MB returns/Car fixed (again)

Thursday: Was going to wake at 7... but it was too early. Slept until 10 or so. Some email. Shower. Called the garage and asked about bringing the car back in. They said they could give me a loaner. Drove over and dropped it off, riding back in a weird little Chevy Cavalier. Had a heck of a time getting back to my street, as road-work was blocking the one-way street that my one-way street is off of. Exercise and morning practice. Made a sandwich for myself for lunch. Called the garage, and the car was ready. They had knocked off a vacuum hose when they were installing the alternator.

Packed my acoustic guitar and stool into the Cavalier, then drove to the garage. Picked up my car, then off to work.

An interesting day in the office. Found and fixed a bug in the control logic of the streaming start/stop code for the "other" driver. Did a performance test and found that it was absolutely horrible. They were expecting us to do our work in very small chunks, so the set-up overhead was killing us. We found that there was a way around this. Two ways actually... which was a bit confusing. But, we got a work-around up on its feet. Handed the hardware back to Dv. Knocked around a bit more, but that was the major work of the day. Headed out around 7:50.

Called Shawn and told him I'd be a little late. Arrived in Arlington about 8:15. Not a bad rehearsal, considering we'd been away from it for two or three weeks. Showed him the new piece I'm working on. It wasn't as straight forward as I thought it would be, but I know it will jell in the end. At the end of our session another guitarist that he is working with showed up.

On my way home, stopped to get a couple slices of pizza. Ate them while watching some more "Return of the King." MB showed up a bit later, having been out belly dancing. Good to see her. We make some tea, and sat around talking. I ate one of the cookies she'd baked earlier. Back-rubs, then she went to bed. I still have some concluding practices to take care of.