I went to my R training session, got breakfast with Shiva, worked on the coal spreadsheet, met with Amber about wrapping up the coal project, got my hair cut, continued work on the spreadsheet, went to the department happy hour briefly, ate dinner, continued working on the spreadsheet yet again, checked my e-mail, did some admin, shortly I'll go to a party, and later I'll try to read a little in The Swamp.
It was good to start my weekend with discipline. Normally a let things slide on Friday, but I was on point today. I'm really pushing to be able to take off Sunday, which means that I need to get a lot done tomorrow. I think it'll be possible.

I've been jumping into a lot of new software lately, and I think my tolerance for uncertainty and mess is rapidly rising, which is good. In the last week or two I've used Illustrator, Indesign, Rhino, Endnote, and R all for the first time, happily with good results. I'm starting to care less about getting things perfect right up front, an attitude that I've struggled with for a long time and one that inhibits learning.