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April 29, 2004

Toil

Have you ever had one of those years that just sort of sucks the life out of you? That’s how this one appears to be shaping up. Existence is going from one activity to the next with little time to really appreciate this gift of life. I remarked to my small group from church last Tuesday that the demarcation points for each day are the same old events. It’s getting old, and it’s making me weary.

Circumstances at work have nudged me in the direction of project management. I realize the need behind management’s insistence that I take on this role – I probably am the best person for this job, but I don’t have to like it. I’ve done it before and have concluded that it’s a thankless job. Not that I have any problems with the team; they’re a great group of people. I guess that I’ve always seen myself as a nurturer, someone who worked behind the scenes to keep everything together. I definitely don’t like being out front waving the flag!

I hate coming home exhausted but feeling that I need to do more – at least catch up on the things that I wanted to accomplish at work but didn’t get a chance to because of interruptions. I hate having very little time to myself to write; it had become a welcome activity that I looked forward to. I guess that we do what we can to survive and hope that we do a good enough job.

One of my team mates is leaving for Spain tomorrow. I wish I were going with her – I could use the rest and relaxation! But June will be here soon enough and before I know it I’ll be walking around those Mayan pyramids, snorkeling in that clear Gulf water, or just enjoying myself on the deck of the ship. Until that time though, all I foresee is project schedules, capacity estimates and program design with little time left over for musing out here in cyberspace. Still, it beats the hell out of unemployment!

Posted by mjwoods at 10:07 PM

April 03, 2004

Old Frankenstein

It’s late in the evening here, and the computer is free from the endless tax research that Denise performs in her work. Now it’s time for me to do my stuff while jotting down those random thoughts that always seem to flood my brain about this time in the evening.

I can remember specifically asking the captain of my tennis team not to schedule me for any matches this weekend. He even acknowledged me and said that he understood. So I’m not the bit surprised that I found my name on the roster for this weekend – 14:00 on court 3 with Lou as my partner. It would have been nice to give this old body a rest, but I just can’t say no to a game! Yes, I’ll be stiff, sore and probably move around on the court tomorrow with all of the grace that Peter Boyle exhibited in “Young Frankenstein” but that’s beside the point. The weather has been wonderful this spring and tennis beats chores and day of the week.

So I’m sitting here multi-tasking; reading some mail, reading some news, trying to stretch out this cramp in my left leg and staring at the primary on-call pager and praying that it doesn’t go off tonight. No tunes on the CD player tonight – I had quite a marathon all week at work and I’m enjoying the relative peace and quiet here this evening.

Nothing much in the way of news to report for the week. Work was its usual madhouse with plenty of problems needing tending to all at once. I will be grateful when my boss gets back from his honeymoon and takes his responsibilities back. I really don’t mind backfilling for him while he’s away, but it does make it difficult to get the stuff that I’m still held accountable for done.

Well, I guess I should pop some meds into my mouth and hope my “wheels” feel alright in the morning. With any luck I’ll be able to exhibit the grace of Marty Feldman in “Young Frankenstein” out on the court tomorrow…

Posted by mjwoods at 12:04 AM