Earlier this evening I celebrated the installation of my work project on the production system. It has not been easy. But I take pride in knowing that our customer has a quality product. I found out a coworker is running for governor of Illinois in next week’s elections. He did not gather enough signatures to make it on the official ballot but is a write-in candidate. Funny, huh? Did I mention that my site manager was in a band called the Aging Hippies? I work with some interesting folks.

Tonight my doorbell rang. I opened the door to see two teenage girls standing there. One of them explained that they were on a scavenger hunt. She asked if she could take her picture with me. “This isn’t going on the Internet, is it?”, I asked. “Nah, it’s just for fun.” she replied. Somewhere, a teenager has her picture with a very tired Tom.