Easter Weekend
I shut down my computer at work on Friday, so there will be NO working from home this weekend. Yay!
The kids are coming out later tonight, after Heather gets off work. They are going to spend the night. Tomorrow we will have a nice breakfast together, then I hope to go out to a lighthouse on Lake Michigan, just to walk around and look, and get some pictures. We have a lamb dinner planned as well. I’m in a bit of indecision though. Tomorrow at 1pm (I think) the Longhorns will be on ESPN in a game against Oklahoma. I really wanted to go out, weather permitting. So maybe I’ll try to tape the game instead.
I had a few margaritas last nite, which of course made me sleep late today, well past 8am! Anyway, this morning I spent an hour or so fixing up two new themes for this blog: Husna and Green River. I like them both, but Husna is an Autumn-theme so it’s sort of not appropriate right now. S’ok tho, I like it just fine.
Work was good this week. I learned how to do downloads into the database through the web portal. I am getting better at reading through rules documents and using them as a guide to configure the system. I’m actually solving some of my own problems as I set things up. It’s beginning to look like the biggest challenge I have in this job is NOT writing or working with the software, but in talking face-to-face with the client. I guess I was hiding away in Hawaii or in my Platteville apartment for so long that I’ve sortof forgotten how to interact with people. So that’s what I will have to work on! I’ve been told I will probably be assigned another client around May 15, so I hope I’m ready by then.
Speaking of May 15… today is April 15. Which means I have exactly one month of time with my son while he is still that same kid I know and love. On May 15, he goes off to become a Marine. He will be so different when he comes back from boot camp, I bet. I know I will always love that boy, I just get sorta sad thinking about how much he will change. I really like the person he has become… and am maybe just a little afraid to lose that person. This is what he wants, though. If it makes him happy, if it makes him feel real good about himself and his life, then I am happy too. 
Here’s wishing everyone a restful, peaceful Happy Easter!
April 15th, 2006 at 10:30 am You mentioned before about your son not getting choice in “job” training in the marines–so what happened with that? Did he get something he likes? And Happy Birthday–what ever day it was hee hee. BTW my mac mini DIED. And I mean died. Will probably be July before I can get it fixed (I can sell my Home Depot stock then) so am back on my old G3 300. It still works but it has no Sound at all. Bummer. So there probably won’t be any updates to my music page for a while–the page is still there.
April 15th, 2006 at 10:35 am I should have posted about Brian’s job choice awhile back… For whatever reasons, the Marine Corps turned him down the first time but said he could re-apply in 45 days. So just before he heads off to boot camp he will re-apply again. His recruiter says there should be no reason why they turn him down a second time… So time will tell.