I am no stranger to hiking in October. In 2003, three of us climbed Mounts Jackson and Webster. The weather that day was a brisk 25 degrees and though we got hit with snow flurries on both summits and during the descent, the impact had been minimal. In 2006, I soloed Carter Dome in late […]
Those of you who have been paying attention will notice that almost four months have passed since my last post. I was going to write a lengthy essay regarding the maelstrom of change that has occurred over that time, but I simply don’t have it in me to do so. Instead, I’ll follow […]
The past couple of months have been busy ones. But, the work I put in has borne much fruit. Two weeks ago, I was promoted and became a software engineering manager. I still report to the same person, but I am now responsible for overseeing three parallel projects and two other engineers. […]
The past month and a half have been a whirlwind of activity, punctuated with family illnesses.
I’ll start with the illness, a stomach flu that caught us by surprise while we were vacationing up north in Gilford, NH, on the shores of Lake Winnepesaukee. Our plan was to spend a relaxing long holiday weekend on […]
A financial roadblock to one of the many projects that I’ve been working on has been removed allowing work to progress. On the flip side, I have so many projects going on simultaneously that it’s getting more and more difficult to keep things going. I may need to get my hands on some project management […]
It’s been a while since my last post. Since then, several things have improved, though life continues to be extremely busy.
My wife’s health issues have subsided. The culprit was a combination of a hiatal hernia and a narrow part of her esophagus. The hernia was causing acid reflux which would then hit that narrow part […]
As if life wasn’t keeping me busy enough, one or more squirrels have invaded my mother-in-law’s attic. As my mother-in-law lives in an in-law apartment attached to my house, this is a concern.
A baby squirrel running amok in my mother-in-law’s kitchen clued us into the problem. Earlier today, I climbed up into her […]
This has been a tough couple of weeks. I thought last week was bad, but this week was rough enough to make me forget last week. Thank God it’s Friday. No shit.
I really can’t relate the scope of all that has happened in the past couple of weeks. Instead I can […]
It never rains, but it pours. So it seems when one is in the middle of a maelstrom of events.
As I mentioned a while back, my wife has been in the middle of a series of health issues. In addition to what looks like a gall bladder issue, she also discovered a painful […]
My wife suffered some kind of very painful abdominal episode this past Sunday. Since then, we’ve been going to doctor’s appointments and clinics to get lab work done. So far, nothing definite has been diagnosed.
Next on the list is an ultrasound for her gall bladder, more blood tests and an appointment with a cardiologist.