I’m having an introspective day. Some of you might call that emo. I’m just taking stock of where I am and how I got here. It all boils down to people. The ball started rolling at the Chicago BBQ in June and then my life really started to change at the ROP BBQ in August. There have just been so many people. There a couple of people that I always credit as being influences in my life. But I haven’t really given credit to the one person who really got the ball rolling, and that’s Bill. If he hadn’tinsisted that I come to Chicago, things may have turned out so differently.
Here are some bits of lyrics to a song from the Wicked Broadway Cast Recording called For Good that just feel appropriate right now.
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives
For a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led to those
Who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well I don’t know
If I believe that’s true
But I know I am today
Because I knew you
It well may be
That we may never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now what ever way our stories end
I know you have rewritten mine
By being my friend
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness for the things
I’ve done you blame me for
But then I guess
We know there’s blame to share
And none of it
Seems to matter anymore.
On a more upbeat note, I wrote some kick-ass code last week, and when it went in last night, it ran flawlessly. I wrote some cool stuff this morning, and it got sent to the vendor for review. I’m feeling good about it.