It was one of those incredibly intense days at work when I spend the whole day “in the zone.”  So much that going to get lunch was going to somehow derail the whole process and I would never solve the problem.  I was determined to solve this one.  For more reasons than I could possibly list.  Suffice to say, it was a problem we’ve been experiencing for a very long time which was a mystery to our most experienced programmer (who left about a month ago) and which came to the attention to the Big Wigs a few weeks ago and they’ve been wanting “hourly updates” on the status of the solution.  Well, I wasn’t really assigned to work on it, but I finally got the boys to let me look at the code… Grandpappy, I’m sure you know what it’s like for boys to hand code over to me… Some things never change.  But, we think we got our answer and we’ll test tomorrow and find out.  I’m very confident that we’re well on the path to the right solution.

That kind of confidence has been driving my day.  I walked in this morning knowing I was going to solve that problem and I left knowing I could do anything I want.  So, I picked up Z from school and he was being a bit of a grump muffin.  So… I cheered him up!  And we had one of the best evenings we’ve had in a long time.

After dinner, he helped me pick up the dishes and get them loaded into the dishwasher.  Normally, I only make him put his dishes in the sink.  This time, he rinsed and loaded while I cleared the stove off.  When it was time to turn the dishwasher on, I said, “Get out the detergent.”  I gave it a little shake and began to uncap it when he says, “Can I do that?”  Well, what kind of mother would I be if I turned down my child’s request to do a chore?  “Sure!”  He had fun rinsing dishes, loading the dishwasher and turning it on… Who knew?

So… Next time you’re asking yourself, “Can I do that?”  Remember, the answer is, “Of course!”

Now, go Embellish!