April 11- May 9
Week of April 10
Crazy time -- keeping
WF on track and trying to get RFW kicked off and going until MM can take
it over.
PB
is getting ready to move this weekend -- when we agreed on the date it
seemed we should be close to done by now. Of course we aren't and
things are getting crazier.
Did a good meeting on
Thursday about how we should be handling maintenance programming --
invited the senior developers so we could get some real world input into
our discussion.
Week of April 16th
So
PB is leaving for Southern California and FR has resigned and now WT has
resigned. We'll definitely miss him but most of our staff is young and
this is a natural progression.
Ended
up working on a project for GEC. I'd said no but not loudly or
forcibly enough. I'm afraid this is going to take a million hours.
Especially since I'm not really sure how to approach it.
Met with a perspective
consultant to help us with our IP -- seems knowledgeable but I'm not sure
the chemistry is there -- we're a very tight knit group.
RK made the decision to sell the house. Paying taxes took all the
available funds and being liquid is a necessity. Gave them Fiona's
name so I'm comfortable that this will all happen.
I
guess I thought we were skipping Easter this year. As John says we
have so many holidays that I was voting for limiting our calendar.
Of course that was silly of me. We went over to RK's house for
dinner -- we brought lamb and she cooked chicken. Given the changes
for all of them (selling the house we got through the evening remarkably
well.
Week of April 23rd
Most
of the week at work was tied up with working on defining competencies and
then introducing a new source control process. Just a normal week in
the fast lane. If I had any personal life I don't remember it.
We did start back to work on our web site. Not sure why it takes so
long.
We
did go and look at a number of other offices that were available for
lease. Obviously we all liked the one at Yarrow Bay the best but I'm
not sure it will stay on the market long enough for us to really consider
it. We did find a reasonable space right up the road that would meet
all of our requirements -- it was a little dark but heck we live in a cave
now, and it was definitely a step up from our current digs.
Week of April 30th
John's
caught some terrible bug -- he is rarely sick but this one is a doozey .
I'm a little concerned that
Traditional 8th wedding anniversary presents have a
theme of porcelain
We went out to Matt's
for dinner. We might do something fancy later but right now this is
good.
May 5th
-Left for Boston on an early flight. Stayed with Kris and Bob -- it
was great to see them as usual.
May
6th the start of the conference. Attended part of a morning
session and then worked on the risk piece I owed to Mark
Went to Karen's house for the annual
cocktail party. I sat next to CB on the bus and had a very nice chat
with him. Did my ego a world of good. He told me that he had
recommended me to replace him as editor of one of the offerings because I
was the only one who got "it" It isn't true in the least but it made
me feel great.
Week of May 7th
May 7th
the first day of the
conference. It's good to be back with people who care about the same
thing I care about.
Did
Dinner out with Bob and Kris as I usually do on Monday night.
May 8th
the second day of the
conference. CB asked me to help out with the luncheon session --
again flattering.
The
book signing -- RV joined me and we had a nice chance to get to know SC.
We
left the book signing and ran across the street in pouring down rain to
have dinner with Karen and her husband the "historian" and RV's wife.
Lovely evening with wonderful company.
