Countdown to “crazyweek”…
Posted by samsynn on Nov 30, 2007
Today starts my craziest week in a while (maybe since the wedding) -
- Tonight: Nan’s Holiday party for work
- Tomorrow: Final Project Management class
- Sunday: Pack for trip (and run Arena)
- Monday: Thursday: Vegas, baby!
- Next Friday: PMP Cram Session, day 1, followed by my company holiday party at Mai Kai (which I’ve actually never been to)
- Next Saturday & Sunday: PMP Cram Session (days 2 and 3), followed by Chanukah dinner at Nan’s mom’s place Sunday night.
Maybe I’ll get some sleep in there somewhere. Probably not too much though.
Thanksgiving and more…
Posted by samsynn on Nov 26, 2007
Quite the busy long weekend…
- My sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and niece came in for the holidays. Got to see them a lot (just about every day I think between Tuesday and Sunday). Can’t believe how big they’re getting (the kids, not my sister and her husband)
- We had the naming for my niece during Shabbat services this Saturday. Nan and I (as godparents) also got called up to open the ark at one point). I’d forgotten how long a full Shabbat service can be, but it was kind of nice to actually go for a change.
- Got free tickets to the Florida Panthers - NY Rangers hockey game Friday night. I hadn’t been to a hockey game since before the strike and it was actually a good game - went into overtime and then a shoot-out, with the Panthers winning in the end.
- LOTS of football - highlighted by both a Gators win on Sat. and a come-from-behind Bears miracle on Sunday. Nan can’t wait until football season is over.
- My last class (thankfully) for my Project Management Professional certification is this Saturday. It’s been a good class, but I’m really ready for it to be over. The cram weekend (all day Friday through Sunday) the following weekend is going to SUCK though.
- Looking forward to next week too - 4 days in Las Vegas for work (yeah - work, right) right before that cram weekend. I think my brain will be fried by mid-December.
- Speaking of the Gators win - by Sunday we should know which bowl they’re going to - hopefully either the Capital One (in Orlando) or the Outback (in Tampa) so that Nan and I (and maybe Rob) can go - it’s been 2 years since the last game I’ve been to.
- And in a really geeky item - WoW Arena Season 3 starts tomorrow. Maybe if some people eventually level to 70 we can get a 5v5 team together already.
work, work, work…
Posted by samsynn on Nov 20, 2007
“What is… something I’m not doing much of today?”
Actually, I’ll save the Jeopardy stuff for another post, I figured I’d give an update on the job situation.
Things had gotten pretty frustrating with the current job over past few months - I was doing more report-running and less project management, working for a VP who didn’t understand the day-to-day workings of our department, and driving 45 minutes each way to do it. Each of these has gotten better thankfully. The new Sawgrass office is about 5 minutes from home, the VP quit, and my job role has increased. Not a bad month, all things considered, with a trip to Las Vegas coming up in 2 weeks!
Adding to that, I’ve (finally) joined PMI and I’m finishing up a course in Project Management. By January I should be PMP certified. It’s way overdue since I’ve been a PM for almost 5 years now. Hopefully I don’t blow the exam (since it’s about $400 to take it each time). At least now if things get rough at work I can go looking with that certification on my resume.
I’d really like to get back into the software development field (right now I’m in marketing, which is OK, but not my first choice). The next step is to start applying what I’ve learned and then maybe take a class or two in Agile Development Methodology. Not taking any more classes until I get that test passed (so that the classes will count towards recertification).
Oops… (and hello)
Posted by samsynn on Nov 20, 2007
Well, in trying to upgrade the WordPress version of my blog I really messed something up. Fortunately, there wasn’t that much to kill and I was able to reinstall and start over. Maybe this time I’ll actually keep up on things.
So anyway, welcome to the new, not-very-improved Samsynn.com - hopefully I can remember which plugins I was using before or even find a couple of new ones that are even better. And maybe this time around I’ll actually keep up on posting in a more regular fashion.
Look for many more posts in the next day or two since I’ll be spending my pre-Thanksgiving (non-)work time getting this place in order.
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