27 June 2007 (Wednesday)

Rise at the normal hour and follow the morning routines. In to work at a normal hour, traffic allowing me to arrive sooner than usual. I think the 4th of July has arrived sooner for some people, and the normal early traffic is moderated now that school is out.

Only a couple meetings today, so I spend the morning on financial matters. Some things seem a bit off, but everything balances in the end. We are getting better at knowing how much things cost, and therefore how much we make. Basic and fundamental accounting things that have taken us five or six years to attain. I also get my team meetings scheduled for the next quarter - I have been moderating scheduling meetings, since my days here are numbered.

Some quick work on my collection of C Major Exercises in PowerTab. I'll be dumping them into MIDI form so I can burn them to an audio CD that I can listen to in the car. Two hours a day of vocal practice might give me a boost into the C Major circulation course. Also looking at available MIDIs of Bach pieces and importing them into PowerTab, with an eye toward arrangement. Some interesting things here, and the more I work on the C Major exercises away from the guitar, the easier it is becoming to visualize arrangements and fingerings for these pieces.

Heading into one customer meeting, I had some trepidation due to issues we've had with one peripheral system this month. Nothing mentioned at the meeting, which was a bit of a surprise. I managed to work myself up more than was necessary. Typical.

Home to a very warm and humid house, the air conditioners going at speed. I'm glad I took the time Monday night to get them in before the most serious heat hit. Takeout for dinner, a very tasty mahi-mahi for me, chicken and shrimp Alfredo for Lisa. Some plant shuffling on the deck.

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A little burst from me this evening about the plants. I was asked how the positioning of the new pots were; I answered honestly that I thought hey were too spread out, and needed to be closer together, to give more of an impression that they are part of a whole rather than four separate items. This was met with a description of what was wrong with the suggestion, in a manner that suggested that the mind was made up and the request for a suggestion was more of a courtesy. At least that was my impression - that I was being asked for input that would not be taken into account. This is something that really irks me; either take my suggestions into account (looking at the other areas where you yourself have already done the things I am suggesting), or just do what you want and let me know how it works out.

During recapitulation, I ask myself what this really means and what is it that I do that I'm seeing in others. I'm not sure yet, more observation is required.