YMCA - There's not too much to report. I went to Michelle's step class yesterday. It's a bit sad to think that soon I'll have to find a second gym near my new office. While we will still be members of the Merrimack YMCA, it'll be hard for me to attend any classes there during the weekdays. Luckily ATI does reimburse a portion of memberships at athletic clubs. Still, I have some friends at the YMCA that I won't see very often — the noon time step class “regulars”
Work - Work continues on for a few more weeks. It's been refreshing to work on stuff that isn't related to customer questions or complaints. I've been back in the world of Perl development which I was getting rather rusty at, despite the fact that it's Perl code that holds this site together. While I am enjoying it for a few weeks, the downside of perl is the "there's more than one way to do it"-ness of the language. While it's often considered a strength of perl, you often feel like there might be some way that you could write the code better.
Piano - After work I picked up Claire from her piano lesson. She has now started her new level 3A lesson book. It starts with a review song called Sakura (source ). It means "cherry blossom". It's kind of a slow thoughtful song based on a traditional Japanese melody. I recorded it last night after the kids went to bed.
Firefly - We wrapped up the evening watching yet another episode of Firefly called Jaynestown. It's an amusing episode because one of the tougher characters (Jayne) is nervous about visiting the crew's next destination. Several years earlier he stole a lot of money from head magistrate of this company town. When he returns, he and the crew are surprised that all the common locals of the town consider him to be their hero, a sort of Robin Hood, because he gave all of that money to them. In actuality he had to dump it when he was trying to escape because the ship had been damaged and he needed to offload excess weight (including the stolen money). From there various plot threads ensue. With every episode we watch, Michelle and I more firmly believe that dad would enjoy this series.
Quote - I'll close with a quote I saw on the back of Michelle's new YMCA tee shirt. The quote comes from Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist:
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”