The Eye of Kris

Owen is not feeling well again. He has had a temperature all day and is very warm this evening. He's still a very good boy, though, and I'm thankful for that. Since we can't put him in the nursery at church when he has a fever, I am staying home this evening to rest with him.

It's probably good for me, too, since I've had "the crud" for about a week or so. "The crud" is that build-up of slimy green stuff in your throat, which makes you cough regularly and sound like a bass singer who smokes about two packs a day. I get it almost every fall, and I hate it.

So, before Mary left her two pitiful men to head to church, she put on a pot of chicken noodle soup for us. Owen didn't want it at first, but once I got him to take a few bites, he was eating it up and saying "I love chikin noonle soup". He's so cute.

I decided to let him watch a movie so that he would sit still and rest. Right now, he's watching Robin Hood, which is a cartoon version that's older than me. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, but as far as I know, this is the first time Owen has seen it. So far, he seems to like it. It's so cool when your kid enjoys something you remember from your childhood.

While he's been sitting quietly, I've been reading The Ultralight Pilot's Flight Training Manual, which I bought from a MTUG member for five bucks (what a deal!). It's a very interesting read - I can't wait to actually try some of this stuff. I haven't decided yet when I'll start training, but it will probably not be any time this year. I want to see how things shake out with my job situation before I add any new hobbies or expenses.

Speaking of work, one of the managers there has asked me to do something that I'm a little excited about. He is scheduling a series of "Lunch & Learn" events where he will buy lunch for all of the development team (and possibly others in IS) and they will sit in a conference room and eat while I talk about various topics regarding the web and web architecture, protocols, technologies, etc. So much of what we do now is web-based, and a lot of technical people know in general how the web works, but don't know the finer details of everything involved. I guess that's an area I've built some expertise in, and I certainly don't mind sharing it.

I've come up with about a dozen different topics, and we're going to do it every other week, so it could last a while. I enjoy teaching a lot, and I think that if there was a way I could do this type of training full time (and still make a good living), then I would be all over that.