Here I sit eating ice cream...

My mood today has been up/down a few times.

I need to get some coding done, but I keep coming back, over and over to the same problem without a different resolution.

Isn't that the definition for insanity, or close to it?

I lack the insight to see beyond my current set of problems in the source code.

XML/XSL transforms can be such a pain in the ass.

I can make it work for one XSL file, but not for the one that I really, really want.

Not only to mention that, I also have problems because the dang thing is also in Unicode, so that's another layer to this madness that I'm working on.

Oh, did I mention that the original code that does this is scattered across dozens of source files, in C++ instead of C#, and it utilizes the MFC programming interface instead of .NET.

Much easier to code many, many things in MFC than .NET... at least for me... Only because I still think in C++ rather than C# .NET/Managed code.

Well, WTF do you expect?

I'm a nerdy type of coder, but not that NERDY.

Well, I am slowly giving my leg frost bite as I have a large ice pack strapped to my right knee... The sucker hurts, and right now, all I hope happens is to get the swelling down and not take anymore pain killers today.

I'm a bit miffed by the doctor... I was up on larger quantities of my original pain pills, and now that I'm using a "longer lasting" pill, I'm still running into problems with "break through" pain.

This is the type of pain that makes you want to hit shit, and if it wasn't for the long lasting pain pills, I'd probably be unable to work or be nice.

Well, so far, I haven't heard anything else about the layoffs, except that one of our many sites is going to be closed by the end of the year.

Today, after work, I'm going to my in-laws, which isn't a bad thing, and have dinner... After that the rest of my family has the girls club to go to...

Shit, I need to print out a bunch of pictures for them.... Well, I'll fire up my system in a bit and start printing pictures... After all, I'm not using my printer ink for much, except to be ready when I  want to print...

I don't do much printing at home anymore, not like I used to years ago.

These days, it usually goes from the computer, to the Kindle... thus no paper... I'm no green guy, but if I don't have to keep track of more papers, I'm happier.

Dammit, my wife didn't really plan on me going out with her to her parents tonight.

Freakin' A...

Oh well, perhaps I'll just stay home and say to hell with the whole damn thing.