A slice

I'm taking a brief moment of clarity, of no momentum in any activity, productive or otherwise, to write briefly where I am at.

I am still doing work - getting involved in more and more projects as my time to leave gets closer and closer. I need to spend at least, say, 30 minutes on Friday on my goals and plans. I need to talk with my program manager about her needs and what I might contribute in the future and present a plan to the business manager.

Slowly teaching myself Computer Science 101. This is me being the me I've always been - choosing to educate myself in something immediately, getting caught up in private projects, rather than taking the steps to get myself involved in programs that would get me recognition, garner connections, etc. It's fun for the moment, though, and other things are changing in my life, and I ought to take them one step at a time.

I am moving to Albuquerque in about 10 days. I am a little uneasy, as no contracts have been signed. However, my new landlord is acting as if I am moving in, so I am assuming that it is 100% a go. I joined in on last Sunday's group work activities, and I'll be heading over to do the same this Sunday. I think I am part of the group. Some part of me, though, will say I'm moved in once I'm actually moved in. Not that I need a definite answer right away, though.

Penelope and I are working out some issues that came up during our week together (which went by so, so quickly). A new issue is coming into mind: I am learning more about my needs as a boyfriend, how to identify them and how to express them. This is frightening, since I did not have these articulated for myself when we first started dating. What if they can't be met? The only way to find out is to be honest about it. I have already mentioned them to Penelope; we'll see where it progresses.

I'm reading a lot of Asimov. I'm on I, Robot at the moment. Less epic than the Foundation books, of course, but still fun.

I'm planning on blogging more. Yes, I always say that. But I'm setting down as a fact that I've been thinking about it more at random, over the course of the day.

I continue to slowly learn about workflow. Yet I'm experiencing a lot of emotional backlash - now that I know what to get done and how to do it, I find I don't want to know what it is. Need to shine a light on that.

I've been practicing Taiko, at a rate of about an hour per week. It's a nice way to spend 60 minutes during this chaotic period. I'll be keeping that up.

And that's it for now. If ever I blog more regularly, I'll go deeper into these types of topics. But for now it's simply helpful to sketch a survey of what I'm doing.

Good night, all.