Fact is, I've been absurdly busy at work the last couple of months, and that's where I got most of my quality posting time in. But, back in late November, I was "realigned" to a new department. I liked my old boss, but to be honest, he wasn't that great of a boss. The new department I'm is the same one that had given me headaches over the past few months. Of course, now, I no longer had to butt heads with them, and that actually relieved a great deal of stress from my life.
A raise in the whole mess didn't hurt either. That being said, it did bring about a lot of work. Instead of spending most of my day trying to justify what I was doing, I now simply had to do my job and then train it. Before, I was basically in a different power structure than all the groups I was training, so not only did I have to get approval from my house, I had to get approval from all the others. It was a chore. Now, I work for the same people that run the call centers I train, and my life has gotten a lot easier.
The work has only been amplified by the upcoming release of Windows Vista. To be fair, I think people will be quite pleasantly surprised by the release, which has a whole lot more functionality than people give it credit for. Yes, there is a significant "eye-candy" face lift in there, but under the hood, there's some power too. My last post was made shortly after I returned from Seattle for my training on the subject. Now, I'm being sent all over the globe to do the training myself. To that end, I'll be in Ireland next week, training our UK call center on how to use Vista. After that, more groups being trained in the States.
But hey, Ireland. Sadly, I'll be working the vast majority of the days I'll be there. I leave Saturday, arrive Sunday (which is frightening on it's own). Start training on Monday, wrap up on Friday, and I'm out early Saturday. So, I will get a bit of time in, but most of it will be working. No vacation to see here. There will most likely be some drinking though...
Anyway, I suppose I could toss in a little bit of LEGO stuff here. I had a bit of time off over the holidays, among them, the three-day weekend over New Years that my wife and I dedicated to doing absolutely nothing. So, in that vein, I felt the need to embrace my inner child and cover our apartment in my LEGO toys.
You'll find a great variety of sets there, like Batman, Star Wars, City, Vikings, and Castle. Hey, someone needs to answer the question of who'd win a battle... Vikings or Clone Troopers. The situation has improved considerably, though I still have more sets built than I have room to display. My drawing table is still covered with sets, which inhibits activities like work or drawing on it. Ah well...
