Not a whole lot to blog about recently... well, other than Dubya trying to finish what his daddy started, but that's a topic for some other blog. I'm going to say this now - I'm going to stay away from blogging about anything related to the war. No comments, no thoughts, no web links (unless they're funny flash animations or other crap as such)... nu'in.
My cold is still trying to hold on, but I think I'm finally winning. I'm still coughing and sniffling, but the cough has been getting dryer and the congestion less congesting. I'm hoping by the weekend that I'll be back to normal.
Speaking of this weekend, by "best friend from High School who I still keep in regular touch with" Orshi will be flying out here to Chicago for part of her Spring Break! She'll be here Saturday and will fly out Tuesday evening. It will be a little tricky trying to figure out ways to entertain her and spend time with her on the weekdays (last time I checked Motorola didn't have a Spring Break planned), but I'm sure I'll figure out something.
Speaking of work...
... Those of you in the know will be happy to know that I had the chance to talk to my manager about the whole Flex-Time thing. A possible compromise is in the works, but anything we come up with will be a compromise on top of a compromise. I'm trying not to put my work above my life, but this is a work-life balancing act that isn't easy to pull off and I'm certain that any solution is going to piss off everyone.
The thing I hate, though, is that the position I'm in is exactly what I was put through when I was a kid trying to grow up between two families (Notice I didn't say "with two families"). I've always tried to make both sides happy, and that's the way I've always worked since then... The Mediator, if you will. I want to make a decision that everyone will be happy with, but most of the time I end up being miserable in the end.
Sorry about the long and bitchy post. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Posted by Austin at March 19, 2003 09:36 AM