Today was my last day at the physical therapist. He said things seem to be going well, so I am on my own. I've been pretty good with the physical therapy. Been doing my daily strength exercises, and I've been trying to stretch the shoulder regularly. The only problem I have is forgetting to stretch while at work. I get lost in some problem, and the next thing I know the day is half over, and I haven't stretched once. A friend has been IMing me once in a while with the message STRECH to remind me, but she hasn’t been as regular as I need.

Today I hacked out a simple app that dumps a prompt to my screen every hour telling me to stretch. This is probably the first time a software application I have written has directly replaced a human being. I made sure to IM her and tell her she was fired! I imagined security guards shutting off her computer and escorting her out of the building, then sending her a very small, almost insulting, severance check...