thehowe_v7.1

Well, it has certainly been awhile since I last had a chance to update. This is going to be a big one, so buckle in.

My flight for Seattle left Saturday morning. Of course, the flight from Lansing to Detroit was delayed due to fog (Murphy's Law). Luckily, it wasn't a huge problem; we just drove to Detroit and caught the flight from Detroit to Seattle directly. Oddly enough, the person I sat next to on the plane was the website manager for Blue Cross / Blue Shield, going to Seattle for a conference. So, we had a good chat on the flight - I actually knew a lot more about web development than she did.

After that it was pretty easy. Got my luggage, caught a taxi into town, got all checked into my apartment without any problems. I'll post photos this weekend. Actually, I lied - there was one problem: no internet. I actually just got hooked up today. I'll talk on that whole fiasco later.

Work has been pretty good so far. I'm working with a good team, lots of smart, fun guys. I've been doing lots of preliminary stuff this week. Reading up on Amazon's proprietary systems, watching tutorials, stuff like that. I have a meeting on Monday with my manager to actually iron out what I'll be doing for the next 11 weeks. FYI, I'm not going to be posting any details about what I do at work, for obvious reasons.

Anyways, I have a week worth of emails and whatnot to catch up on, but I'll post more later.