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rice and lentils

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

I've got food coming at me from all angles. I was given a bag of decaf coffee beans when attending that dinner the other night, but we left so quickly I left it behind. My dear (and patient) friend who gave it to me says she'll now mail it. And, Mari's parents are sending a care package with brown-rice cereal and toilet paper. And, Mari's ordered a bunch of food. And, I've ordered a lot of lentils and basmati rice. I may be eating well indeed for an overworked bachelor.

On the job front, a meeting with a host of IT folk and risk people and one business unit manager blew up when two of our developers had a fit. One of their seniors from the same department had suggested a course of action that involved a review by me (head of architecture team) and they didn't like that so after one abruptly left the meeting and the other rambled to a halt the business unit manager expressed her displeasure at us. The call ended, and the crazy emails began with a raft of accusations and stupid infantile stuff, most of it aimed at me.

I may be isolated from Mari and the kids but at least I'm not over-committing to this "move" should the whole thing blow up in my face. I took a couple of important steps and will resolve the BS by tomorrow but what a way to start a job. One of the risk people told me, when she learned that I'd been with the same company just before her arrival years ago, "It's much worse now." Yeah, I'm getting that.