me talking out loud

Can’t wait for next week and tek. I will get to once again see old and “new” good friends, some I haven’t seen in a year and others I have never met. It has been way too long since we got to sit down and talk face to face. I am also looking forward to making some new friends from the fellow attendees so if you see me be sure to stop me and say hi - if I don’t do it first.

While there I will also be presenting 2 talks on MySQL - one on MySQL server tuning and the other on EXPLAIN. I admit it - I love MySQL optimization. If you do too, be sure to join me though I am admittedly.. kinda upset that I will be opposite Lorna’s talk on using and understanding open source communities. That was one talk I wanted to attend myself. If I am lucky she will let me look over her slides afterwards

yep - going to be in Santa Clara next week for some company training. Excited about it since it will be covering areas I am not strong on. Only sucky part is shoving 7 days of training into 5 days.

[Warning: There is a *lot* of gushing in this post, so feel free to skip it]

Can you believe I have managed to survive my first year at MySQL… and I haven’t gone mad yet… well not much anyway The year has gone by so fast I didn’t realize my anniversary came and went until it was already past.

Anyway, just wanted to post that I still LOVE my job and the people I work with and for. I am constantly learning and questioning and they actually not only like that - they encourage it. Go figure. Admittedly I always feel like a dunce because of it, but I can force my ego to handle it.

This is by far the best job I have ever had. And I have been lucky enough to have some great jobs. Special thanks go out to my “Boss Men” for all they do. You are what keeps my job so awesome - no matter the changes - and I know it.

Ok - time to stop gushing and get myself back to work.

Just wanted to get the word out that I have finally booked my flight for attending tek and will be arriving in Chicago early in the morning on the 18th and leaving in the evening on the 23rd.

If you are going to be there also and have time on your hands… maybe we can get together for a little bit of sight seeing in the city. I’m game for just about anything though museums, theatre and typical tourist stuff is what I enjoy. Gahh - why did it have to be a week that the cubs are away! I would have paid $100 for good seats to watch them play in Wrigley Field.

Anyway - drop me a line if you want to get together and do something.

I had a good time at the conf and my talk seemed to go over pretty well. I somehow ended up in the largest session room (I admit to feeling a bit overwhelmed). Attendance seemed to be at a decent level, though I think I may have overwhelmed some of them a bit with the information. Had lots of questions at the end and I went slightly over time. I guess the ultimate indicator of how things went is that no one fell asleep during the talk.

As far as I could tell there were about 5 geek girls there… not a particularly large group. Many of the attendees were interested in what we do and how we do it. Only 1 person asked if it was a place for single women to get together (there is always one in the group). After clearing things up a bit with them, they moved on.

All in all - not bad I guess.