Refined it

The forecast was not good. The remnants of Hurricane Lorenzo were due to hit the country today. It appears that nobody had told the weather. It was a lovely bright breezy morning. The Gorse Fox made the most of it and hung out the washing, which soon dried in the stiff breeze.

The morning was filled with episodes of chores, of caring for the Silver Vixen, and of coding. The latter was a case of "gilding the lily". The code, completed yesterday, could be improved and the documentation extended. The Gorse Fox was in the zone.

The zone didn't last. This afternoon he decided to look at an old Python program he developed several years ago. How could that be improved and optimised? Well, the answer remains moot. Much of that old code was copied from a Google developer's sample. It is still just as obtuse now as it was then. The question remains, is it worth the effort? After all, the code works and has worked every day for several years. Maybe he'll let it ride.

This afternoon the Silver Vixen had an appointment at the hairdresser. There were several tasks that could be rolled into this, so we started off with a trip to Sainsbury's to change a dress that she had bought yesterday. She forgets how much weight she has lost and keeps selecting based on a size that she hasn't been for over a year. The dress has now been replaced with a sensible size and looks very nice. From there we zipped across to the hair salon and the Gorse Fox dropped her while he went back to the pharmacy to pick up some missing medication from her last prescription. Then the question was whether it was worth going home before collecting her, or not. He decided not. He went and parked by the salon and sat in the car listening to his book until she was ready to be collected and brought home.