When the boss goes on vacation?

What to do, what to do. I think I'm going shopping for some CD's. Maybe, I'll come in 9:30 AM.

The new group from the guys from Blink 182 sounds good "Angels and Airwaves". I think they dumped that loser drummer Travis Barker.

No such luck. I have three projects that are ramping up right after the Labor Day holiday. Which means if I don't have my @#($(% together, I'll get slammed with extra hours at the office.

But I'll definitely schedule some gym time this week.

It's weird, my job doesn't really depend on face time, but I find myself ensuring that I'm around when my boss is on site. Don't know why I do that. My job's validation is delivery of projects, I can do it from home in my jammies.

This is a rant, I don't have anything insightful to blog about today. I'm mailing it in.

Sue me...

What do I do for a living?

I usually dread this question.

My first answer is "I'm a technical project manager" which usually leads to the quizzical stares of "huh, what's that", which is followed by the barely audible "I see...."

I give up and tell people "I fix computers". That usually gets a more enthusiastic "Hey, I have this problem with pop ups"

At least it makes for less quizzical looks.

For what I do, I'm actually quite lucky. I have a ton of autonomy, work with very smart people, make decisions or facilitate them to drive forward change and innovation in the companies I'm contracted to.

I wonder if I had graduated college would I be in this field?

Anyway, funny anecdote. When my parents are asked about their children, my mother or father will round out the list by saying "Sister #1 is a lawyer, Sister #2 is a teacher, our son, he's into computas..." It's not a career in my parents eyes, it's an above board hobby.

Combined my sisters are short of my yearly income by about 50K. That's great for a hobby!