Good:
1. I was able to download Jen's Maroon 5 CD and she liked it!!! I haven't had a chance to listen to it but I like the one song that is on the radio.
2. Seth stopped by to cut his grass one evening and he stopped over for a couple of minutes. We had a nice visit. The next day Maria stopped by and visited with Jen during her lunch hour. It is a shame that they moved.
3. We may have an alternate solution for the switch. We've found a mode that seems to work – at least some of the time. This alternate mode of operation (repeater) may not provide us as much margin as the original approach (retimer) but it may be good enough. This alternate mode seems to be slightly intermittent so there are some things we need to track down to validate that it is a good path. We are still pursuing the original approach in parallel. So we have some hope.
Bad:
1. Jen came down with a bad fever on Thursday and it is even worse today (Friday). She thinks the fever is due to an infection in her breasts. She has a doctor's apt this afternoon so hopefully the doctor will be able to prescribe her some antibiotics.
2. Jen thinks Keegan has caught the colic. I told her my boy doesn't have the colic it must be something else. He was pretty good last night but he's been much more fussy the last couple of weeks. Mainly every evening around 8:30 or 9:00. It isn't horrible - but it would be nice too if we could just sit him in his play mat and he played. Maybe in a couple more months.
3. The Cammy has a short – or something. The battery won’t hold a charge.
Week of May 14, 2007
Good:
1. This really was a week of milestones and celebration. The week included Mother's Day, Keegan's one month birthday, Keegan's original due date, Ebony's Birthday, Jen's Birthday, my Parent's anniversary, and Corey's Birthday. We had a lot to celebrate.
2. Jen's birthday went well. I baked her a yellow cake with fudge frosting, decorated a small portion of the study with balloons and a happy birthday sign, took her to dinner and got her a handful of gifts. She seemed to really like everything that I got her so I'll take that as victory.
3. On the file server we are really close to having the throughput issue resolved - we actually already may be there. Our requirement is 20MB/sec and we are 19 and change. Initial feedback from the customer is that this is good enough. I think we will know "officially" on Tuesday. So this is really great.
Bad:
1. Keegan is starting to throw up on a more frequent basis. I'm guessing this is because he's eating quite a bit more lately. He had a doctor's apt and he weighed in at 8lbs 13oz - so that's really good. He has about tripled his fluid intake from 2oz per feeding to about 6oz per feeding. Its actually gotten a little more difficult taking care of him because he still is on a 2-3 hour feeding schedule and he's having more difficulty digesting his food. My hat goes off to Jen.
2. The retimer for the 32Port Switch that we are testing out still does not work. We are struggling to understand what needs to be done to fix the problem. We hope that it is something that we can fix so that we can move past the proto-type and incorporate this in the design. A handful of us are going in this afternoon to try and make some progress.
3. We haven't finished Keegan's room. I got the second coat of trim and roller complete however I can see a couple spots that need to be touched up - so I need to go back and hit those. Jen is going over the stripes. It is time consuming.
1. This really was a week of milestones and celebration. The week included Mother's Day, Keegan's one month birthday, Keegan's original due date, Ebony's Birthday, Jen's Birthday, my Parent's anniversary, and Corey's Birthday. We had a lot to celebrate.
2. Jen's birthday went well. I baked her a yellow cake with fudge frosting, decorated a small portion of the study with balloons and a happy birthday sign, took her to dinner and got her a handful of gifts. She seemed to really like everything that I got her so I'll take that as victory.
3. On the file server we are really close to having the throughput issue resolved - we actually already may be there. Our requirement is 20MB/sec and we are 19 and change. Initial feedback from the customer is that this is good enough. I think we will know "officially" on Tuesday. So this is really great.
Bad:
1. Keegan is starting to throw up on a more frequent basis. I'm guessing this is because he's eating quite a bit more lately. He had a doctor's apt and he weighed in at 8lbs 13oz - so that's really good. He has about tripled his fluid intake from 2oz per feeding to about 6oz per feeding. Its actually gotten a little more difficult taking care of him because he still is on a 2-3 hour feeding schedule and he's having more difficulty digesting his food. My hat goes off to Jen.
2. The retimer for the 32Port Switch that we are testing out still does not work. We are struggling to understand what needs to be done to fix the problem. We hope that it is something that we can fix so that we can move past the proto-type and incorporate this in the design. A handful of us are going in this afternoon to try and make some progress.
3. We haven't finished Keegan's room. I got the second coat of trim and roller complete however I can see a couple spots that need to be touched up - so I need to go back and hit those. Jen is going over the stripes. It is time consuming.
Week of May 7, 2007
Good:
1. Jen was able to send out all of the baby announcements. They turned out really well - at least I thought so - although I am a little biased.
2. We started to repaint Keegan's room. I think it is going to take us longer than expected. Jen picked out a very light blue to go over the pink. So it is taking a bit of paint to cover the pink. In addition there is much more detail work with the chair rail. Jen is attempting to repaint the stripes as well. We started so that is good.
3. In the effort to respin the 32Port Fibre Channel Switch we built a proto-type card. We got the proto card built. It looks good. We fired it up and it kind of worked. We have to program one part - which we are working on. Once we get that part programmed we will be able to evaluate the performance of the Retimer which will hopefully indicate that we can continue with the respin.
Bad:
1. For work I missed a meeting on throughput. I don't really have an excuse - basically I forgot about it. It probably wouldn't have been so bad however nobody else on our program showed up for it either other than our program manager. Since this is our number one priority it was kind of bad that I missed it. I got a talking to. I'm okay with it - I'm rather burned out on the program in general and throughput in particular. I don't feel bad about the reprimand because I deserved it. Hopefully with time I'll get remotivated.
2. Keegan has been feeling very gassy towards the end of the week. We're not sure of the exact cause. Jen did feed him some milk she had frozen so maybe it was something she ate before she really started to watch what she ate.
3. Jen's still feeling a little sore. Her stitches should be dissolving anytime now. That will be a relief for her.
1. Jen was able to send out all of the baby announcements. They turned out really well - at least I thought so - although I am a little biased.
2. We started to repaint Keegan's room. I think it is going to take us longer than expected. Jen picked out a very light blue to go over the pink. So it is taking a bit of paint to cover the pink. In addition there is much more detail work with the chair rail. Jen is attempting to repaint the stripes as well. We started so that is good.
3. In the effort to respin the 32Port Fibre Channel Switch we built a proto-type card. We got the proto card built. It looks good. We fired it up and it kind of worked. We have to program one part - which we are working on. Once we get that part programmed we will be able to evaluate the performance of the Retimer which will hopefully indicate that we can continue with the respin.
Bad:
1. For work I missed a meeting on throughput. I don't really have an excuse - basically I forgot about it. It probably wouldn't have been so bad however nobody else on our program showed up for it either other than our program manager. Since this is our number one priority it was kind of bad that I missed it. I got a talking to. I'm okay with it - I'm rather burned out on the program in general and throughput in particular. I don't feel bad about the reprimand because I deserved it. Hopefully with time I'll get remotivated.
2. Keegan has been feeling very gassy towards the end of the week. We're not sure of the exact cause. Jen did feed him some milk she had frozen so maybe it was something she ate before she really started to watch what she ate.
3. Jen's still feeling a little sore. Her stitches should be dissolving anytime now. That will be a relief for her.
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