Things that are good.

[grettaelizabeth]

Sometimes I get glum, and it helps to list some things that are good. So here they are:

• My old house is on the market. It might take a while to sell, but there's nothing else I have to do to get it ready - just wait for the right buyer to notice it.
  
• Even though I feel over my head at work, I get mostly positive feedback from my new team. I

Comments

[jhvilas]

Glad to see a post from you. I was worried because I hadn't heard anything lately.

[rojonoir]

"There are, in fact, some good public elementary schools in Seattle. It just remains to be seen if we can get Elliott admitted to any of them."

Now if only the school district could upgrade their software. My understanding is that they're still using essentially the same software from the 80s. Something tells me that a VAX with a meg of RAM wouldn't be able to find a terribly optimal solution to the packing problem with N = 10,000 or however many new students they get.

If only some local company with expertise in parallel computing would get on it... :)

Bonus?

[anonymous]

I got me a whopping 3% raise, after two years of 0% raises. That brings my yearly average to 1%, or 2% behind the CPI!