New mobile...

has arrived - just in time for christmas! :)

Thanks baby - you rock.

http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,71,00.html

Training training..

Yay - i'm doing training on support for a new product - that's just super - super boring! :) It's just funny because I actually was on the team that built the thing in the first place.

Other than that, I'm sitting next to a guy who always grinds his teeth! joy.

Another company...

is tempting me with a 'Technology Manager' role. I'm also pretty much in there. It's just frustrating that the contract signed with my current employer states that i cant work for any clients for 6 months! that's a bit of a shite, seeing as how broad our customer base is (not that i get to work at any of them!).

I'm going to have to knock it all back, and just bide my time.. unfortunately, they are offering me another 20k a year to come across - not to be sneezed at.

On a brighter note, I got myself a laptop, which is nice and quick - Now i can be a mega nerd and program on the train on the way to work! :)

Rach had to go away to her great uncles funeral, so i'm missing her and the little man like crazy.. even though he was a naughty baby last night, not sleeping! :(

bugzilla...

And I forgot to mention, that I've finally cracked it with the way that work handles (and i use the term loosely) bugs with the application I work on.

It's just a whole bunch of bullshit emails, with everyone adding their $0.02 worth - and then I have to manually transfer them across to a spreadsheet - which can be deleted by anyone who has access to our network - i.e anyone. grrr...

We are still waiting for the 'be all and end all' application to come out which is aparently going to 'revolutionise' the way we deal with clients. NOT.

Trains.. :)

I'm not too sure if I've mentioned it - but I applied for a job as a Train driver - Unfortunately I got cut in the first round, which is a bit of a bummer - Although I do hear they are going to be interviewing early next year. I decided that I'd apply on a whim, rather than thinking through it all and having good responses to (fairly) obvious questions they were going to ask. Oh well, better luck next time - I probably wouldnt have passed the physical anyway (due to my dodgey eyesight!). Just another thing to 'thank' my parents for.

So instead, I've been building up my model train set - HO scale, and it's coming along a treat - Whenever Mike comes over, we scurry out into the garage and 'play trains' - that pretty much involves ripping the shit out of all the work I've done, and doing it better! :) I've got a whole bunch of new trains since I last mentioned it - probably another 3/4 locos, and built a Z guards van, and a flat wagon. Now onto painting them.

Anyway, I'm supposed to be building a new release of the applicaiton that i'm work on, so i should get my arse in gear and do that, so I can go home at a reasonable hour. Unfortunately the trains a running about 30 minutes late, due to a control box in Caulfield being struck by lightning last night! :)

Christmas Party..

at Burns Manor..

We had the work christmas party yesterday, and it was out at the big bosses 80 acre property at Portarlington. Only 2 hours drive each way - Joy.

It turned out to be quite good - Jude was naughty and bashed up another little boy! :P So, as a reward, Santa gave him a toy! :P I get the sense that he was a bit bewildered by Santa - He wasnt that into it when Santa turned up on the fire truck. We ended up with a picnic basket, which is a fair way short of the expectations set from last year (Digital Cameras!). Maybe we will take the NAB approach, cut staff, don't give bonuses and announce even bigger profits than last year. Am I too cynical!? :P

I'm looking forward to this christmas, finally not having to deal with my relations will be a load off - and it means that I can focus on my family, and Jude's first Christmas. It does take you back a little, thinking about his first things - I've got a book full of all the milestones for him - because it all goes so quickly, and with another on the way, it's going to be a bit of a shock to the system - and make it all a bit blurry!

Anyway, that is all for now. better get back to work, after slacking and taking off Friday with a dicky back (again!), i've got to get my shit together! :P