The Eye of Kris

On Monday, I'm headed back to Boston for the fourth (I think) time since the acquisition. My main objective for this trip is to get to know a particular developer there who has started reporting to me, but I've also got some other meetings and business to take care of while I'm there.

The Java devleoper that I recently recruited (here in town) started this week, and he's picking things up well. I think that once I get all of these guys comfortable and familiar with me, we'll be able to do some great stuff as a team.

So, having said all that, work is going pretty well - I guess you could say much better than I expected.

In other news, I finally have an office at home again. If you've read Mary's blog, you know that we've been working on getting a wall and doorway put up to enclose the "formal living room" that we never really used very effectively. Now I've got my desk (which is actually just a couple of folding tables) and several computers set up in there. I would like to get some decent office furniture for that room, especially since it's right by the front door, but I'm having trouble finding something I like for the price I want to pay (which is very little, of course). What I don't want to do is buy something cheap that will wear out quick and that I'll hate in just a couple of years, so I'll just keep using my tables until I find a good deal on something worth keeping for a while.

Our Sunday School class is growing slowly but steadily. I've started teaching from a marriage series from Focus on the Family, and I really like it so far. On Wednesdays, we've been going to a class that is based on the Five Love Languages book, and that's been good, too.

Let's see... what else has been going on? MTUG had a fly-in this month at Lawiki Airfield. The weather was much more cooperative than last year, and we had a pretty good turn out. There was even a reporter there who will be writing an article in some newspaper next month (I can't remember which one).

I think I've just about decided what I want to do about the whole flying thing - I'm going to train and test for the Sport Pilot license (which can later be upgraded to a Private Pilot license). That will give me a lot of options as far as what I can fly, but initially I'll probably try to get something small like a Quicksilver (probably one of the MX variants). So, when will I do all this? I'm still not sure. But at least I'm starting to formulate a plan.

Speaking of "sports", it's football season again! Woo-hoo! The Titans looked terrible last week against Denver, but fortunately, it's still the preseason. Even if they can't put together a winning season, though, I'm looking forward to watching some football. Since the company I work for is now based in the Boston area, I can at least root for the Patriots in the playoffs...

Anyway, that's the short list of what's going on in my world. I'm sure I've forgotten something - if I think of it, maybe I'll post again later.