Catching Up

A smattering of items...

• Happy 35th birthday to sister "4 of 6," Donna. It seems only like yesterday I was changing your diapers and you were throwing up on my shoulder.
  
• The freezing rain threatened for today at my office seems to have warmed up to just ordinary rain. Thank god... drivers are bad enough around here as is.
  
• Last night's C1 calling for our small Arlington, VA, group was fun. I called 5-6 tips while kent4str called one (he was feeling a little off). It was some of my smoothest calling yet and the dozen additional figures I scribbled on scraps of paper yesterday afternoon went well too. And now I have lunch money for next week. :-)
  
• Today is my last day on-call for the UNIX team at work for 2007. I'm off the hook until the middle of January or so.
  
• We're not sending xmas cards this year. It's a huge project and I just don't have the time & patience to make it work this year. I'll be lucky to get the gift shopping done in time.
  
• I'm a little surprised to be as lucid as I am right now. Usually, so many late nights & early mornings would cripple me by now, but I'm actually very functional. Go figure.
  

Catching Up

A smattering of items...

• Happy 35th birthday to sister "4 of 6," Donna. It seems only like yesterday I was changing your diapers and you were throwing up on my shoulder.
  
• The freezing rain threatened for today at my office seems to have warmed up to just ordinary rain. Thank god... drivers are bad enough around here as is.
  
• Last night's C1 calling for our small Arlington, VA, group was fun. I called 5-6 tips while kent4str called one (he was feeling a little off). It was some of my smoothest calling yet and the dozen additional figures I scribbled on scraps of paper yesterday afternoon went well too. And now I have lunch money for next week. :-)
  
• Today is my last day on-call for the UNIX team at work for 2007. I'm off the hook until the middle of January or so.
  
• We're not sending xmas cards this year. It's a huge project and I just don't have the time & patience to make it work this year. I'll be lucky to get the gift shopping done in time.
  
• I'm a little surprised to be as lucid as I am right now. Usually, so many late nights & early mornings would cripple me by now, but I'm actually very functional. Go figure.
  

Mixed Messages

My dear employer announced today that Monday, Dec 24, will be a corporate holiday: I get an additional day off work.

Last week, they announced that all contractors will be furloughed Dec 21 through Jan 8, a forced 2.5 week vacation.

I kinda wish I was still a contractor.

Our annual shareholders' meeting is being held at the Washington Hilton tomorrow, 10 AM EST. An audio feed is arranged to conference rooms at the office but I'm planning to attend in person. Our board of directors has some explaining to do and I'm looking forward to watching them squirm.

Mixed Messages

My dear employer announced today that Monday, Dec 24, will be a corporate holiday: I get an additional day off work.

Last week, they announced that all contractors will be furloughed Dec 21 through Jan 8, a forced 2.5 week vacation.

I kinda wish I was still a contractor.

Our annual shareholders' meeting is being held at the Washington Hilton tomorrow, 10 AM EST. An audio feed is arranged to conference rooms at the office but I'm planning to attend in person. Our board of directors has some explaining to do and I'm looking forward to watching them squirm.