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Wednesday, May 05, 2004

 
What a day!

I kind of surprised both Julie and myself when I mentioned on the ride to exchange a shirt and catch the shuttle to the airport of getting married when we go on our Southern Caribbean the week after next.

After doing some looking around, we not only found a beautiful diamond wedding ring for me, but also a “ring guard” for her 1-carat solitaire. Her new ring really is amazing. And I will be quite happy with mine once it is permanently attached to my finger.

Work has been bitter sweet this week. It seems like customers know of my leaving faster than I can tell them. On the other hand, I am getting a lot of little fill up my time type assignments. But I am doing them as they get thrown at me with a happy face. And I have to admit that I wouldn’t feel the same way if I wasn’t leaving.

Da Company has come back with several offers since I gave notice. It is a shame in some regards. I was asking for those types of opportunities over the last year and half. And now that I give notice, they are suddenly there for the taking. Besides the fact of having to move to the “mother ship” in PA, the dynamics of my wanting to leave will not have changed. As such, I am still leaving as planned on May 15th.

I haven’t let too many folks at Da Company know of my coming departure. I am not really in the mood to have to explain my reasons for moving on. There are some folks who won’t be surprised and others who feel that I should have told them my intentions before my “goodbye” email at the end of next week.

Unlike others, mine is NOT going to be one of those “I didn’t think it would be so hard to write this” or “With tears in my eyes…” emails. I have enjoyed my time at Da Company. I did profit from the experience, but at this point in time, Da Company doesn’t serve me and I am doing a disservice in staying. I am not closing the door for the future, but for now, there is something else out there for me.

I am heading to New York right now. I think this is the first time that I wanted to upgrade this year and couldn’t. I am already upgraded for the trip back, which usually is the more important one, because when you are tired on the way home, you just want to relax, kick back, have a drink and not have to worry about someone’s elbows digging into your sides because they are territorial. The only good part (and on this trip that is the only thing that I can say positive about it…1.5 hour flight extended to 3.5 with a potential side stop in Philly to add fuel) is that the guy one row back and myself have been trading buying each other drinks for the past hour.

But as usual, I do digress. I spent a lot of time yesterday getting that wasser32 worm off of my home computer. After I did mine, I had to go to a friend of our and do her’s as well. It is a lesson learned. I will try to keep my MS updates current.

Or maybe a new browser is in my future???? Also, a new computer. Mine is about 7 years old. Although I did buy a computer for my Dad two years ago, I have never actually bought a computer for myself. I have always found a way to get one without actually having to put out cold hard cash. I have traded shares, services, and other things to get a decent computer(s) into our house. But with the pool business heating up, perhaps it is time to finally buy one for me. On the other hand, I do have a new (at least to me) server I could possibly use.
I read Natasha’s blog and actually spoke with her today. I am going to miss her more than she knows. I don’t know how to describe our beginning, but she is someone who I can trust to confide (and I have) some dark secrets to. There are some things that I have just told to her and no one else, not even Julie.

Enough for now. I will try to keep this thing updated regularly (at least every other day??) until the time I leave Da Company. At that point, I am switching over blogs to The Coffee Chronicles. Stay tuned.

Blog on!