Catching up
It's been a while since I've had a post, the words just haven't wanted to flow to the blogosphere.
Work has kept me busy even though a lot of my work tasks have been given to other members of my team to help balance out the load. We had our first couple of hiccups with our fledgling service that brought about more work to fix the bugs and try to prevent them from happening. Nothing like putting out fires left and right to keep the heart pumping. We're trying our best to mold our application team and get everyone working together. I think that things are starting to move forward, but not everyone is on board with us yet. Time will tell if we can get everyone together to make this successful. My sleep schedule during the week is taking a beating though, I have gotten to the point where some mornings I could refuse to set my alarm because the pager will do the job.
Easter weekend was good and it is wonderful being able to spend time with the family. We went out to the Brother-in-law's place for dinner and things went great. I spoke with my mom and my dad in the same weekend. My issues with our war in Iraq took a deeper concern after talking with mom though, found out that my little brother is scheduled to head over there later this year. His reserve unit was given their orders that they will have to go to 75 days of training in the states, a few weeks in Kuwait for adjusting to the temps and then onto Iraq. I really hope that for the sake of all our soldiers that we can find a way to end this thing soon. Last year, my older brother was supposed to head over but his orders were changed at the last minute. Not sure that my little brother will get so lucky as he's in an infrastructure team that helps rebuild areas. Ironic that we not only send over the troops to destroy the place and tear it up in the name of the "War on Terror" but then we'll send them over there and make them repair what they broke. Sorry about the rant, it just irks me how we tend to handle things waving our flag and showing our power in the world.
Today we took the kids bowling and had a pretty good time. It's been a long time since I've been out to the lanes. The kids are trying to get a feel for it as they decide if they want to take part in the homeschool bowling league that is starting next week and will run for 10 weeks. We managed to get two games in each and everyone did well for not doing it very often. With practice and time, I think that all of us could get better.
It's been a while since I've had a post, the words just haven't wanted to flow to the blogosphere.
Work has kept me busy even though a lot of my work tasks have been given to other members of my team to help balance out the load. We had our first couple of hiccups with our fledgling service that brought about more work to fix the bugs and try to prevent them from happening. Nothing like putting out fires left and right to keep the heart pumping. We're trying our best to mold our application team and get everyone working together. I think that things are starting to move forward, but not everyone is on board with us yet. Time will tell if we can get everyone together to make this successful. My sleep schedule during the week is taking a beating though, I have gotten to the point where some mornings I could refuse to set my alarm because the pager will do the job.
Easter weekend was good and it is wonderful being able to spend time with the family. We went out to the Brother-in-law's place for dinner and things went great. I spoke with my mom and my dad in the same weekend. My issues with our war in Iraq took a deeper concern after talking with mom though, found out that my little brother is scheduled to head over there later this year. His reserve unit was given their orders that they will have to go to 75 days of training in the states, a few weeks in Kuwait for adjusting to the temps and then onto Iraq. I really hope that for the sake of all our soldiers that we can find a way to end this thing soon. Last year, my older brother was supposed to head over but his orders were changed at the last minute. Not sure that my little brother will get so lucky as he's in an infrastructure team that helps rebuild areas. Ironic that we not only send over the troops to destroy the place and tear it up in the name of the "War on Terror" but then we'll send them over there and make them repair what they broke. Sorry about the rant, it just irks me how we tend to handle things waving our flag and showing our power in the world.
Today we took the kids bowling and had a pretty good time. It's been a long time since I've been out to the lanes. The kids are trying to get a feel for it as they decide if they want to take part in the homeschool bowling league that is starting next week and will run for 10 weeks. We managed to get two games in each and everyone did well for not doing it very often. With practice and time, I think that all of us could get better.
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