You know what they say.
Everything comes... to he who waits.
It may be true (tho I doubt it)
Today, however, I just wish that some of it could have waited just a little bit longer.
Today is the day of "our" novelty rogaine.
It's all set, ready to run.
It will be brilliant :-)
The rogaine is also my chance to test, to show off, my app.
All data is loaded, it works brilliantly.
Ready to go, to amaze my fellow rogainers.
Early this morning there is an email:
The version on the Android library -- is no longer available.
As I understand it, I only need to tick a box in the app code. Tick, run on the latest Android version. Reload to the library
... all of which is now beyond my tech skills.
Oh well, no more new users. Existing users, app already installed, may still be able to run?
The Apple version may still download? Run? I don't know.
Various threatening msgs from Apple and Android let me know of the approaching deadlines, my best guess was... just*after* today's event. I guess I was wrong :-)
No matter. There was nothing I could do before, there is still nothing I can do.
Pwmapapp... for immediate practical use -- is dead.
On a separate matter...
We wake up to find scheme water bubbling up just outside the back door.
Deb, a woman of action, would be on the phone immediately. Calling emergency plumbers and pretending not to hear them laughing as they ratchet up thousands of dollars in emergency call-out fees.
I manage to slow deb down. Call our insurers, get them arranging for a plumber. At least to locate the problem.
As deb's father used to say... why have a dog and bark, yourself.
A plumber will be here in a few hours. Fixing, of course, will take much longer.
Meanwhile... we have no water in the house.
No great worry, we'll be spending most of today sitting in a park, with other rogainers... between public toilets and a food van. Good planning, eh:-?
Although...
The plumber will call by... just when we should be leaving for the rogaine.
Oh well, it's not far away, we all have mobile phones.
Meanwhile...
I have prepared a list of points for the pre-event briefing. Deb said I should, deb has checked and accepted.
No comment, yet, from my co-setter. Sheesh, it seems that there there are people who not spend their days watching for and responding to emails :-)
Now:
Deb is preparing to get us both out of the house and to the hash house. She will then go for a run... well away from the, to deb, key source of today's stress.
I, however, plan to spend a long but peaceful day at the hash house area.
Doing my soon to be famous imitation of Young Mr Grace.
You don't remember, Are you Being Served?
Not to worry..it was a TV show which was almost even before *my* time :-)
As -they" say:
If you can't laugh at yourself
... then you are missing the whole point of your life.
Ha!
