Event Horizon

Tuesday, September 22, 1998

Synchronicity (and I swear this isn't log-rolling)! I found a new-to-me journal yesterday, through a link from my ring-mate Di of Skeletons in My Closet. I read a few entries, and liked what I found. I even sent the URL for September 18th to a friend that I thought might be sad right now. So I was going to make Event Horizon a Net Nag recommend, and as I was beginning this entry, I went to check out the latest entry. And there I was! So we mutually recommend each other. I like the thoughtful writing and the mix of the personal and the practical. "Katy" even includes some good recipes!

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Work was totally discombobulated today, but I did succeed at talking to the other program managers on my team, and getting them to commit to do what I need before the deadline ahead. Our team is divided into feature teams, and I needed to make sure that each of those would be represented in the area I'm in charge of in this allied team I'm helping out, to each program manager's satisfaction. Sorry if this is confusing; I don't want to reveal too much!

Everyone was packing their stuff, making the tight quarters in the contractor bay even more crowded. There was competition for the tape and scissors, too! I had a fun lunch, for the last time in this cafeteria (unless we make a special trip). I sat down and joined the lead dev, lead program manager, and overall group leader for our team, then as they finished their lunch and drifted away one by one, other developers on the team came and joined the table. Lots of laughing and joking. I want to do that more often!

At the end of the day, I packed my car with my CD rack and knee-chair, and other odds and ends that I didn't want to risk having the movers take care of. On my last trip, I met our group program manager and he spoke with me about something really great, that I don't think I've mentioned here yet. In the new building, I'll be sharing an office with just one person, and he's only in the office one week out of the month! Of course, I'm overjoyed at this! The only slight hangup is that I do have to move myself from the bay in the new building, after the movers install my stuff. That's because this is a last minute deal. But it's a small inconvenience, and what a benefit!

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A reader and correspondent sent me a link to a page (warning! MIDI on the page!) that has that "Lessons I Have Learned" piece, saying she thought of me when she read it. You know, the one that starts, "I've learned - that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them." I wrote back, "Did you think of me because you think I've learned these lessons, or because you think I need to learn them? ;-)"

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I'm just back from dancing at Two-Tone Tuesday, at the Up and Down Club in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. I carefully selected my outfit today, to show to best advantage under the black lights there: short blue and white print dress, white tights (with blue and white plaid bra and dance pants, in case of my skirt twirling up), and a white hair clip. I really got some good dancing in, with Mike Hern and the other Mike, and Joe Ross, and lots of others. It was so freeing, being able to stay as late as I wanted with no worrying about getting up in the morning! I was also extra psyched, because earlier in the evening I had heard from someone I'd been wanting to hear from.

I feel very smug, because I made arrangements for various service people to visit me tomorrow: cable installer (digital cable!), plumber (slow drain and messed up garbage disposal), and refrigerator repair (it doesn't get cold enough). Such an efficient use of my enforced day off! All of these things have been needing to be taken care of for a while.