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There was this running joke at my last job, that we were looking to hire Tina 2.0.  Tina 2.0 was the person who would step into my fairly large shoes (both in terms of responsibility and actual size) when I moved onto bigger and better things.   At the time, we all thought that that would mean a new project within my company, but that’s another story.  I was a bit troubled with the release notation: it implied that this would be a major upgrade of me, when in fact it was more of a substitutionary or cloning kind of thing (and no, I don’t want to explore that particular phrase).

So now I’m wrestling with release numbering yet again.  Our family is comprised of parental units 1 and 2, and child units 1 and 2.  We could call ourselves P1, P2, C1, and C2.  Heck, maybe we could get Cat in the Hat/Thing inspired t-shirts.  But there’s no Thing3 in the Cat in the Hat, and there’s the rub.  C3 (whose diaper will be filled not with P0, but with Poo [or, as P(not me) put it, P-ewwww]) has a targeted released date.  C1 is highly excited (“Mommy and me are going to have a baby!”) and C2 is oblivious.  P1 and P2 are so busy with C1 and C2 that I don’t think it’s really hit us yet.  But, oh, it will, it will.

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You may have noted that you’re now on a new URL.  (And if you haven’t noted, take a look.)  You should also have noted that this site is a lot more colorful than it used to be.  My wonderful hubby gifted me with a new domain for Christmas, and it’s just taken this long for me to transition over.  (Actually, he had it all set up for me a bit ago: I’ve just been a bit busy lately.  See postings immediately before and after this one for various reasons of busy-ness.)  Hopefully, you think it’s an improvement.  Luckily for me, even if you don’t, _I_ think it’s an improvement.

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Monday will be my first day with my new company. Few details here, for reasons of NDAs and just generally enjoying waiting to see this thing hit the scene. But it’s an exciting, unexpected jump to a startup. A chance to refresh my Java skills, build a very scalable site, be associated with something I expect will get household name recognition (as opposed to my current contract management system for the federal gov’t project) and help sheperd a new product to a successful launch. The first ad that I see in a big box circular, I’ll link in here. Heck, I’ll be hawking it here, snagging beta-testers, and folks to add some buzz. If you’ve got kids, specifically in the realm of, say, 8-12, keep an eye out here.