Off topic > Alone in da house...

Wife and baby took off recently, they’re now enjoying their time in the Republic, somewhere on the coastline. I shall join them in a few weeks.

In the mean time, i find It quite different; Few good things about it include being technically single again, which means some freedom and piece of mind as well. The past year’s been hectic with Wife’s pregnancy and baby…, it’s tough but I’ve managed it the best I could and my wife gave me an A- (well no one is perfect, isn’t?)

The bad thing about being alone is of course missinng my little family; it’s too dull at home, too silent, no waawaa, no guuuguuu, no daaadaaa, no feeding, kissing, playing....and the perks of being married :)

Notwithstanding, got to take advantage of it, so here’s what i have in my mind:

1. Rest, get some sleep and recharge the reactors. Play some tennis, get in shape.
   

2. Take the opportunity to travel around North America, visit some friends here and there, burn some diesel fuel with my Volks, eventually end up with a speeding ticket from a State Trooper or a Mountie, fight it in court, my other favorite hobby…Your Honor!!!!
   

3. Review next year’s plan and re-assess my existence in this land (I’ve been doing that every year and constantly failing to find a consensus, stay or leave, the eternal question)
   

4. Help some bloggers get married (yes I’m talking about you Mrs. Smith). Piss off some other bloggers, they know who they are. Hint: the ”lek chou ya habibi” gang :-)
   

5. Give raises to the 6 Software Engineers working in my team before it’s too late (market too competitive these days). Convince my boss to fire the staff in mainland Europe (slackers, 6 weeks vac and 14 breaks per day) and relocate them to labor law friendly UK or Ireland.
   

6. Put some peronal budget guidelines, i.e. no excess spending for next FY. There too I’ve been constantly failing. I always predict a number at the beginning of the year which turns different at the end….way too different.
   

7. Probably paint a room, an inch every week! The Lazy way, love it. Knowing in advance that I won’t do it right, I’ll call up a painter the day before my departure.
   

8. Sell my desktop. Too bulky. I’ve been dreaming of getting the Dell Precision M90, providing I get a performance bonus at work. Well, they better give me.
   

9. Start shopping for a day-case for my little daughter. Need to find a bilingual one with Arabic if possible, I know, it’s Mission Impossible!
   

10. Mass-download music, then sort out what I need. My ISP just offered unlimited bandwidth, well, sort of, it’s like 2G/month or so, so i shall spawn some bots to suck the torrents, the limewire, and all those p2p networks. My fabourite music is Arabic re-mastered, remixed and re-invented original stuff, like Said Mrad’s 1001 nights.

That’s it for now, so let’s get down to business :)