Reality Me

One issue a bit of a curveball.. let’s see

Wahoo! Change list is minor!

Milestone 6 of 7 complete. Add milestone 8 for change list.

The dreaded change list is on its way. This could be the curveball that changes my departure date.

TN voted down recognizing Civil Unions. Morons. I understand that their reasoning is more economic (employers required to cover spouse, tax breaks, etc – concerns over people just ‘declaring civil union’ to beat the system) than moral but if we’d redo the health system and other things in the united states it wouldn’t matter.

Another milestone achieved! 2 out of 7 left go. Each one is faster than the prior.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Woke at 5am with no alarm and went right back to sleep until 6:15. Now in the office and ready to bang keys! I want to get home to my family. I want to take them to the zoo all day tomorrow. Of course, if I were the project manager, I’d want my programmer to stay on one more day. If they go there, I may do a sell on them testing Friday (lower cost) and me returning Monday to help further testing and make corrections. I’d drive up and back in one day.

Last Night

Got thrown a bone and dropped into the wrong mindset. Allowed myself a dinner of sushi with a slice of chocolate cake for desert. The desert was quite a waste of money.

Got started on my proposal!

Whew! I’m blazing now. I am in the home stretch! Code complete by lunch time tomorrow is plausible provided no big curves.

This is the hardest time of day for me to concentrate but I’d managed to get myself in a groove. Was thinking “shit, if I keep this pace up I’ll kill this work off by lunch tomorrow, test all afternoon and be home by 10 pm tomorrow night”. So my wife drops a fucking bomb on me and now I can’t concentrate enough to even remember why I am here. For that matter I no longer give a shit why I am here because its all rather pointless.

I think I’m going to quit for the day and go cry in a park.

Tommy is wacky out of control and I’m 3 hours away from being able to help. By the time I got there the situation would be totally different. This is why I hate working away from the house. I should be there to help.

Right now I’m having a difficult time seeing myself home before Friday afternoon or evening.

My mind is numb

Wow! The quary went a little heavy on the dynamite that time!

In trying to brainstorm and help my 13 year old boy find something to occupy his time, I had these words to my wife:

My wife responses with a sad but current view:

Today the Supreme Court considers removing the words “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Many people don’t realize that these words were added in 1954 “after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus.”

I heard this on NPR this morning. Now reading the text is not sufficient. As a matter of fact, I’d recommend not reading the text at all; close your eyes and imagine Red Skelton on the stage speaking to you. You must turn up your speakers and listen to Red Skelton deliver this commentary on the Pledge of Allegiance.

I personal view is that the separation of church and state should have the pledge revert to its pre-1954 state without the words “under God.”