Kojak Bang Bang

This is why I love the United States. Specifically, this is why I love Florida. Where else can you live in the Old West, Cuba, England, the Bahamas, the Jersey Suburbs and the deep south all in a single day? This little Bonnie & Clyde event happened just down the street from where I live. Next time bank robbers want to close down an entire area, why can't they include a few I-4 on ramps so I don't have to go to work and I can sit at home and watch the debacle from there?

I'm still sick. Yesterday the Mucinex I'm taking actually stopped working so well and I coughed throughout the day. So far this morning I'm coughing less but I also haven't tried talking yet. The Inner Circle of Trust (which is now operating smoothly under the policies of Mutually Assured Destruction) went to PF Changs and I had a bowl of their Pin Rice soup which is a fabulous soup. It helps with congestion but only temporarily. I think I might drink some green tea and ginseng since I spent an hour on the phone with our Hong Kong office once getting lectured about the benefits of ginseng and bronchitis. I got the impression no one from Hong Kong uses Tylenol Cold & Flu.

In probably more earth shattering news than my bronchial passageways, my company was bought out yesterday. Though a parent company has bought us, we're technically merging with a smaller company that is industry specific. Or so that's the spin. At any rate, this makes us a freakin enormous company now with massive purchasing power and revenues. Which means there are opportunities since this newly formed company that's resultant of the merger will be headquartered in Orlando. I was disappointed to hear that my project wasn't shot in the head and not only do I still have to do it, I still have to do it faster.

And the best news - though this has nothing to do with the merger at all - my boss is going to work for one of our vendors so he will no longer be an issue in my life after 90 days when he transitions out. It's not that he's the worst boss I've ever had. He's just the most non-present boss I've ever had. When he does show up, it's not always pleasant. I've never had a boss I can't talk to more than him. I feel that he constantly is hiding things from me and I don't feel compeled that he can help me with any of my issues. Technically we're peers so it doesn't matter anyway.

In social news, I finally was able to get back in touch with my old friend Floffy (shout out to the Floffster). That's of course not her real name, but I so rarely call her by her real name. We were friends back in high school and lost touch only for a few years. She's back and of course, shocking as always - :-D

So there's the big catch up post. I'm off to work now, sick sick sick.