I don't think that there is a particularly busy season in the world of software development, but it feels like I am in one now. The main product that I am responsible has a 6 month release cycle, and we are completing a major release right now. It will be out for beta testing within the next few weeks. This means that I am daily reviewing bugs found by our QA team and determining if they must be fixed prior to the release, or if they can wait for future releases. It takes a mixture of experience, judgement, and luck. It also means that I have a whole team in SLC waiting for me to answer my emails. I am making a lot of friends this week (sarcasm!)
On top of the new release we also just completed our User's Conference. It was in Tuscon AZ this year. I was responsible for 6 or 7 breakout sessions and I also got to give the main presentation at one of the general sessions. It was a live demo of our new release. This is always a bit scary since everything could go wrong quickly. Nothing did and it was an amazing conference. I enjoyed the warm weather and the sun. Oh the blessed sun!!!!
This week I am in Denver participating in Leadership Transformation training. It is nice to be the one listening rather than teaching this, but also challenging keeping up with everything going on back in the office. I really do love my job. I work with amazing people and get to do some pretty cool things. The hardest part is being away from my family. I am preparing for another conference in Austin in a few weeks, and then I hope to hold of on travel for a bit. There is another trip to Europe coming up in September which might be too hard to pass up if the opportunity arises...
Tyler did awesome with the kids last week. Our friend Donna was amazing and watched the two little boys for us. This week, they are starting a new daycare. Sam had a bad first day and poor Tyler had to drop him off today anyway. He was sad, but they worked things out. I am also missing Jack's first pinewood derby. Tyler is going to take pictures and I am sure that Jack will call with a play by play description of his night.
Some of the other things going on...Tyler is moving to a different (SOOO nice) office space, phone will be installed Thursday and he has to be out of his old office by the end of the month. Jack and Sam are playing soccer. I will have to take some pictures and post about it - not to give it all away, but Sam is just as funny as I expected. Jack is getting ready for his first piano recital, and he is taking an after school drama class. He got picked for a pretty big part and we are excited to see how it turns out. Our pediatrician is referring Sam to Shriner's to get his legs checked out, but I have no idea when that will be. Logan continues to wreak havoc with toothpaste, diaper cream, markers, food, and anything else that he can get into. He also started climbing out of his crib which is really messing with our schedule and my sanity.
As busy as we are, I am sure grateful for my life. I am a lucky lady!
