Wind of Change

I had to take a break from my packing today, as I needed to get some programming done for a client. The clients pay the bills, so it's a good thing to keep them happy. I'm working on adding some features to some messaging software I wrote. The customer (a large Fortune 500 company) is using Microsoft's Exchange server for their client-end messaging platform, and Exchange fails miserably under moderate to high loads. Because my software is used on their backbone infrastructure, by adding some relatively simple capabilities, we can work around Exchange's flaws.

It was a beautiful day outside today, which was a pleasant change from the gloomy days earlier this week. I managed to break away from work for a little bit and go running. I haven't been running as dilligently as I should have been lately. I have a 5K in which I will be running in early May, so I need to work on getting myself back in shape. I'm hoping that the weather will remain nice and that tomorrow I will get a chance to go running on the Gallup Park trail.

By the way, did anyone catch the Scrubs episode last night? It ended on a somewhat melancholy note, but I think it was one of the better episodes this season.

Tomorrow night, I'm hosting a dinner party for my some of my friends in Ann Arbor. I used to do this about once every month or two, but my recent travel schedule has made this difficult. Given that my tenure in Michigan is growing short, tomorrow's event will be one of the last ones I host here. I'm going to miss all my friends in Ann Arbor. You've all been wonderful. Hopefully the Net will help us shrink the miles in between DC and here!