Troy is gone today, leaving me at the helm for the client-migration. Kinda fun to just do it all from beginning to end on your own, sort of satisfying in its own way. Went an did something dumb this morning, dropped a big fat monitor on by pinkie finger, slashing about 1-1/2" of skin from it in a 1/8" wide slice. You would think in a healthcare organization granted that they deal with strickly mental health, that the would have a first-aid kit around, or at least someone with a pack of band-aids. But no, after asking 2 RN's, 4 clinicians, I resorted to 2 sheets of Kleenex, and packaging tape. Gotta do what ya gotta do, I guess. I hope this company starts to discuss options for the end of the contract here, which is tenatively up on the 3rd week of November. I know it isn't exactly coming up tomorrow, but I would love to get the job situaton nailed down. Still feels fluid to me, and I never like that much. The company is having trouble with their Exchange servers, and their existing engineers have pretty gave up on the problems, I keep trying to impress on them that I'd like to take a peek at it, but I don't want to step on any toes. Every time I get to take a peek, when I suggest something, they give me that "what the hell do you know" glance. I hate being the new guy, but ya gotta put the time in before people will know what your capable of. My time isn't yet, I'd have to guess...
Chloe is doing very well at walking around on her own now, moving freely from room-to-room at will. This seems to make her much happier now that when she sees something that needs investigating she simply gets up and goes to it rather than the "holler to be picked up" technique she is now famous for. Her personality is truly coming out these days. I used to say to myself that there is so much in our lives that is impressed on us by our environment. After watching Chloe for the last few months, you can see that some things, such as persistence, and determination, are definitely "hard-wired in" But it is remarkably like Tracy and I when we see it in her, it is very much like us in so many ways... It makes us feel like apologizing to our parents every now and then when we see how she won't give up on something, and then proceeds to show us her disappointment when she doesn't get her way...
The Nine Inch Nails show was fantastic, it was refreshing to see the band get a little more diverse, and play more variety from all of their albums. Really funny to watch all the goth girls in their leather, and lace. Good times... Got slapped a few times for that.
Tracy and I spent our first nght away from Chloe too last Saturday. Tracy only made one check-in call, then she loosened up. We really needed the break, we took advantage of every moment of it.
