SAX to StAX to CSS

I have learned more about java and web services in the last 2 weeks then I have learnt in the last 2 years. Studying is great fun but turns your brain to cabbage. I have a huge amount of work on and so am trying to balence work with family life. I had plans for sister's night yesterday but the kid had other plans. Its strange now, it feels like we have a lodger rather then a kid. Not that I am complaining. I had txted her to ask her if she wanted to hang on Tuesday night, but she said that she was staying at the boyfs. We then went through our 'hectic' social diaries and finally settled on Friday. I'm cooking mash, her favourite and we're watching some horror.

Mammy2 headed to see Harry Potter last night with the sister in law, I'm not a fan, so I stayed home and did some work on some of my other sites which I have been neglecting as a result of the day job. Its too hard to switch between when you are learning new stuff. We went for a pint and a catch up before the sister picked her up. And had another disagreement. The 2nd in less then 2 weeks. Of course its about her work place. She is handing in her notice but hasn't done so yet. I don't have a problem with that. She knows when is best. What I do have a problem with is her still working her ass for the place whilst they don't give a shit about her and treat her badly. I mean why should she care if they don't have email set up? Its not written in her non-existent contract? Her boss is a total ass and yet she still does all the work. She's handing in her notice after 6 years in the place and she still gives a shit. That much I can deal with as well to a certain extent, but when it extends to taking over from other stuff which she doesn't have time to do I get annoyed. I try to be the supportive wife as much as I can, without sitting back and watching her get treated like a fecking doormat.

There were words exchanged. I told her I could sit there and listen to her rant about her day and how she's treated and nod in all the right places or I could be honest and give her feedback if she asks for it. We came to a compromise whereby I listen and try not to grind my teeth too much. I do not understand how she can want to do the work still when she's got less then a month left? Who gives a feck about the community? Certainly not her work mates? Thankfully, she has started to care less but I guess its hard to change the habit of a lifetime. I'm more pragmatic then
she is. I think for a while she thought things had changed, improved after she had several conversations with the boss. They hadn't changed, we both knew it. He's a bully and shouldn't be in the position he's in. Thankfully she is leaving and hopefully to a job where she is treated with the respect she deserves. She has given too much to that place, it will go on without her, as she has often said no-one is indispensible. I for one won't miss it and all the stress and bullshit it has caused her and our family over the last few years.

Rant over :) I was up at 7 this morning doing my excercises that I have been assigned to do to strengthen my back and hip muscles for returning to training. My Physio thinks I am making good progress and should be able to start back next week , so I will try once class out. The excercises he showed me looked dead easy and over 8 minutes, no bother. By the end of them I was fairly tired. Its focusing on the back muscles and working those. I can definetly feel it. I am supposed to do them at least once a day. I have to go back to him in 2 weeks and he will see how I am doing. I am really looking forward to getting back into training. Great way to work off stress and your frustrations.