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So, as you may remember, I'm now running a project for my company that is very important, highly visible. I spent most of the past month spinning my wheels and getting nothing done.

Finally today, I had the chance to get ahead of schedule. I worked with a vendor rep to install most of our Training environment server software. It took all day, especially with the hurdles we had to overcome to install bits on the Unix database server that usually we don't have any access to. Fortunately, there is a process for getting a user account, a home directory, and the Reflections-X software we needed. Fortunately, I was able to get the normal turn-around time reduced to under an hour. Its good to "know who to call" sometimes.

All this means that I should be able to deliver on 2 milestones at least a week ahead of schedule. This is good, because my Validation team is making my life very difficult by being a week behind in releasing documents for review and approval. *sigh* I wish I could just say "make this happen by this date" without having the crack the whip every day to make sure people are on task.

I also interviewed a potential new team member today who sounds very skilled and talented, but would.not.stop.talking! Sheesh...Interview tip: Know When To Shut Up. He'll probably get the job anyway, but I hope his verbal landslide was only a nervous habit today.

I hope tomorrow goes as well as today, because if it does, I'll be in very good shape going into next week.