When I send people on jobs, I tell them: often, people are paying you to have your skills on demand. This is the case here. I’m here for a long time, but unlike most of the folks here, I’m not constantly busy at all. So on the one hand, I feel bad for charging them for being here… but on the other hand, I understand that I’m a security feature.
They just asked me to hang until 10-11pmish. That’s AOK by me! Heck, if I’m not home, I should be billing.
My son is IMing me, while I’m onsite in Florida.
Not only is it incredibly cute, it’s an excercise in patience. Because once you see the little “the other person is typing” icon, you have to: 1) Wait for a good while, and 2) not interrupt. If I type to him while he’s typing, it throws him off and he starts over go talk about the current comment. Begin cycle.
He’s SO cute, my biggest guy.
Today looks like it could be a moderate lull day… but in saying that, I probably jinxed myself. Tomorrow gets crazy towards the evening. Hey! I’m halfway home! yay!
I miss my kids! I miss Maggie! Aaaah!
I was onsite at 7am this morning. I will probably be onsite until 10 or 11pm tonight. These are long days, but not bad ones.
People are working their butts off, here. One of the Creative Director’s offered to baptize me in the Marriott fountain, because I’m a “show virgin.”
I’ve got it easy. I only work sporadically… they just need me nearby in case something breaks. The artists and production folks are, like, non-stop. All day, all night.
Whoa.
This is so cool. I’ve worked with these folks for a long time. But I’ve never gone on one of their shows before. It’s amazing to watch these people in their element.
I started my day at 6:45am. It’s 6:32pm. We’re probably going to be here until 8, 9, or 10.
Coolness.
Pardon the formatting of this post, if it doesn’t look right. I’m posting to the blog via email.
I’m on the Delta flight to Orlando. It’s 9:48am. I’ve only been travelling for 3 hours. Already, though, I miss my family SO much, it’s kind of amazing.
I hate to fly. When I was taking off, I just prayed and thought of my wife and kids. There’s turbulence right now on the plane, and, well… I’m just going to pray and think of my wife and kids.
I’m such a baby about flying.
One of the other people going to the show is also on this plane. Strangely, it’s the only other person going to the show who works for my company.
Sideways shaking just scares the shit out of me. I’m going to watch an Episode of 24.
I’m going away today… helping a client with a big show in Florida. It’ll be the longest I’ve ever been away from my kids. It’s funny: only five days, but it seems like forever. My daughter was crying last night… she misses me already.
Well, me too. I miss my family terribly and pre-emptively.
How lucky am I?
Speaking of pre-emptive… I feel kind of pre-emptively incompetent. Like I don’t have any clue as to what the hell I’m going to do down there. Yikes! Should be interesting, at least. My mentor says something like “In every situation, figure out what you can learn.” So I will. My boss told me that I should remember to act properly in spite of how anyone else might act. I wonder if this has elements of built-in drama, where people are EXPECTED to freak out… that’ll be interesting to see.
Peace out, yo. Love ya.
So. I couldn’t sleep last night. Too nervous about collections. I tried to wear myself down around 5pm yesterday by running five miles and doing weights. No go. So I got up at 3:30am and ran five miles and did weights. Again. Different muscle groups on the weights, though. I came home a little early because I needed rest, and…
…the FUCKING FURNACE DIED AGAIN.
So I’m sitting here, freezing. Waiting for the repair guys. It’s been 8 hours. And counting.
The kids are all huddled in Jackson’s room, with a small electric heater. Maggie hung out in front of the fireplace for a while, but went upstairs. I’m in here with two candles burning…
Oh well. It could be worse. It could be raining.
I just found my Macworld Expo pass from 1998. I put down my title as “Technical Dog.” Considering the name of my current company, that’s pretty funny.
It’s going to snow tonight. It might be a lot (In Westchester, NY terms, at least.) So we’ve stocked up on supplies, put out the lights and matches and candles, and have moved a good deal of firewood into the mud room. The power often goes out during the first “big” storm of the season, since everything that’s going to break or collapse hasn’t yet done so.
The puppy just came to my window, peeked in, and ran off. My home office is partially underground, so the big windows are at ground level. That was very cute.
Maggie and I were talking about adopting a fourth child, today. It’s a daunting and ultimately beautiful possibliity, but one that I think I’m too afraid to undertake.
I’m making a list of the top 100 songs in my life, so far. I’m up to 52. I’m compiling this list by going through all 22,200 songs in my collection, to try and job my brain. It’s pretty hilarious. I’m trying not to edit due to embarrassment. When I’m done, I’ll edit them down to a 2 minute mix, and post a link here. Fun!
I decided to go crazy and buy a sandwhich, chips, coke, and starburst from the little cafe here in the building. The starburst are brutally stale. Strangely, I like them that way.
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