Oops – Was really was writing again to express how thankful I am to be on a terrific team at work, and then work got away from me (I am oncall again this week) and I did not leave until 10pm Thursday. However, Friday was page and interrupt free (yahoo!) and that meant serious focus time to prepare for next week’s major switch-over to a new primary server (big complicated procedure involving about 18 people). I was able to go over the entire plan, line by line, and make lots of improvements from the past switch-over. That is a very nice feeling, the confidence that big scary change is completely under control and all the risks have been mitigated.
Capped off a long day revising the plan at work with wonderful evening of dancing at The Ballroom Studio in Centreville. We still love dancing at Tysons Corner Arthur Murray studio as well, but Friday night is Tyson’s newcomer night, and Darryl Adams and Michele Kearney have a wonderful deal on two group classes and a practice/dance party for only $25 that is too good to refuse. Anyway, last night the group classes were Paso Doble and Argentine Tango. Paso is the dance I did not know enough about to name, but was what I was picturing in my head when we first went to Arthur Murray for lessons in the mid-1990s. I have always thought I wanted to know Paso, but it is not easy, and I am simply not getting it. I don’t hear the music transitions, and can’t keep up the act of being a toreador for very long withouth laughing. Argentine Tango is the dance I did not think I would like at all, but it seems to be sticking now. We had a lot of fun dancing, and the party was excellent afterwards, even if I was tired from a long week of being oncall at work.
I am really, really thankful I am part of such a great team at work, and have recently turned down a few unsolicited offers for much more money because I am really happy where I am at. I guess the market for experienced UNIX systems people is picking up again (I’d stopped getting recruiter calls a few years ago, but they are calling again now). The bottom line is I like my job, I like my boss, and I really like the people I work with day to day a lot. We are moving to the Sterling (aka: Dulles) campus (CC4, 6th floor) in early March, and I have mixed feelings about the move, but the people will still be great. You can’t ask for much more than that.
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