July 31st, 2006 yoshers
Yes, it has been quite a summer of little trips for me. About a week after my trip to LA, I was off to Boulder for the Educause Management Program. No, I am not a manager, but I am just checking out what it might take and what the challenges are to manager people. I am not much of a control freak, but it is scary to think how people might react and what you have to do to deal with problematic situations.
Certainly, there were many tools that were helpful and it was quite a good conference. There were also many stories of problematic situations and it was certainly fun to hear some of them (like say, this one at the University of Wisconsion). Networking (people terms) was certainly one of the big things that everyone got out of the conference and we even got some free time to tour around and hike and buy Smorkin Labbits as our unofficial mascots.
In any case, we shall see how things go. I am not in a rush to become a manager. One of the things that I learned is that you will have to let go of some of your day-to-day responsibilities and delegate…I guess I may not be ready for that yet.
Well, I certainly do not have to think about it for the next couple of weeks. I will be off to Seattle/Vancouver next week for a nice short vacation (plus my old friend, Jenna’s wedding) and a week off (probably supervising our bathroom remodel in some way) after that.
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July 17th, 2006 yoshers
I know it has been awhile, but I finally have a moment to catch my breath. So here it goes.
Another Bathroom Remodel Delay
Well, shockingly, this time no one had to back out due to strange injuries to their contractors. Instead, it was merely a simple case to total incompetence.
- Salesperson comes out, quotes $8,000
- Salesperson goes on vacation (extended weekend)
- Cannot contact salesperson, call owner
- Owner gets rude, says salesperson underquoted, says $8,000 is ridiculous, quotes $16,000
- Geez, that was fun
So now, we are set for mid-August with another contractor…hopefully, this one will go well!
LA Trip
Shareena and I headed down to Los Angeles (we stayed in Santa Monica) over the fourth of July weekend for a little getaway and my cousin Vivian’s wedding reception at Cafe Bizou.
Of course, nothing ever goes as planned and I was pretty much sick (I have concluded that it was some bad mushrooms in my ramen that I had for lunch prior to flying down to LA), so I was pretty much not eating more than a few bites and feeling weak all trip.
Nonetheless, Shareena and I managed to mix in family and some time away from the family. In addition to seeing my cousins at Vivian’s wedding reception and other going-ons (like lunch and dinner with family on Sunday), Shareena and I managed to spend some time in Santa Monica and Hollywood (we took my cousins Jack and Angie with us).
For pictures, here is the Santa Monica 2006 gallery.
Some other highlights included Eugene and Natasha’s five month old triplets (pictures will be posted whenever I get them) and a very lovely day at the beach on Monday.
Well, that’s it for now. Tune in next time for my business trip to Boulder and plans for August in Vancouver/Seattle.
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