Crazy Couple Of Weeks

What a wild two weeks were big, but the difference between knowing and experiencing that fact is simply tremendous. I will never look at the ocean the same way again.

Then I got back and work was crazy, and also risky, because one of our VCs backed out, or something. Then as I was getting used to that, I came down with the most godawful itching and skin rash. Apparently, a thai dish I ate had a shrimp base, and sometime recently my immune system has now developed a most violent aversion to shellfish. I thought I was going to die – this was no way for a veggie to go out! Repeated applications of TLC by Lisa, and lots of anti-histamine, let me muddle through it. My arms are still kind of raw and scabby though.

So when I eventually struggled back into work it was to find myself on the receiving end of some emergency layoffs in order to make a payroll. Sick of it all, I didn’t try to avoid them this time. Maybe it’s time to become a plumber?

Then as I was anticipating relaxing, someone asked me to do a website for them within a week that would normally require several people and a multi-week phased rollout. In the middle of this, I was laid off.

Then we had to go dogsitting out in the Oakland burbs, which was kind of like being trapped in a house with a hyperactive kid who drooled a lot and kept wanting to sniff your balls.

I really hope this week will be somewhat quieter…