Time with the boy

Someone is getting spoiled today... Don't tell Mommy!

Back Home

Three months on the road. "Visited" home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Craziness.

I am close to completing what has been the most difficult job I've worked on. Standing back and looking at it, we really did an amazing job. The site looks amazing. The wire work is really good and one of my guys has a real gift for customization. Places where wiring should look really bad is covered and looking great. I'm very proud of the work. I definitely could have done a better job managing the project. I've learned a couple of things:

Expectations drive perception and perception is reality.

The customer is always right... even when he's wrong... which he's not.

We built a world class production facility that consisted of an HD ready television studio and a radio studio in right at about 10 weeks. And it all works!! That is really great.

Anyway, I've found it really difficult to get back to my Atlanta routine. Things constantly change, but I think I'm so used to it that I don't realize it until I'm gone for 3 months. I really don't recognize this place. My house is currently the only place that feels like home. Driving down the road, trees are missing and grocery stores have popped up where houses and farms used to be. It is very disorienting.

It is equally weird to spend so much time focusing on getting my personal life back in order. It took two days just to file expense reports and pay bills. One advantage to being gone so long is that the great majority of the stuff that is on your desk or has come in the mail is now obsolete. It is still hard to get used to not working more than 12 hours each day. It is really difficult to shut down the computer and go home at 6PM or so. It is strange to get home before dark. It must be a good thing.

The conclusion... it is nice to be home. I'm sure I'll get used to it by the time I have to leave town again.