I woke up at 6AM today. Almost a good 2 hours earlier than normal. Am I stupid you may be asking? Well, yes in a way. I went up to our Kingston office today. I had 4 things to take care of. As with any Kingston trip I am lucky to get anything I plan on doing done, since other stuff always comes up. This trip I wanted to get 2 interviews done. I wanted to sit with Kai and Brian about DNS modifications. Then I wanted to work out some on call paging issues. Lastly I wanted to meet with Craig and Kai about some email issues. Actually when I look at all the stuff I needed to do I got 3 out of 4 of them done. I cannot really count meeting with Craig since when I was in Kingston he was in NYC. The other tasks were actually completed. So I feel good that I had a productive day, even though I don’t feel productive.
The trip up was longer than expected. Track work slowed the train trip down. Then I got to the station and there was no taxi’s. Kai had to come get me. At least I rate enough to have someone come get me
I am offline now writing this entry on my way back home. This trip is going slow also. I assume track work. To guarantee a seat I paid the extra $9 for a business class seat. I got lucky. This train has newly renovated seats. These seats rock. They have leg and foot rests. Almost as nice as the automatic seats on Delta Biz elite. If my treo could take low light photos I would have gotten a shot of them.
The interviews went well. I was (still am) looking for a good support candidate in Kingston. Both guys I spoke with seemed smart, but had very limited experience. Now I find out that someone I know very well is looking to relocate and is very interested in the position. I think this person would be perfect for the job. The only problem is he would not be able to start till January. I need to have Kai tech him out and see how smart he thinks he is. This is another case of someone I would never believe would be willing to move, stand up and say I would do that. Hey I want to move. If jayson can surprise me, why can’t other people? I want to be impartial so I will send Kai the resume and see if things work out.