The Johnson Blog

Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…

Tag: work

  • First Day

    Cue smiling baby…

    Today is Ana’s first day back to work, and at her new job nonetheless! Good luck Ana, you’ll do great! Accordingly, today is David’s first day at Gradma Johnson’s house. As you can see, he’s all ready to go.

    It has been pretty hectic this morning as Ana tries to get out the door. I’m trying to figure out when, where, and how to help her out in the most efficient manner – like dressing him (not bad, eh? *nudge*). It’s a little rough around the edges but I’m sure by the end of the week we’ll have some sort of routine down.

    Still distracted by that smiling baby picture? Here, look at this one (taken a few short moments later) – no more smiling baby:

  • Sidekick

    Since Ana’s getting that spleen scan done this morning, I have my little help at work today…

  • A quick update on Ana

    Along with my recent job change, Ana gave notice to her current employer (Wells Fargo) and accepted a job offer at Memorial Medical Center where she’ll be doing some good ‘ol IT Project Management.  She’s slated to start on February 18th.  Congratulations Ana!

    On a health note, we have gotten a second opinion on the treatment path for her ITP (because we found that she was not, in fact, cured).  The new doctor’s treatment plan is much more aggressive and traditional in its approach – in line with everything we’ve read about ITP.  The current plan is to very very slowly take her off of the prednisone while watching her platelet levels, and if they drop again they will remove her spleen.  In preparation for this possibility, she is getting a Spleen and Liver scan done this morning at the hospital presumably to make sure her liver is in fine shape to take over for a non-existent spleen (yeah, apparently the liver will start to do the spleen’s job in its absence).

  • Office

    Here’s a quick snapshot of my already-cluttered desk.

  • Work

    Most of you regular readers already know this, but today was my last day working at LRS.  The whole experience of ending employment vividly reminded me of handing in my last Final Exam in college, and getting ready for everything to change the following day.  I worked with a lot of great people during the last 8 years there and I wish them well.

    Starting tomorrow I will be turning my energy and attention toward my new employer, Interapptive, Inc.!   Until then… there’s LOST!

  • Requirements by Eavesdropping

    I’m coining it. Defined as a process by which software requirements are gathered not by formal meetings and documents, but rather by hearsay.

    They sure don’t teach you that at school.  Nor should they.

    I can use it in a sentence, but I’d rather not.