Other random bits from my life: flying, money, cheese, work, language

[cjsmith]

1. Went flying last Sunday with a friend of mine who has had his pilot's license for months and had not taken a single passenger. It was a lovely, scenic trip: up the coast, across to Santa Rosa, and down the landward side of the hills. He handled it perfectly, Class B transition and all. He was still stoked about the trip days later! Now that he's taken a pilot passenger, that frees up the rest of his queue. Apparently buddies of his have been waiting. :-)

2. The check I wrote to the feds for taxes this year is the largest check I have ever written. I've dealt with larger financial transactions overall, but that was the largest single check. That did not feel good.

3. Last night I attended a two-hour course called "Inside the World of Cheese". It was mostly about wine, which was also fine with me. Many, MANY thanks to tenacious_snail for instigating, for prodding me to go when I was thinking of just staying at work, and for her immense thoughtfulness in bringing extra wine glasses so I wouldn't go without. I seriously needed a break and that was perfect. A big wave to the_ogre, whom I was also glad to see there! Best cheese in the entire UUUUUUUNIVERSE: Rosey Goat (scroll down). I lust after this cheese. I think I have a major crush on this cheese.

4. There is a small but growing chance that the project I'm working on at my job, the one that has taken most of my waking hours since late December, the one that is actually starting to cause relationship strife between Rob and me, could simply get killed in the next few days. After all this work and all this progress, we've found a technical hurdle that may mean we'd have to start over completely. That would almost certainly cause the customer to wander away in search of something shinier. Much as I want a break, that would suck.

5. I'm learning Italian from Pimsleur tapes! woohoo! My commute is almost exactly the right length.

Comments

[yoak.livejournal.com]

Boy, that's tough about the project. After all of this time, discovering a possible start-over event is murder. I feel for you.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It just seems so unfair. A month ago, the "latest firmware version" worked fine & our product could run on it. So we polished it up & got it ready to roll... and the NEW "latest firmware version" does not work. Sadly, that's what we will be tested against. There may be no way around this.

[yoak.livejournal.com]

I'm generally in a position when this sort of thing comes up to be able to offer helpful advice and it is frustrating that this isn't such a case. Durn it girl, you work way too far down close to the machine. "Firmware" is the lightest of abstractions for me.

All I can say is good luck. Good luck!