Still Behind the Curve

Man, I thought I would really have some more posts this week, but there's been some crazy stuff going on in real life. So let's start there.

First, we had a really big snow storm here last Thursday and that stranded me at the house with our 7 year old. We got 9 1/2 inches of snow in 12 hours and the small town of St.Peters outside St. Louis wasn't (and still isn't) prepared to remove that much snow that fast. And to add to the complexities of commuting, I had an interview scheduled for that afternoon closer to downtown St. Louis. I got an email that morning asking if I was still available for the interview. Geesh... what to do? Do I show some determination and go? What do I do with the boy? I mean the interview is with 4 people and is scheduled to from 2 - 5? Anyway, long story short, I went to the interview and called the highschool girl across the street to watch the boy. Hell, her school was cancelled and she could use the extra coin. The interview went well and didn't end till after 5:30pm. I was wiped decided to have 2 fingers of Dewars when I got home, thus limiting my PVE abilities for the evening. So I farmed some leather and called it a night.

The next day my brother called and wanted to stay with us over the weekend before heading back home to OKC. That killed the whole weekend for playing WOW, but watching the Packers win their way into the Superbowl with him was worth the tradeoff.

Come Monday, the kid's school was cancelled again due to icey roads. Crap, these kids are going to be making up snow days during their Spring Break. Poor kids. Halfway through that day, my wife called me at work and needed me to come home to relieve her from the stress of watching our son. Actually I think it had more to do with her going over to her friend's house to color her hair (god, I'm glad I don't have to help her do that anymore) and drink some carbonated depressant. I didn't mind that it screwed up my game time because I was still tired from the excessive celebration of the Packers win.

Tuesday started a whole new challenge in that we (my wife and I) had talked in the past about a service dog for our son. See our son is Autistic and he has some challenges like behavorial problems and running from us. Anyway, for some reason she decided she would start this process on this day. Ugh... I wasn't ready. This is a very long process and a HUGE undertaking. The application takes 6 weeks and on top of that, you need to raise $13K. Yeah I didn't mistyped that (I wish I had). But we know 2 other families who have benefitted from their kids having a service dog and I think it may help.

On Wednesday I got a call from another recruiter and we talked about another position for which I would be a good fit. At this point in my career I'm being real selective where and who I work for. I didn't get a Masters just to continue to write code so I'm making a judged attempt at improving my career on a long term basis. Unfortunately, Wednesday nights are tied up with my bowling league and the game is going to have to wait another day. Which brings us fast forward to ...

Thursday! On this day, a friend of mine called me and said he had passed my resume onto his employer and sure enough, I had a phone call that afternoon for an interview. WOW! This week has been packed with alot of stuff. I took the evening away from the game to get a 4 mile run in and to relax.

Hopefully, tonight I'll be able to logon to the game and just mess around. I'm not sure I'm ready to deal with PuG headaches after all that's happened this week, but if I do, I'll make sure to blog about it.
So there you have it. A week of WOW and gearing delayed by real life. And guess what... it's suppose to snow again next Monday. :)