So it’s my 3rd day on the job. I finally got an assignment of some sort…writing up my thoughts on Silverlight, and I just realized 3 hours have gone by without me writing a word. I’m totally procrastinating. How funny is that? Bad sign, Mindy. Bad sign. I can’t help but blame Apple. I’ve clearly been brainwashed. If I can’t do something on my mac, I want no part of it!!! (yeah, yeah…my Win XP CD is packed in Indiana)

In my own defense, I was at the local Microsoft office the last 2 days for Silverlight training, and being out of the office makes it harder to focus. I still have a lot of preconceived notions to get over in regards to Microsoft. I mean, I can recognize that they’re doing some good things, but I just can’t seem to let myself give them any credit for it :) Silverlight seems decent enough. I found the Expression Blend UI a bit challenging. Really, the only thing that I found nice was the search for properties to change. That would actually be handy in a lot of programs. Everything else - eh. It looks as though it still ships with all the same troubleshooting headaches associated with .NET. Sadly, I fear I’m going to have to work in it for some upcoming projects. I may come to love it once I actually have a real project to create with it. I mean…it could happen.

Is it weird that I read my own blog? I don’t mean posts I just made. I mean past posts. It is weird, isn’t it? I knew it. Twenty sentences later…that’s why I started this post, just to acknowledge that I have documented some great stories and moments in my life. I kind of want to make a “best of” post but it’d take me a week to read all my posts. Probably not the best use of my time. And on top of that, I have my chat logs. I was consolidating the log files last night, just trying to clean up my old files. Oh goodness, I came across some gems. Don’t be surprised if they end up my memoirs some day. If only I could find a way to channel my everyday convos with people in to something bigger…but yeah, if you ever get bored, I have plenty of reading material here for you. You might be surprised to find that at certain points in time, I actually had something interesting to share :)

But yes, aside from procrastinating, work is proceeding well. The guys that attended the training with me are super cool. It was good co-worker bonding time if nothing else. I’m just sooo ready for a real project that I can stress over and freak out about and convince myself I’m worthless over and then get really excited when it all comes together at the last minute. I miss those days. There’s a rush when you get the right people together and let them do what they do best.

Oh, and I should note. It’s super weird not being bombarded by Indy 500 news when I flip on the TV. And I miss Randy Ollis. No one gives the weather like my man, Randy.