I have been away from this blog for awhile during my move into Annette's house. Finally all moved in, with the majority of my stuff over here now. The data center is all setup, computers are humming away. After the move we ended up with 7 computers total in her house! Although the one with the highest use is the laptop. For so long that thing sat dormant at my condo. It gets major use between Annette and Kenzie. Annette's old Dell barely gets used anymore, just takes us space on her desk now. Kenzie asked me the other day if she could have her own laptop for her birthday. Anyway once I got my bookshelves and tables moved in and hung up some pictures in the data center it really looks nice. It's my cave so to speak.
This weekend Kenzie is have her birthday party which includes a sleep over of her 8 favorite friends. The fun never ends with that child. A quick poem --
Oh to be Kenzie
A favorite star
In a galaxy of admirers
To have and to hold
The very thing that makes us shine
Take that Shakespeare!
I've recently come across a job opportunity that excites me. If you are a regular reader of this blog I have been looking for a job that will inspire me. Sort of like when the girl follows Jerry McGuire, she followed him because his dreams inspired her. I've been told that there is going to be a software job opening at the Botanical Gardens downtown that pays well and will fulfill my need to do something meaningful. The Gardens has been gathering plant data from all over the world for many years and the time has come that they want to share this scientific data with the world. So they are building a web site where this can be done. Sounds exciting to me.
Also today Kenzie is going to perform at her school in a violin concert. I'm kind of excited about that. She's been learning violin for over a year now and has come quite far with it. She's very musical as well as mathematical. I think the two go together, mathematics shows us the harmony that is inherent in numbers as much as songs are to octaves. Alone they stand as abstractions, together they form emergent properties.
Tommorow Annette and I plan to take out the stairs by the kitchen that goes downstairs. That will also require taking down the stairwall. Overall it will widen the kitchen. She found a contractor to fill in the hole in the floor with flooring. He will be here on Monday to do that. The first step in this year's big construction project, redesigning the kitchen.