Home Day 1 - Sunday, March 29

Ah, great to be home!! But so much to catch up on.

First order of business - out computer had crumped while I was gone. Diagnosis - Windows was hosed. Oh, well, almost a year without a reload is pretty good. Just got the key parts of Windows loaded when - wham - the power goes out.

Power problem wasn't the neighborhood because some lights were on. It wasn't the circuit breaker - the were all on. Yikes, a short in our wiring. Bummer. And we know our fuse box needs to be replace and we have like the whole house on one fuse so after five years of ignoring the problem, time for some electric work! Meantime, I ran some extension cords to get operational.

Sob Story

When I left for Germany, I was the manager of the FeedPipes team with 7 reports. We had lost our main contract and were trying to find coverage (paying projects) for everyone until the expected replacement contract came in. I went to Germany to get off overhead until the contract came in.

While I was in Germany, our SAIC division was split in two. In February when the new organization chart was announced, I was dialed into the public meeting. The slide did not have my group at all!!! So I asked, "What happened to the FeedPipes Team?" Response was a basic "oh well". Great, I'm in Germany trying to help out and my team disappears.

While in Germany, I continued to manage the team and do status reports hoping I could reverse this when I got back and waiting for the bureaucracy to catch up to the new organization chart.

So I decide to log in and check my emails to see what's up this fine Sunday afternoon. One of the new emails today was from another manager - basically "your manager said you'd be perfect for this position I have". Great!! I guess I really don't have a job. Welcome back!!