Berth Day

So. Starting to write this just as it transitions from 12 to 13 December in enzed. Which means it is 12 December in the US. Which means I've had a full birthday today, but that my birthday is really today in the US.I'm watching an episode of Big Love... which I already watched yesterday. Which means it seems a bit like Groundhog Day. Which means it seems a bit like Groundhog Day.

Midway through the week of spending half of my working hours with our web developers. I must say I enjoy it. Getting better in C#, not that that means a lot... but now I'm all cuddly with nesting repeaters. I do really enjoy working on websites... and I like cutting down on calls and finding a good flow, both for the technology and the user. I haven't let the term "compromise" enter into my brain just yet... as we're still looking for the best solution... with the looming deadline in the fore. But the SYownS is speeding up... just trimming the fat... and optimising the functionality. As Yoda would say, wearing two hats, I feel.

That being said... splitting my time between two jobs (ultimately) is a bit taxing. Really it just means that 2 sets of 5 people are pulling me in different directions... while I'm trying to do what I need to do... never boring. There is something about breaking things up... web coding to report writing to SQL to business meetings to catch all IT stuff (server configs, etc).

enzed birthday was good. Made some good web progress. Got some client-side stuff done. Playing the appropriate cat-and-mouse game to let the team here discover functionality for themselves. Teaching troubleshooting...

I came in to the office this morning and my desk was decorated in birthday regalia. American flag toothpicks stuck all over my keyboard, a guitar-shaped container of magic bubble blowing solution... and several noise makers (and a bottle of nice scotch). It was nice. No birthday lunch, because I had to go to the web team's HQ... left there at 7. talked to the wife for an hour... then just relaxed... ate left-left-overs. Trying to sort out some Hawke's Bay accommodation.