Tuesday, 9 October 2007

I had set the alarm back an hour and had hoped to have bath and breakfast before leaving for work. But I was worried about rousing Jackie so left straight away on tip toe and arrived at work about 6:30 am.

I shut myself in my office and worked on the V&V report all day determined to finish the report. I was probably a little short on those occasions when someone needed to interrupt me. I was a little exasperated by some of the figures not behaving in a gentleman-like way. I was fully focused on the report and worked like a thing possessed.

Around 10:00 pm I made a passing reference to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and I should have known then that it was time to stop. But I was so determined to finish the report that I ploughed on regardless. Later, I found myself making a reference to Dark Matter – I deleted the reference and excused myself as I’d only used it as a metaphor. Later still, I quoted some Chaos Theory; this was a big Red Light moment and I knew I had to give it up for the day.

Having successfully not woken Jackie in the morning, I managed also to not wake Jackie in the small hours. I deliberately didn’t set the alarm.