HUnit rocks, Cabal rolls

Day +30.

Woke up with a headache today, which was exacerbated by fasting for blood tests this morning. Ah well.

I did get to do some programming and got to add my first unit tests to the LQPL server. My coding to this point has been a spike just to make sure I had what I needed in socket libraries. So, I've done the set up and checked in my first test. Now, on to the standard do the test, refactor to green cycle.

I'm using HUnit which is quite straightforward and lovely to use. As I use Cabal for my build system, my first thought was to use the declarative test system with the cabal configuration file. Sadly, I just could not get that to work (although I shall try again later). Happily, using the cabal defaultMainWithHooks method worked perfectly, other than the deprecated warning every time it ran :).

More on Osteoarthritis

Yesterday was day +29.

I think the diagnosis of "severe osteoarthritis" has thrown me for a bit of a loop.

I seem to be somewhat numb (or in denial:) about the effects of this diagnosis. In reality, this likely means no more marathons and possibly no more running. I immediatly thought of:

• Get a rowing machine (e.g., Concept2 type E)
• Do deep-water running.
• Losing weight to reduce stress on the hip.

The emotional aspect of the diagnosis is kind of complicated. My dad was 55 (ha - my age now!) when I was born and just never seemed healthy. I remember him always talking about his arthritis - including painful hands and as he got older, less and less walking. So — perhaps he had this issue as well. One currently big difference between the two of us was that he was quite skinny. He was 6'4" tall and I think most of the time I remember he weighed under 170 pounds. I, as noted in my fitness blog, am 6'0" tall and currently weigh just over 200 pounds.

A lighter, brighter note... My sweetheart got her first engagement through Adopt-An-Artist and will be placing a number of paintings in the Calgary Liberal Caucus offices. Yayyy!