Manlio Rules

1. my boss has been out of town, which has led to more work as the product managers have suddenly realized that they can ask me to do whatever they want and i can’t say no.

2. my other boss bitch-slapped me today and told me the demo i was working on might not get used because of my “engineering issues”. i feel like this was because his boss got on his case about something, but in any event, it sure makes me happy i worked real hard on it all last week.

3. I did very little this weekend. saw D and Mary for a bit, which was a nice surprise.

4. I auditioned for a band on friday, and basically forgot how to play guitar. seriously, it was like all of a sudden i couldn’t find a key or figure out how to play chords or solo. needless to say i don’t think i’ll be rocking out with them anytime soon.

5. I stopped going to boot camp, partially because my ankle is hurting a lot but mostly because i couldn’t get up at 5:30AM on a consistent basis. so i need to find a gym. suggestions? ideally somewhere open late that’s not too far from my apt. i would also be open to ideas for other forms of exercise, that i can do after work.

6. tomorrow i will be at a conference demoing one of our products. i’ve never done this before, so i’m a little nervous. can’t wait for the first question to which i don’t know the answer.

7. This weekend is Briehan’s wedding, ending my september of 3 weddings, and starting the last leg of the “4 of 6 weeks out of town” period that i’ve put myself through this fall.

8. my fantasy teams are all pretty mediocre. i would have thought that out of 5 teams, one of them would be pretty hot. but alas, this is not the case.

9. I miss NY. sigh.