The Week in Review

Wow, talk about time flying by. Has it really been nearly a week since I blogged? I guess the days are just both too long and too short. The days are long because they start so early (compared to what my scheduled USED to be, anyway!). Up a little after 7am, and after dropping Todd off at preschool, it's a busy day of work until around 6pm. Come home, and take care of little man until he goes to bed at around 8pm, then household chores and a bit of relaxation before bedtime. At the same time, the days seem incredibly short because there's just soooo much to do, and keeping busy helps make the hours fly by faster than a Concorde. It's not just any kind of busy, either-- it's a good productive busy. You know, the kind that leaves you feeling tired at the end of the day, but it's a good feeling anyway because you know you're tired because you've accomplished a lot.

Work has been going pretty well so far. I'm still struggling to get my programming environment set up properly and get stuff running correctly, but progress continues. At the very least I'm gaining a good understanding of why I'm getting these various error messages. I've learned quite a bit this past week and a half, and actually look forward to coming in everyday!

My team lead works remotely from the Midwest, so it's definitely a bit different to have to correspond with him via media that don't involve face-to-face contact. Still, it works pretty well all around, though I do wonder how inconveniencing the 3-hour time difference can be for him sometimes...

As you can tell, the company is pretty cool about working remotely from home. Heck, our main focus is on software solutions that enable exactly that-- real-time remote access from anywhere. That'll bode well for the inevitable days when Allan and I will be busy and have to put in a few overtime hours, yet still manage to get Todd to and from school.

The company also has a very dog-friendly policy-- you can bring your faithful canine friends to work with you! Of course, I brought Rocky :-D Sorry Scot, no bring-your-cat-to-work policies yet! ;-) My team lead's cat was getting in the way while we were troubleshooting some of my problems over IM, and I mused at how at least home can be very cat-friendly!

What else? Todd's faring well in his new school. Still eats too slow to finish lunch in time, and still a bit shy about asking for important things like going to the bathroom, but they say he's starting to get familiar with all the other teachers, so that's progress. Almost every day a kid is featured as the "Christian Soldier" of the day-- in other words, it's that kid's turn to bring in something for show-and-tell. This month's theme is "my favorite dance moves", so we're gonna have to think up something creative for Todd, as it's his turn on the 21st. I'm thinking something from Blue's Clues. Any other ideas?

So, that was my week in a nutshell. Not much to write about, just a few observations on what makes this job (or more accurately, this work environment) unique and how little man is doing. One thing's for certain: I'm having fun so far, and that makes all the difference in the world!

p.s. The score seems to have evened out a bit-- I experienced a host of technical, IT-related difficulties this past week, while Allan did not. So, will someone please tell him to stop pouting!? ;-P

(originally posted at:  http://www.myspace.com/hellykwee/blog/355137464)