Another wash-out

It was wonderful to relax yesterday, but I needed to crack on with work today. There is no better way of testing software than using it for real. I found quite a few bugs and spent the best part of the day getting them fixed. Most were fiddly issues which I had left as not essential to sort out for the prototyping stage but now need to be resolved as we are getting closer to full deployment. One of my favourite sayings is that you get 80% of the way in 20% of the time. That last 20% takes five times as long. It's so true.

Took an hour out to watch No.1 son bowl a few overs. Of course, it started to drizzle as soon as he was given the ball, so it wasn't easy for him to grip and extract as much turn as he usually does. At the end of his ten over spell (tight and unlucky not to get a wicket) the rain started coming down more heavily and I retreated for home. And that was it for the afternoon. Another wash-out and another week passes without my lad having a chance to get to the crease. He's barely had a chance to score a single run since that elegant fifty he hit over a month back now. I feel so bad for him.