Life is good
Well, I drove down to San Ysidro this weekend to pick up Mike. Let me just say, right here, right now – very clearly – I am not at all thrilled with the fact that TAP does not have an arrival tracker on its website. The bus in to Tijuana was 3 hours late; and, by the time I looked up and saw Mike walking toward me I had gone past mild concern and hit full blown worry. It was so wonderful to see him walking up – as a relief to worry and just getting to see him again. I’d missed him horribly. I mean, Skype and chat are great and all that – but, there is nothing like having your loved one physically there with you.
He had stopped in Guaymas on his trip here and visited some friends of ours before they splashed. I sure wish I had been able to join them – we could have sailed off with them and be enjoying a totally different kind of time together than we are right now. I love having him here – it makes dealing with my job so much easier. I mean, it’s great to be pulling in a paycheck and all that…but…Qlogic’s really not endearing themselves. They flat out turned down the option to telecommute because of many reasons that I managed to counter successfully – including one that was “well, we need you near the developers”. Let’s think on this a moment. The developers I’m currently working with are in India. I’m in California. Pray tell – how is this “near the developer”? Yeah. It finally boiled down to the fact that the CEO just won’t go for it. Add to that the layoff of 25 people, the move of my testing job to India (yeah the same people that I’m currently working with) and my job changing to a glorified admin…And, some of what I need to do is just not in my line of “quality” performance. I just don’t do it as well as I do other things. It will be a stretch for me to accomplish the level of quality that I demand from myself. And, putting forth that kind of effort for a company that doesn’t give a d*mn is really – well, I’m seriously lacking motivation. Let’s just put it that way.
At least, though, I have Mike here and that makes me have something wonderful to look forward to. It’s enjoyable to get up in the morning and have coffee and Irish oatmeal (with nectarines and strawberries this morning) while I sit and talk with him. Doesn’t matter the subject or anything. I just love having him there with me to talk, debate and sometimes just sit in silence.
We won’t be out dancing as regularly as I used to go – probably every other weekend instead of every weekend. Since we went out last weekend, this one will be a stay close to home weekend. It’s good for saving money and gives us time to curl up with each other. Much as I love to dance with him – dancing just in general – a quiet weekend at home is good for the budget and not at all bad for us.
My son is in town for the next couple of weeks so we will be getting to visit. I am really hoping they get along well. I think we’ll hop out to see a movie and maybe hit some garage sales, flea market or whatever if there are any around. Should be a good time and will get us out of the house.
Omly reminded me of my ginger-cinammon cookies the other day and I totally am jonesing to make some, now. I was planning on making chicken and dumplings this weekend (from scratch) – and I’m thinking some homemade bread and ginger-cinammon cookies might not be too bad to throw into the mix. Maybe some chocolate and walnut cookies for Mike. In case y’all haven’t noticed reading my recipes, I don’t do nuts in my food – so they will definitely be his cookies.
Anyway – back to the grind. One day closer to Mazatlan and Liberty.
