Vendor / Client Relations

After working in IT for a while, I have occasionally been asked to really press a vendor for a better deal.  I never enjoyed this part of the job, so it’s nice to see how it must seem from the vendor’s point of view.

Tags: client, negotiations, vendor

Looks like I picked the wrong week…

Some days the emotional rollercoaster of life can really kick your ass.  But at least there are still some things that always make me laugh!

Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to take a minute and say Merry Christmas to everyone out there!  That also means that starting tonight there will be 24 hours of “A Christmas Story” playing on TV.  No matter how many times I see that movie I can’t get enough of it.

Preparing for 2009

When I looked at the calendar today it just really amazed me to think that we only have 2 more months until the year is finished.  At the first of the year I wrote out a small “to do list” for 2008.  This was the first time I really sat down and made a list of things I wanted see see happen, but to be honest it was probably the best thing I could have done.  As I approach the end of the year and look back I am realizing that I accomplished a good deal (although not everything I would have liked).

As I find myself quickly approaching another new year and I start to mentally put together a 2009 list, I thought I would try and recap some of the larger things done this year:

• I enrolled in RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) and was brought into communion with the Catholic church during the Easter vigil.
• My wife and I got married in the church (after being civilly married for several years).  She had always wanted a Catholic wedding.  Since we were already legally married, this is called a Convalidation.
• I finally found a primary care doctor that I liked and got a check up (this is something I have needed to do for years, but have been to stuborn to do).
• I ended up changing jobs just about a month ago.

There are many other smaller things that have happened through the year, but these were the major things that I have done.  When I look at those few thing it really puts into perspective that I have spent the year really getting my personal, spirital and professional life in order.  Now it is time for me to start thinking about how I’m going to finish off this year and make next year a more successful and productive year!