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Friday, August 7th, 2009

It is interesting to observe the dynamics of relationships; how we gravitate towards some, away from others, only to find ourselves doing the opposite a few days/weeks/months later.

This aside, life is rather interesting. Not boring to say the least.

Work is absolutely crazy. Not really in a good way, but in lots-of-fires-to-put-out way. Ah well, it makes for short work days.

The children are great, though the lack of sleep that has been plaguing them lately does, as Ruth pointed out, seem to affect their listening skills. Though all of us are holding up through the summer rather well. Last year was definitely not this smooth. By far!!!

However there are some areas I really need to work on. Personal organization is the biggest as the others (fitness, reading, work) revolve around it. What I currently do is not working for me at all!! Though I am thinking of kissing Outlook goodbye for good in favor of something web-based… But I’ll need to think that over.

People

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

In the midst of the whirlwind that works is sometimes akin to, an interesting thought came up… How to set expectations for oneself of other people. As in my case what can I expect from *insert anyone*?

I don’t know yet… And what’s worse is even if I did I don’t know how to express it to them.

The challenge was always that if I expect someone else to do something that I could do, then I put myself at risk of being disappointed/held back by their lack of performance. So if I do it myself, then it wouldn’t be an issue… But it is true in the meantime if I always “pick up the slack”, then how do I help the people that I work shoulder-to-shoulder with to grow and to become their best self?

I’ll have to ponder that one a bit longer.

But in the meantime, it’s time to hit the road :-)

Time flies

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Wouldn’t you know it, next week is Christmas. And my birthday… and then just 3 days later, the end of the year 2008. And what a year it was. It will definitely go down as one of the most eventful years in my book. But we’ll get to that later :-)

It also means that it is almost time to dig up last years goals, wishes and resolutions, and see where we are now… and then figure out where we want to go.

Somehow, that last part is… interesting. It is and not just because, duh!, it will define where life goes from here as far as lil ole me is concerned, but because it is full of unknown opportunities ready to be taken! That’s right. There are more people than ever to enjoy adventures with, work is more uncertain than it has ever been for me (well, with the exception of moving to the US without a job ;-) ), there are more hobbies to explore, more challenges to overcome, more books to read, more things to learn… The list goes on and on… It is quite exciting really!

But by far the most exciting is the group of people I’ll get to go on this journey… my family, my friends, my team-mates, my colleagues…

Yes, I did discover that I was more of a social person that I believed to be…

Quick note…

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Well, it started as a random thought, but it seems to hold true… as parent, one has to become a night-owl. Of course some would argue that as a true geek one is naturally a night person, but I maintain my point: after the kids go to bed is the only time one can have for self (or a one’s spouse). Mornings are for more limited in time…

Can you believe Gillian is 7 already? I can’t. Liam turning 4 seemed unreal… but Gillian 7? No way!!

Off to bed…

Birthdays…

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Hmmm… all day today my phone has been doing a fine job of reminding me it was Kay’s birthday. I haven’t heard from her in what.. 10 years? yup.. I think 97 is when I last got emails from her. Happy Birthday, Kay wherever you are…

A sure sign

Friday, December 16th, 2005

A sure sign that it’s almost time to go home… you’re pretty much the last one left and you’re singing along with Selena to Dreaming of you.

Boy am I glad that nobody is here ;-)

Job thoughts

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

I like the days where there is nobody but me on this entire floor. It’s nice. It’s quiet. I can listen to music all day while working… :-)

And while doing that I’ve come to a realization: I’m not a true geek. *sniff* Who would’ve thought.
Whoever invented Perl was a true one. I mean honestly. Who came up with if ($tester =~ /^[.]/) meaning “if the value of the variable ‘tester’ does not start with a ‘.’”?? Once you’re looking for more than one value it gets quite cryptic. I realize it’s all in the name of efficiency, but come on!

The bad part is, it’s contageous… if you HAVE to use it every day (well, almost) it starts to all make sense… EEEWWWW :-)

Ouch

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

I cut the tip of my middle finger on a manila folder. Silly. It hurts. Especially when I type. And what do I do all day?

I type.

I should’ve called in sick.