Based on my mom's recommendation, I am planning to see "Meet Joe Black" whenever I get a card to the local video rental store.
Time to do a little clean up of my paperwork and then an early bedtime.
9 more days until I go home!
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