And the rest of the players....

It's a small world...

A confusing looking board game. But you get the hang of it eventually.
The best part is spending time with family :)

One year + one

Happy report... one year down and no-recurrence of pancreatitis! I was actually worried the last few days that I'd end up in the hospital again. I had similar stress, escalation at work over the weekend, projected F'd up, etc. etc. But this time.. no hospital trip. All heartburn is obviously stress related, the latest doctor eval of my issue said some abnormal cells but they were probably just due to scarring from the biopsy so my next appointment is April. *fingers crossed*

Can't wait for 2010!

My job.. step by step

1. talk to the end customer
   
2. work with them to determine their requirements
   
3. go to the development teams
   
4. go back to the customer and figure out what they absolutely HAVE to HAVE
   
5. go back to dev and get commitment from them on when they can deliver what the customer needs
   
6. tell the customer they'll get what they have to have (not what they want) on X date
   
7. dev says they can't do X date (even though they committed to X date)
   
8. go back to the customer and tell them they won't get it on X date
   
9. go back to dev and demand a REALLY committed date
   
10. dev gives Y date
    
11. go back to the customer and tell them they'll get it on Y date and Y date is REALLY committed
    
12. dev teams say nope, can't make Y date
    
13. go back to the customer and tell them they can't get what they need on Y date
    
14. dev teams say they could give the customer less than what they need on Z date (Z=Y+6months) this time they're really REALLY committed
    
15. go back to customer and ask them if they would like some lube as they get screwed yet again