Today's Bridge: I'm not sure whether we underbid or just overplayed the first few contracts, but Jerry made 3H with an overtrick and then 4C with another, and I think I got to finish with 4S. I thought there would be a few overtricks in it, but I barely made the 4. The opponents had an easy 3NT that I believe was good for 6 - there were seven clubs, three hearts, and a diamond, and they had the K-Q of spades available to knock out my ace - only a diamond lead sets the slam by establishing my king, and I don't think Jerry would lead a diamond when I'd bid spades. (He led a heart.) I really stretched in our final hand with favorable vulnerability - I had S A-x-x H K-x D A-x-x-x-x C 10-x-x, so when Ken opened 1H, I overcalled 2D. Dan bid 2S, Jerry bid 3D, and Ken went back to 3H, so I stretched again to bid 4D. That got passed out, although Jerry considered raising to game with his S x H J-x-x D K-10-x-x-x C K-J-x-x. It's a risky move - we lose a heart off the top, so we have to cut our club losses, which depends entirely on where the clubs are. Also, we lose a diamond for sure if they split 3-0 - even if I lead through the hand with the trump, planning to finesse, that player just plays an honor and guarantees getting the other. In the event, the lead was a trump, so I pulled a second round, led a heart to the queen and king, and ran the ten of clubs to Ken's ace. He led back the ten of hearts, giving me the jack, and I ruffed the last heart and took the marked club finesse for the rest.

Today's Work: I managed to get the training I needed to run, so I spent most of the day very slowly doing that, and took on a few more assignments, particularly dividing up some work so we can actually start doing it instead of merely documenting what needs to be done. I didn't manage to get there early, despite my best effort, but I had time afterward to go to the blood lab before they closed and get my test done. Things are working out, even if they take forever to do it.