The daily grind

Hi there all,

Well, things aren't as bad as the title might imply, but the summer fun is over and we are returning to the 'Daily Grind', so to speak. As you can see by reading previous entries into the blog, our summer has been a very busy one with our trip to the Pacific Northwest as well as the family reunion. We are now almost finding our selves looking for something to do, or a better way to say it is, we are forcing our selves to slow down our pace a little bit, 'cause the summer was so hecktic, but enjoyable, for a large portion of it.

We are all doing fine. That includes the two legged and four legged members of our family. Roxy continues to surprise Carol and Myself that she is still with us. We really didn't think she would make it to the trip through the northwest not to mention survive it, but she is a tough girl and she continues to be active with the other dogs and ever vigillant about the goings on around the house.

Carol has completed her mid-term for her studies in the field of Medical transcription. She only missed 1 question out of 100, so we are all very proud of her. She is about 4 months into the schooling and half way through the studies. She will have an un-paid internship after she completes her studies to help her finish her abiltiy to 'Get up to speed' as a Medical Transcribing Professional, but we know she will do great.

I am making headway on my Telesphere 6.0 implementation. With every new version that I get from the folks in Montana, we get a little closer to a product that will work for our needs. At the same time, I'm working on a replacement to a program that I wrote some time ago, that the company uses to manage the DSL customers. The new version will be more tightly integrated with the Telesphere Software. We have heard some rumblings from Vendors that compete with Telesphere that they are on the way out of the Telephone Billing software business, but they continue to answer the phones and respond to our problems, so at least at this point, they are still in business. We hope so, 'cause we really don't have any other option any way.

Well, that is about it for now. Take care all and stay tuned. In a couple weeks we will head to Plymouth for our annual pilgrimage to the Halloween Festivities at their RV park there.

Happy Camping! - Eric -