Whassup? Are you having a nice Monday?

It's sunny and warm here in Denver, which is such a pleasant change! The temperature is at 38 and it feels warmer.

The R.C. made it back to town safely after her recent business trip and she has the entire week off, to frolic in the newly arrived sun and heat. She deserves it.

Me? Glad you asked. I got out of a 1 hour+ meeting with Bernie at which we both agreed it's time to make some solid decisions.

Then we spent 30 minutes talking about how he really won't know what the future holds until this company or that company comes to a solid decision themselves by the end of this month. SOSDD*.

I showed him the Big Book Of Useful Information I finished last week and the Smaller Book of Client Information that I've started but not yet completed. In addition to those, we decided I should make a list of everything I do that a new person will need to know how to do.

We discussed and agreed on wording for an ad for my replacement (or, you know, someone to work with me, depending on how all of the Big Decisions go).

He's decided--wait for it--that he doesn't really need to hire someone else who can do everything I can do, because maybe there just aren't that many people out there who can pick up and learn just about anything that needs to be done. It's nice to be appreciated (although I think he's selling the employee pool short). Anyhow, he says he can farm some of that stuff back out to the people who used to do it before he figured out that I could do it all.

Then we discussed how maybe I could work with Buehler in his new office for a month or maybe we could rent a tiny space somewhere in my neighborhood for three months, etc., etc., etc., in order to keep me on until June which is some other kind of Big Decision Date that the investors in our company have their hearts set on.

It was all very definite and concrete.

Definitely vague and concretely undecided.

Mostly we talked about June 1 as a potential date, but around the sidelines there was something else going on. In an unspoken kind of way, we were both agreeing March 15 or April 1. But, you know, with options.

I guess it's time to stop dinking around and start finding a new job.

Otherwise, in my life:

Possibly I have an eye infection. When I woke up this morning, my left eye was weird. It still feels a little weird now.

The weekend was a vast wasteland as far as productive activity goes. I actually spent quite a lot of time contemplating my future. When that palled, I watched new DVDs or cleaned house. (On the positive side, I didn't spend a dime!)

The next two Sharpe books arrived in the office this morning, so I have some good reading in front of me. (Except. I can't! Must job-hunt! Where is that stupid resume?)

Alert! I Hate Yarn Discussion:

In a burst of effort fueled by a sense of shame at shortchanging my friends, I redid The Crochet Scarf Projects this weekend. The red one is larger, the funky gray-and-black one is now straighter, and the blue one has a kicky new stitch I figured out. All are fringed and ready to be washed, blocked, dried, and mailed!

The Knitted Scarf Projects are wending their ways casually toward completions. Knitting is pretty but slow. I thought the cherry red would carry the one scarf, in spite of the plainness of the stitch, but now that I have a couple of feet done, I'm having my doubts. Maybe when it's done and I get the fringe on? The weirdly "dirty" looking yarn I bought remains strange and ugly but I'm turning it into a scarf anyhow. Somewhere out there is someone for whom cream-and-brown is an attractive color combination.

The Shell Pattern Afghan is history. Not only did I misplace the crochet hook and I have no idea what size it was so I can't replace it, but contemplation of the product so far has convinced me that this would be much better as a border, to "finish" a project than it is as a whole afghan in itself. I'm going to rip out what I've done so far and use the yarn for something else.

The Traditional Afghan Pattern project is fine. I've done that one so often I could almost do it in my sleep. I wish I hadn't chosen "country blue" for this time around. It's such a bland color. But someone will like it, right?

The various other things I'm working on all got their moments in the sun this weekend, but in retrospect, I think the discovery of at least two new patterns was the most fun.

/End I Hate Yarn

Drawing? I got almost nothing done this weekend. A friend loaned me copies of ReGenesis and I got lost in a marathon viewing stint. If you get the chance, you really should watch this one. Excellent.

Also, there was Doctor Who.... Sigh. I really liked Christopher Eccleston. Tennant is good, though. He's better than I anticipated him being when they first introduced him. But I really enjoyed Eccleston's doctor.

The Dresden Files was a repeat. I'm still on the fence about this show. I haven't read any of the books but that's hasn't hampered me so far.

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* Same ol' stuff, different day