And So It Goes

This week has been crazy. I had to finish a big design document and prepare some sizings so that the project manager could put together a detailed project plan. I'd been having trouble concentrating on it last week with all the house details. But my writing has always been like that. I will read background material and throw out a few ideas for a while and then it all kind of just spills out into a document in the last few days. This process hit me around 3:30am Monday. I tried to fight it and get some sleep, but to no avail. So I finally gave up and wrote some notes before going into the office. This process repeated itself on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, which allowed me to finish the document (except for some minor changes) by the end of the day Wednesday (it's amazing how much you can get done when you get into the office at 6:15am when no one's around to bug you). Even so, I still woke up around 4:45am on Thursday with a few last minute changes and additions buzzing around in my head. Now that the document is out of the way (the main part anyway, there will be reviews and revisions in the next couple of weeks), I can sleep again (or at least I did this morning).

I actually planned for this sort of situation when I picked the date for the move. I knew I'd be in the throws of last-minute document preparation this week, so I scheduled the move for next week. Now I have to get busy painting the house. I'm going to go over there this afternoon and do the prep work and try to get some painting done before it gets too late. I'll also be over there all day tomorrow, painting and waiting for a delivery.