March 12, 2009
Dear Everyone:
Things are looking up.
Last week many of the soon-to-be-Instructors for
SharePoint Foundations were wailing, “We’re not ready!”
We spent all day Friday in a “workshop” where they practiced
giving the presentation and demos.
When one person complained that she couldn’t read the Notes pages
of the presentation because the font was too small, I created a copy
with the font as large as I could possibly get it.
That seemed to help.
This Tuesday, one person gave the first half of the
presentation in a physical class and I did the second.
Today we had not one, but two virtual classes.
The first one started at 8:00 this morning in “Hobby”.
The “Hobby” person did the first half, and my partner from
Tuesday did the second half.
So she’s had experience with both halves.
By the way, the reason the class began at 8:00 AM in “Hobby”
(6:00 AM in
This afternoon we had a virtual session that began
at noon here in California.
The one person who still hadn’t had the experience of giving a
presentation did the first half and I did the second.
Next week, she’ll get the chance to be second and then everybody
will “be ready!”
Just in time.
The current IM Academy Director has set an ambitious schedule for
April, including one day when there will be one physical session and two
virtual sessions going on almost simultaneously.
However, we got word last Monday that she will be moving on to
another job effective April 1st.
The person who will replace her as Director is someone I’ve known
for many years.
In fact, we all got word last Monday that most of
us still have the same jobs we did last week.
But there are some changes due to the new Operating Company
President’s restructuring.
(New Operating Company Presidents always restructure as soon as they get
into the job.)
In other news…
Five years ago, I refinanced my townhouse with the
credit union, getting an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) loan at 4.75%,
frozen for the first five years.
The gamble was that the rate wouldn’t go up too far and too fast
once the five years were up.
Last week, I got a letter from the credit union informing me that my
five years are up and my loan is being adjusted.
The new rate, effective April 1st, will be 3.75%.
That’s right, it adjusted
down. My new mortgage
payment will be $130 less than it is now.
Just in time since the first mortgage payment on
the condo is due May 1st.
Also, I just checked my checking account and the refund on my
Federal
Income Taxes arrived today.
Condo update:
There was a message on my phone machine when I got
home this evening from the carpet installers asking me to call to make
an appointment. I’ll call
them tomorrow. The only
problem is that I’m booked with training most of next week.
But as soon as they get the carpet done, I can start moving.
The sooner I move, the sooner “Jeannie” can start fixing up the
townhouse.
I’m starting to get excited about the prospect of
getting into my “new-to-me” place.
I’ve already started collecting empty boxes at work, mostly those
cardboard cases that printer paper comes in.
It’s a good thing my office partner is off on his 28-day-at-home
rotation. I keep filling his
side of the room with boxes.
It won’t be long now.
Love, as always,
Pete
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