It’s official. Destination Angerer/Motylinksi (2) is Cancun, MX. After this arctic cold spell we have been experiencing here, I am ready for some sun. We’ve been debating back and forth over the last couple of months about a cruise, a carribbean destination, or a Mexican destination. We finally settled on Cancun for a week at the end of February. I can’t wait for the beach, the booze, the sun, and maybe some snorkeling… oh and the mule ride.

On a second note, Tina and I attended the AVP Hot Winter Nights tournament at the Target Center last night. It was cool to see the pros play. Some of the names were non-descript if you don’t follow the AVP, but they are still pros. The played King of the Beach style which made it interesting. All of the matches were pretty even which was surprising. I figured there would be at least one pairing either on the Men’s or Women’s side that would dominate.

After talk of all the sun, I am hoping it’s a cure for what I think is a flu or cold bug that I coming down with. I’ve had a sore throat the last two days and I can feel it slowly creeping into my ears, nose, and head. I’m waiting/dreading the morning I wake up with a full blown infection or flu. Unfortunately most of the medicine that helps me is the drowsy kind that makes a guy feel weird. So it’ll have to wait for the weekend.

Speaking of this weekend, it’s the Annual Sno-ball Open. At this point it looks like I will be staying home as it won’t do much for my pending misery. Drinking outdoors while golfing on a large slab of ice tend not to help these situations.

P.S. I finally got an iPhone. It’s been everything I thought it would be and more… next up is a MacBook Pro.

At work today, I noticed (not for the first time, but it’s under my skin now) a severe lack of documentation.. of ANYTHING.  Servers, our environment, procedures, policies, code, applications… you  name it, you won’t find it.

I won’t deny that I have been a tool in the lack of documentation.  It just so happens I came here there wasn’t any and there still really isn’t any.  During 8 months and countless projects that I have been working on here I have had some opportunity to write documentation, but it never seemed a priority in the project timelines and was never required as a deliverable.  As time has crept on I admittedly haven’t been as diligent as I should have in completing or creating appropriate documentation.

Now that it’s really under my skin and I have some freer time, I’ve decided to get back on that train.

I’ve implemented trusty  Trac as our/my project management tool.  My goal was to use it for bug tracking, wiki, project timelines, roadmaps, and source code browser. Alas this small company mentality just doesn’t seem to see the value in it.  I’m not sure what it is…. does it scare them, do they think “it’s not for me it’s an IT thing”.  I feel I have clearly communicated it’s importance and benefits.  While it has caught on with a few for bug tracking at least, it’s still (for me) very beneficial in doing what it’s supposed to do.  It keeps me sane and without it I’d  probably be lost.

I am hoping to make a good dent in it over the next week or so, although there is so much to do I’m not sure how far I’ll get.  I guess I look at it as a opportunity to freshen up and extend my documentation writing skills.

Well it’s really coming up fast.  44 days from now Tina and I will be wed in the wonderful town of Northfield, MN.  I think we’ve finally got all the tuxedo measurements in.  It’s been a gas getting RSVPs every day, both the random comments and the regrets.  We seem to be doing pretty good so far.  I think they usually say you’ll get about 70% of invitees.  So far we’ve been well over that mark.  At this point I think Tina and I just ready for the day to be here so we can celebrate and then get on to the honeymoon.

Now that the NFL draft is over and the Twins aren’t really doing much for me this year and I can’t watch the Brewers much, I find I can’t get enough of College Football.  The NFL I can take or leave until Week 1 of the regular season.  I like to read the gossip of my beloved Packers, but I really enjoy college football and am excited for the upcoming Badgers’ season.  There is even talk of making it out to Camp Randall for a game (which I haven’t done in quite a few years).

I really need to build a new computer too, I can’t wait for some money to free up after the wedding…

Well, I hope to say that Windows has crapped the bed one last time for me today.  I have no idea what happened other than I was trying to update my ipod, it never got recognized, and windows never was able to reboot properly.  I am dual booting and I upgraded my copy of ubuntu to fiesty fawn, which I must say went very well.  I think I’ll keep the windows install around until I am sure I don’t need it anymore, and then I’ll make the switch for good.  I suppose there is always wine in those emergency situations or for any .net development that might be needed at home.  While I don’t call myself a novice linux user, one thing I haven’t really done is use the desktop a lot.  I run a linux server for my websites and some development, but haven’t had the need for the desktop until now.  I’ll keep everyone posted on the struggles and hopefully, ultimately the switchover.

Tina and I bought our wedding bands today.  Nothing shocking as far as price goes, which is good because that usually happens when you take Tina shopping.  We should have ‘em within the next two weeks.  Check one more off the list. Invitations are also printed and at home.  Most of the assembly is done (the inner envelopes, and the inner announcment).  I think the announcement needs to be glued/taped to the inner envelope and then the inner envelope stuffed with all the goodies.  We should be good to go then.  Now if we can only get those damn cupcakes and the pig spit taken care of.