Like watching the tide come in, fast
Bob's birthday is the 27th -- Thursday -- and I will uncustomarily be away for it. I'm taking off on Tuesday for a left coast trip to visit my father, Benny and some of his family, who will gather for a memorial service for a senior member who passed away. I'm looking forward to it, as it'll be the first chance I've had to meet any of these folks besides Ron and Benny, although I have to say that my head isn't quite in the game.
It really doesn't have anything to do with going out there, or missing Bob's birthday. Coincidence has conspired to make the next three weeks ridiculously busy ones for me: I'm coming back home next weekend, then my boss flies into town for a few days for my annual review; the Woods Hole Film Festival is the same week, and I'd *really* like to meet some folks there about digital filmmaking on the Mac; SIGGRAPH, the annual graphics show, has come to Boston (I've already written this one off, however, as something I can participate in); then on Saturday I'm flying back out to San Francisco for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
All in all, I'm expecting the next three weeks to disappear in a complete blur.