So if there were a competition going on to see who has gotten the most posts up in the first week of our starting this blog, we all know j. would be winning. And to that I say, in a sing-song voice: Who’s my (Internet) hero?
I am not feeling that particularly competitive at the moment (but bring on a game of Boggle, Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble and I will be in an instant!), so I’ll just mention what I’ve been up to this past week, all of which hasn’t permitted me the time or energy to post:
(Warning: Some geek speak in the text below)
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I did a lot of playing around with WordPress to figure out how to apply the design I wanted for this site to an existing template designed for use in WordPress. Then as I started to apply the design, I wrote some of my own CSS and PHP, the latter a scripting language I’ve never used before. Amen for the WordPress support forum and codex!
I know, I know, if you are reading this on the date it is posted you will be quick to point out, “The static pages are still empty!” and “So much for your CSS and PHP skills, there is some wonky stuff happening in your archive template.” My answer to all such quips and negative fascinations is THIS WEB SITE IS A WORK IN PROGREESS. I’ve already spent a couple nights this week troubleshooting and experimenting, like getting borders to appear around the photos we post. We all know, given my attitude that nothing I do is ever good enough, I am going to be spending endless hours tweaking to make everything work just right, as I explore all the possibilities of this nifty technology. So there!
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In a summer long project, that culminated in frantic efforts in the last week to GET IT DONE, I’ve been writing content, editing photos and futzing around with code, all to launch a purty *new* web site for the department in which I work. I must warn you though, I wouldn’t check my code work there; it’s far from W3C compliant. The very clean and tidy looking template uses CSS sparingly; the template was not created by me, although I’ve made minor modifications. If I had more time, I would have flexed more of my CSS muscle, but alas it shall simply be an ongoing project in my work hours to convert more of the backend to CSS as I maintain and update the site.
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I have been spending an exhorbitant amount of time replying to my maid of honour’s (hi melissa!) idea rich and very long emails. And I still have more of her messages to reply to. Am I complaining? No, not at all. The emails are evidence of what an amazing creative mind Melissa (and her beau Henry) has and how much she CARES about doing great work. This whole planning process — including the emails flying between us — is stimulating my creative juices in ways I’ve always wanted (get your mind out of the gutter). There is no doubt in my mind, I need more opportunities to tap into those juices and let them flow and flow.
I’ve also noted, that in the end, all this email sent and pondered and replied to will be a wonderful record of the planning and work we all did to make j.’s and my wedding day happen.
I came to grips with it from the start: wedding planning from a distance is all I will ever know, the plus side being my fingers are getting wickedly strong from all the typing. I will be able to crush anyone who doesn’t appreciate the outcome of all our planning. :)
So…
As you can imagine I have spent an obscene amount of time this past week in front of a computer screen and gloriously, managed to avoid any Internet down time. So now who’s your (Internet) hero?
This all said, I can’t end this post without telling you j. has been a superstar, a doll, MY HERO this week: he’s made me dinner, took care of doing the laundry and kept this site active with all his insightful and endearing posts. He even offered to pick me up at work tonight when I called around 8:30 pm to say I was done and the new department web site was posted. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to interrupt his evening to come get me (it’s about a 15 – 20 minute drive each way when there is no traffic on the highway) and he said no problem, he just had to finish wiping the counter and tie up the garbage. Yeah, I’m totally serious. And dinner was waiting for me when we got home.
He writes, cooks delicious food, does housework and picks me up when I work late. Is there any doubt who’s the hero in this relationship?
