WEEKEND!

Awright - I'm feeling better, the project isn't quite off the tracks, the sun has come out from behind the clouds, and I've got a few hours where I dont have to be anywhere. That's really, really, really nice right about now.

Technically we're supposed to be ready for QA testing - there's still some open issues that will be resolved on monday/tuesday, but for the largest part the core configuration of the product works, I've got some of the customer specific features implemented, and some 'nice to haves' in there, so QA should good pretty quickly I hope.

I did wind up travelling to Hannover, and while it wasn't a good time, it wasn't the end of the world. Though more and more people frustrate me. On Wednesday, instead of taking myself to the hotel on the tram, I went ahead and packed my stuff togehter early and took a taxi with 4 other members of the team. Long story short, one of the spanish guys had problems with the door, and wound up locking all our luggage inside the cab. The driver didn't know what to do for about 40 minutes, then finally took a cab to go get a set of keys from another driver. An hour later, had my luggage. Last week, French guy walked off with another guy's phone - had to help him get it to the lost and found at the airport, as well as get the ID number of the item to the owner. Stunning.

Had a chat with the former coworker that wants me to consult for him. He's pencilling me in for after this project is over, and at this moment, I don't have a problem with that at all. Steve A. & Wim H. are over in Honalulu doing work for him right now. And I'm in snowy Munich... I'm doing the math. :-)

Franz had me over for dinner last night - cooked giant shrimps with a coconut breading, and curried veggies, along with a tomato/orange soup. Wasn't a 7-course work of art, but was tasty nonetheless.