perspective, number 548

this was a long week.

i wrestled with a vendor who keeps demanding changes to my design at the last minute.

i tested my patience (failing, for the most part) with someone who’s making negative progress on a project, and am looking forward to solving the problem by preemptively finishing it this weekend.

i had to replace yet another tire.

but these things can always be worse. i took a field trip to another company this week to do some research on a project. two to a cubicle, a beige nightmare, fluorescent-lit hell with spartan, unadorned desks, 3-ring binders, marching to the drumbeat of outlook. a useful reminder of where i never want to be again.

and then, wednesday night i found out that my uncle died. while i’m very close to my immediate relatives, i seldom see anyone else in my family. notwithstanding that, i’ve never even been to a funeral. so really, i don’t entirely know what to think, and i sure as hell don’t know what to say to his wife and daughter. what it boils down to, though, is a nice guy that i knew died of cancer, and myself and some other good people are all going to pay our respects to him, and if that helps even a little, then it’s worth doing.

and my little plastic problems can wait.