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[petermarcus]

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes(*), emails, and e-cards ;)

I have always had this weird thing about birthdays: I've almost never had a job. During HS and college, I always quit my summer job by now as school was going to start up and I wanted at least a little time around my birthday to veg out. After college, I started immediately into contract programming, which is sort of a month-to-month kinda thing. Like hi-tech office temps; job security is zero. So, in the last 35 years (or at least the last 20 or so), I've had a job on my birthday something like 3 times. Today, my client gave notice -- August 30th is my last day. Close enough.

It's all good, though. The entrepreneur thing is coming along, and I think I may survive a bit this time before I might have to throw in the towel and do the big-bad corporate world thing again. Knowing that these guys were going to let us go has been liberating as I don't have to think too much about them any more.

I do have to go up there next week again, though, to handoff all our projects. So, in the next month: Boston next week for biz (for the last time!), followed immediately by Omaha for a wedding, and then Vegas next month for a trade show that I'm gonna drum up some biz. In between, I may need to duck down to Costa Rica for a biz meeting. And I thought travel was going to relax a bit. Heh.

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(*) Except for Blue who was so busy thinking of her own birthday four months ago that she completely forgot about mine. *sniff*

Comments

[canuckgirl.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! :)

You can wave to me from Omaha (I'm an hour north!). :D

[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

Whew, you are in the midwest! I'm doing the wedding drive-by. I used to live in Omaha when I was little, so of course I think it's the most boring spot on the planet ;)

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[canuckgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, we're the REAL midwest! Actually, I think Sioux City is even more boring that Omaha! :)

Are you continuing on to Vegas after that??

[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

Nah, Vegas is the end of September, so I may have some Atlanta-time in between trips ;)

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[canuckgirl.livejournal.com]

So you're driving to Omaha, and then driving back home?? :)

[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

Yuck that's a bit too much of a drive. Nah, I'm flying. I meant drive-by as in the fast, in-and-out barely-see-the-place kind of trip.

'Hood slang ;)

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[canuckgirl.livejournal.com]

Geeze, I'm a white girl from the 'burbs! :D

I can't imagine you want to see much of the place anyways! :)

But I'll wave to you in Omaha. :)