want, want, want

I've asked at work about going to OSCon 2005 in Portland. And I told my manager that even if he can't pay for it, I still want the time off to go. Maybe a mistake to show my hand that early, but I'd rather play it straight with him right up front.

I want to do the Apache track. The latest never-ending-project is our new payroll system--seriously, we went live this week, 2 years and 1 month since the initial contract was signed. The interface is web driven, so I get to admin the Apache server for it. I've learned a lot, but the most significant thing I've learned is how much I still need to learn about web server management in general, and Apache in particular. Hence the Con craving.

I need to get my manager to tell me tomorrow or Thursday at the latest if he can fund any or all of this venture, or not. If not, I'm going to take my mortgage company up on the perpetual offer they've been making for the last 5 months and open an equity line o' death credit and fund the thing myself. Of course if I go that route, that all but seals the deal that next summer I'm going to be job hunting. But that's O.K.

Friday was the 30 day limit for response to my suit against the contractor I'm suing. So far I've not gotten anything in the mail from the court. If that continues tomorrow, Thursday I'm going to run up there at lunch and see what's what. If he didn't respond that means I get default judgement and can start collection procedures. If he did respond, that means we'll get a hearing date and I'll have a lot of homework to do.

In the meantime I need to get more sleep. I've only been getting 4-5 hours a night, and it's leaving me way too emotional. So I should stop writing and go to bed, eh?

Someday I may learn...