Come Adventuring

Friday I was looking forward to the much anticipated deploy of the project I had been working on for months now. Being both excited about the deploy and the new functionality it was to provide, and yet fearful it would under perform as a result I hadn’t foreseen, I was on a pins and needles roller coaster ride.

Unexpectedly just before the deploy I was called into the main conference room by the CEO and the VP of Software development. Seems even before the deploy I was being placed on a new project that was similar to the one I had been working on.

The bad thing is I’m moving and no choice about it in four days. I’ve already packed up my office and have really no way to un-pack anything. So I guess when hard measures are called for then break out the patio furniture.

Patio furniture not just for outside

So far we’ve stayed in this really nice rental house for a little over a year. It’s been great but time to down-grade a little bit. Abra is 18 and continously tell us she is moving out with her friends. Not sure how’s she’s going to do that since she doesn’t have a job.

So the decision was made and we found a sweet deal for a 3/2 with a 1/1 duplex for only 1600.00 a month. That would give Abra her own pad which we could sub-lease (and we currently have takers) if she decides to go.

Seriously though, we currently pay 1600.00 a month in rent, not including the utilites. Electric in this big old house costs like 500.00 a month. Add to the budget another 200.00 for water/sewer and gas; it’s really a move of necessity.

So alas moving to a smaller home, *sniff* I will miss my office *sniff* will ultimately mean Rai and I can spend more on time with the kids.

The horrible thing about this is that I have a prject due to go live Oct 1. Which means I’m booked solid on work until then. We can’t move in until October 1 and we need to be out by Oct. 1. Do you see the collision that’s going to happen?

Granted, with this years economy, and until we finally elect a new president, it’s more of an opportunity to save. That’s the way I see it. Abra of course is fine with the move. Kel and Donovan are fine with it. I’m a bit worried that Kel’s room will be too small.

She’s such a good girl though: much like me she will take to the change.

Did you ever get so tired that you don’t know what to do? It’s too early to sleep, although several days worth may help. You want to do this; have to if you will. Although you would prefer to do that instead. The choice is none the less difficult.

I’m at that point, after an extended amount of time working as much as had to on work, I now find that work requirement relaxed a little. I’m still in code mode, but not from work only my ideas. However as I try to code I want to step away from the computer. In stepping away I find myself drawn back again.

Kel has an open house tonight and Rai came up to ask me if I was going. I shyly told her I was hoping to get out of it to try out some code ideas. I don’t think she was happy with that answer. I told her later I would go but she said it was fine.

After a while of trying out the code ideas, and thusly bringing forth a whole slew of other ideas, I realized I was too tired to code anymore and wished I went to the open house. I think I just need to get away from code for a few days. I mean of an evening that is. For at least a week or two.

Being burned out from over-working for the past month and still pushing through really strains a lot of things. I need to re-group an come out stronger.