The end is not so near

We received word this week of our lay-off dates. The project is going to go through 3 phases of lay-offs next year. The first phase comes at the end of April, followed by another in June, and a final phase in September. I was a bit torn between getting laid-off earlier and wanting to stay on the project through the last phase in September. Most of the people I work closely with are going to be there through September. I was told I would be in phase 2 in June. Some people are really surprised by my not being there until the end since I am in charge of maintaining the system that they use for accessing the source code, as well as me responsibility of building the final product for shipment. In a lot of ways it doesn't make sense, but then again once the team is smaller I would be needed for the system administration less and less.

I am not upset about this except for the fact that I will have to leave a great team that I just barely started working with. I know that some of these people I will work with again. Colorado Springs is not that big of a town.

Rayette and I have plans to see each other again this weekend. I am not sure what we'll do other than maybe work on her house a bit. She didn't say her kids would be there, but I am assuming they will be. I am hoping that we can have some alone time. I am not talking sex here, I just want us to be relaxed around each other without any distractions.

Chantel tried to call tonight around 11 p.m., but I noticed the caller id saying "Colorado Call" and a 303 area code. The only time I saw this before was when she called from the house in Parker. I ignored it. She was calling about the things she left behind. I have everything together. I just need to get my ass down to UPS to send it on its way.

I am "working from home" tomorrow. The boys are on their Fall Break which starts tomorrow (actually today). I decided to stay at home with them for one of the days. Well, now there are a number of things I have to get done. I am sure they won't mind running some errands with me.

One of the things to do tomorrow is to get my truck into the shop to replace the fuel pump. Last weekend my brother had borrowed it to get some things for his house. It broke down on him about 2 blocks from his house. I went down there and we towed it back to his house. Since my AAA membership had expired I needed to wait a few days so that towing it to the shop that I use wouldn't cost me anything.

I took the boys to see The Corpse Bride last night. We loved it. I think Tim Burton is one screwed up person, but that type make the best artists.

Lots more movies to see with the kids, but they are with their mom as of tomorrow evening. I want to take them to see "The Wallace and Gromit Movie", "The Greatest Game Ever Played", and "Oliver Twist". It's amazing how we've waited so long to see some decent movies and now they're all coming out at once.

What do you think we should see?