In the morning, Hamer was reluctant to get out of bed; she had only realized last night right before sleeping that she still had homework to finish, so she stayed up late to catch up. After breakfast, I headed out with Xiaoyan. Just after I dropped her off at the subway station and reached the turnstile at my office building, Xiaoyan called—she had left her laptop at home. I had no choice but to turn around, go back, and deliver it to her.
Today’s main focus at work was optimizing device connectivity, covering everything from functionality to the interface, with a lot of detailed adjustments involved. On the functionality side, there was the challenge of recording the last-used device, which proved to be a bit complicated. The primary issue was that while we were saving information like the device’s name, we also needed to retrieve real information about the device based on its name. This resulted in a mismatch between the initialized device from the saved data and the reloaded device list in the system, causing the display to appear blank. I spent quite some time trying to keep the popup window open continuously, but in the end, I needed a colleague’s help to resolve it. Afterward, I tested the real-time changes in device status, working through the issues until about 10 p.m.
During the lunch break, I spent half an hour playing frisbee. Today, I tried throwing left-handed backhand, which went pretty smoothly. Most of the throws were mid- to long-range, and I broke a sweat—felt in pretty good shape. I got back to work at the office and didn’t grab lunch until 2 p.m., when I bought a Subway sandwich. Dinner was a quick bite with some basketball colleagues near the office, about a 40-minute meal before heading back to tackle more device optimization work.
One regret today was missing out on shopping with Xiaoyan and Hamer. Xiaoyan later told me that Hamer picked out everything in pink, giving a nice sense of style and coordination. When I got home, Hamer was about to go to bed, so I sat down to chat with her briefly. Afterward, I updated my Spotify account, did a quick wash-up, and went to bed.
