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Dec. 31st, 2013 11:39 amI woke up crying from a dream of my mother. Every visit with her these days is hard and I'm ashamed I don't visit more. We visited three of the days we were in PA this time.
( Thing 1 )
( Thing 2 )
( Thing 3 )
( Things 4 )
And finally:
( Thing 1 )
( Thing 2 )
( Thing 3 )
( Things 4 )
And finally:
The future is all around us, waiting in moments of transition to be born in moments of revelation.
Updates, a quick summary
Nov. 3rd, 2013 07:44 pmDog: excellent. She's been with us a month and fits us quite well. She's learning more of what she needs to know; Pygment completed one set of classes with her and will do another set to work on additional things. The kids adore her and she is getting used to being with a family. Pygment thinks it's hilarious that I'll (sometimes) let Holly lick my face, which I generally don't let humans do.
Job: Good. We had a group reorganization that included a virtual promotion. My part of the group (the design team) is largely unaffected. The scattered development people have been coalesced into a group headed by an experienced dev manager. The company had a senior VP leave - he was buddies with the recently retired CEO - and promoted to the SVP spot someone whom I've interacted with tangentially on a few projects. When I stopped by to congratulate the fellow on his promotion he mentioned that he found me to be "a good listener". Unexpected kudos about things I have had problems with = win.
House: is. Projects are mostly on hold or done. Going to use the "wallet" tool to solve the yard mess problem. Party season is upon us and that makes me like my house more. We do have to solve the problem of party noise keeping the kids awake, though.
Car: I've largely settled on the VW (diesel) Jetta SportWagen. I'm a little concerned about the lack of diesel filling stations near me, but I'll cope. I'm wrangling with the sales people this week to get numbers I like. The 2014 model is not a big improvement and they admit to having 2013s they'd like to move; also looking into a low-mileage used. If this falls through the Prius V Hybrid is my backup plan. The V series is larger and has a wagon-sized model with quite respectable mileage. It has approximately zero acceleration, though, whereas the Jetta has torque that makes its small engine perform. Either way I'm looking forward to 500+ miles per tank range.
Family: mostly mending. Thing 1 is finally past whatever triggered his massive asthma setback. Thing 2 has finally kicked whatever persistent eit he came home from summer camp with. Unfortunately he gave himself a major case of sinusitis and is now under care of an ENT to get that dealt with. Pygment's various issues are varied - ask her for details - but nothing immediately crisis-forming. My mother continues to... well, vegetate. Which sucks, but doesn't suck more than it has for the past couple years and the intensive attention from hospice seems to be good for her.
Details on request.
Job: Good. We had a group reorganization that included a virtual promotion. My part of the group (the design team) is largely unaffected. The scattered development people have been coalesced into a group headed by an experienced dev manager. The company had a senior VP leave - he was buddies with the recently retired CEO - and promoted to the SVP spot someone whom I've interacted with tangentially on a few projects. When I stopped by to congratulate the fellow on his promotion he mentioned that he found me to be "a good listener". Unexpected kudos about things I have had problems with = win.
House: is. Projects are mostly on hold or done. Going to use the "wallet" tool to solve the yard mess problem. Party season is upon us and that makes me like my house more. We do have to solve the problem of party noise keeping the kids awake, though.
Car: I've largely settled on the VW (diesel) Jetta SportWagen. I'm a little concerned about the lack of diesel filling stations near me, but I'll cope. I'm wrangling with the sales people this week to get numbers I like. The 2014 model is not a big improvement and they admit to having 2013s they'd like to move; also looking into a low-mileage used. If this falls through the Prius V Hybrid is my backup plan. The V series is larger and has a wagon-sized model with quite respectable mileage. It has approximately zero acceleration, though, whereas the Jetta has torque that makes its small engine perform. Either way I'm looking forward to 500+ miles per tank range.
Family: mostly mending. Thing 1 is finally past whatever triggered his massive asthma setback. Thing 2 has finally kicked whatever persistent eit he came home from summer camp with. Unfortunately he gave himself a major case of sinusitis and is now under care of an ENT to get that dealt with. Pygment's various issues are varied - ask her for details - but nothing immediately crisis-forming. My mother continues to... well, vegetate. Which sucks, but doesn't suck more than it has for the past couple years and the intensive attention from hospice seems to be good for her.
Details on request.
Thing the third: can haz dawg!
Oct. 1st, 2013 08:15 pmI know, getting a dog isn't a huge deal for many people. It was a huge deal for us.
( So I'm going to write about it. You are not a bad person if you don't care )
P.S. Holly seems to deal well with people in the house, but tends to bark when people come and go, so we'll probably have her at doggie overnight-care for our upcoming party. If you'd like to meet Holly I'd be happy to have you come over.
( So I'm going to write about it. You are not a bad person if you don't care )
P.S. Holly seems to deal well with people in the house, but tends to bark when people come and go, so we'll probably have her at doggie overnight-care for our upcoming party. If you'd like to meet Holly I'd be happy to have you come over.
