1- Study: I finally received my grade on Monday. It is much better than I expected. I got a merit. I didn’t expect much as I only got 42/100 in my first essay, struggled too much because of a sudden change of plans and could not recover from the jetlag and travel in time. I have decided if I couldn’t pass this time I would pack it up and call it a day. I admit I have used some AI to help me understand the requirement of the essay, what is expected, how to read wisely, etc, and a bit of proofreading and rewording. I am ashamed of that but it is permitted nonetheless. The structure and sentences are mine, but I am still concerned if I had be too reliant on AI.

2 – Work: I was working on Tue and Wed. I spoke to my manager about a new dashboard that I created, she shown mental health team and they pointed out some mismatch data. The worker and his/her team that open the case can be irrelevant to the client. So I was trying to look at which team is actively engaging with the client. I finally worked out an ‘outer apply’ join for top 1 END_DTTM, and learnt I can use case when END_DTTM is null, 0, else 1 to ensure cases without an end date still be selected. I copied the output on excel and highlighted the potentially problematic ones. My manager opened and read it right away and said this appears to be aligned with what other teams pointed out. So I think I made myself useful? Fingercrossed. I wanted to look at the result again but I couldn’t get the right output – later I learnt it must be because the data warehouse is still refreshing. I have checked and checked again to make sure I have the right output in the regular reports but I am still anxious because I am very distracted and exhausted. I finally have VSC installed on my computer but I haven’t checked it out properly. I have also thought of a new way of doing the weekly report much quicker and more accurate. But I guess I have to be patient and wait till Sept.

3- Kids: I feel like riding two horses at the same time when kids are at home and I am working. I am really lucky to be in this role by all counts.

Many good things happening. Just really tired, like all summer holidays. Try to enjoy it.

I am listening to Past Present Future History of Bad Ideas – Decadence, fascinating but I have to fall asleep soon.