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May 14, 2005
waiting days
I just realized something, that little counter at the bottom of my page (courtesy of Lilypie.com) is still counting away.
Which makes sense, because our due date has come and gone and no sign of Baby Tchao just yet. He/she is just happily moving around inside Mommy's womb. We even had an appointment on Friday for a post-due date stress test, and they took an ultrasound of the baby's head. I have a picture of my baby's face. It is so cute yet so strange, that in this picture, staring back at me, is the face of my child. One who is not yet born, but who seems to already be looking back at me.
So when the baby does arrive, I will take the counter down but obviously, its still going because we are still waiting.
In other news. . .
The extended craziness that is my job these days has paused for now. For 6 weeks, actually. I took my paternity leave starting on Friday. I was originally planning to start on Wednesday, but my boss requested me to stay a few more days to hand things off to them while I was gone. Since I've worked with and for the guy for nearly 6 years, I didn't want to leave him and the project in the lurch while I'm gone. Generally in my professional career, I have a good/bad habit of wanting to be in the middle of the scrum. When and if there is a fire at work, I'm running over to jump in. I only realized the extent of how much I do this recently. As I'm trying to hand stuff off to the people who are substituting for me, I kept getting asked to help in various situations that kept popping up. None of them really had any thing to do with my real job there, but I end up helping out because I "knew" what to do.
I don't really know, at least not all of the time.
The funny part is that some of these problems, I end up being a "translator". Sometimes a developer is explaining the problem, and if the managers don't understand, I translate it into terms that make sense to them. Other times, I try to boil down and summarize. Other times, I'm just trying to get everyone on the same page. Its funny how often that's *not* the case. None of this fits on any job description. I like to call it "in-between" work, since its in between various people that this type of stuff comes in handy. I actually like doing it. Sometimes I like doing it more than my actual job. I'm not sure how sad that makes my job sound.
In any case, I'm looking forward to the next 6 weeks of my life, both for the time away from work and to be able to welcome my child into this world. Still so much to do. . .
Posted by spoof747 at May 14, 2005 11:13 PM