What a long day. I was still working in my room (much more comfortably than previously) till after midnight. I think I probably had about 3 hours off in the 21 that I was awake yesterday.
The day started with a session with the staff that will be using the program. I did an overview and showed them the main screens they will be using for input. We only did about an hour and will have sessions today and tomorrow.
The rest of the time was spent refining the daily report and staring on the monthly report. The latter is a word document and I had to revise the routines for writing those plus work out some new techniques, particularly for creating a Table of contents. These challenges were solved by the time I went to bed. But there is still a lot of grunt work to do.
Today is crunch time again. Should I go home tomorrow or stay on? If I stay do I take the weekend off and what can I do? I’m not sure I want to risk the weather again playing golf.
Later
It’s now official – I’m not going home tomorrow. Progress is being made and we had a second session this morning. This raised a couple of issues, which I have incorporated into the program. We have also decided to start processing of the data from the 1st of June. There is historic data going back to 1995 in some cases but not consistent enough to allow recalculation of production for stock changes, exports etc. Data before the 1st June will be taken as is. Of course that required some further changes to handle the initial conditions for the calculation period.
I tried to rebook my flight for next Friday but was told the flight was booked out, as was Thursday,s. The next confirmed seat was the following Wednesday. Apparently it is a long weekend and lots of people travel. However by the end of the day I had a confirmed seat for next Thursday and still wait listed for Friday.
Fortunately both hockey teams have a Bye next week so I don’t miss any further games.
I have decided to stay here over the weekend and will probably spend time in the office. If that allows me to finish early, I can have a couple of days in Bangkok. Otherwise I will have needed the extra days work to leave on time.
A quick shop on the way home. More junk food and soft drink plus, I hope, some leave in detangler / conditioner spray for my hair.
Barbeque night again. This time we had donuts and buns for desert as well. I hate to think what my weight will be when I get home.
No photos today. I have been taking some on the way to the office but they aren't very clear. Will try again tomorrow.
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