In The Now

Aside from the last few posts, where I’ve documented the steps I took to make some stuff work, I’ve been pretty quiet.

But you probably knew that, if you’re here.

Familially:

• Birthdays are done for the year in the Edmonton Johnstone house. Nick’s birthday was the last one of 2009. It was an interesting party, where half of the partygoers were playing gameboy or DS at any given point in the party. There was also a modest amount of dress-up and lego. Thank you to all who came out.
• The first bottle drive of the year for Parkallen Scouts took place this past weekend. A good time was had by all and the work went by surprisingly quickly.
• For those of you who don’t know, or don’t follow the facebooks, Olivia spent some time in the hospital the weekend before this last one. She had some clotting issues where she would bruise up over things that normally wouldn’t be bruise-worthy. (A teething necklace left bruising on her neck, and a diaper snap bruised her hip). Turns out that she wasn’t absorbing fat properly, which led to her not absorbing vitamin K properly, which led to a (surprise, surprise) vitamin K deficiency.

Professionally:

• My work for EbOWorld and the bronze company contract ended partway through September. Since then (before then, too), I’ve been looking for a contract to work on. There are a couple of places that seem to have work, but their feet are caught in mud. I’m willing to wait for a bit. There are some frustrations that come with waiting, but I am working on a project that promises equity in the company after working there for a year. It’s an interesting relationship. It gives me an immediate stake in helping the company to succeed.
• I still have work to do on the database application for the Alberta Party. They want me to present a proposal in writing, which should be an interesting project. I need to actually get on it, though. There’s no guaranteed money from that, either, but it is more likely that I’ll see it from them than from the equity agreement.
• However, through the equity agreement, I might have some paying work on a Drupal-based CMS that is integrated with Nexternal.com. There is some re-configuration they want done on the UI side, as well as the usual “It’s not good enough, make it better.” We’ll see what that means.
• A headhunter contacted me today about what I had thought was a position I’d applied for today, and when I called them back to discuss it, I was unable to reach the agent. I’ve been waiting to hear back on this potential contract for some time. Normally, I would have walked away by now, but they send out “be patient” types of messages every so often, so I’m left dangling. Well-played, headhunter.
• I’m also waiting to hear back on a contract through EbOWorld. If EbO gets the contract, I’ve got nine months worth of work. If not, then not. They’re considered front-runners for the contract, but as the boss says, forget about the contract, don’t consider it a done deal until the ink on the cheque is dry and it’s cashed in the bank.

I am now run down and you are partially caught up.

I will try to generate enough enthusiasm to update you more regularly.

Liam

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