I'm easy like Sunday evening

I feel compelled to get bloggified tonight. Just returned an hour or so ago from my second all-day business coaching session. This is the second of three in our current five-month Entrepreneurial Edge program. For those of you I haven't verbally bludgeoned with the details, Tim and I have been actively engaged with a business coach for the past four or five months. The results have been tremendous. We have a new vigor and focus on running the business in a more energized and disciplined fashion. I won't go into a lot of detail here, but know that it has had significantly positive effects on Binary Pulse and my outlook about it. Good stuff.

I finished Olympos on Friday night and think it may be the best sci-fi I've ever read. It's not as original as the Hyperion books. In some respects, it is the same general structure and idea of Hyperion, but with another context and batch of characters mixed in. So, in that respect, I give more originality points to Hyperion. However, this book was so rich and immersive and, well, human. The fact that it is set largely on an Earth some two thousand years in the future, and the fact that we get to explore a concocted past that is both exotic and bizarre, but also strangely familiar and wrought with portent was really exhilarating to me. It was two parts Hyperion, one part Iliad, one part The Tempest and one part Time Machine...among other parts, I'm sure.

My next mission is to transport the book to Jeff as quickly as possible. I am sad I'm done with it, but thoroughly satisfied with the experience. A remarkable work.

Syd and Em go back to school on Wednesday. We found out Em has the same Kindergarten teacher that Syd had, so that is great. Lori volunteered in Syd's K-garten class weekly, and took Emelie with her. So Em will have the advantage of knowing the teacher and being familiar with the environment. I know Lori fears that, on her first day, Em will: a) burst into inconsolable tears, b) throw a fit and won't listen to the teacher, and/or c) burn the classroom down. I think she'll be fine. Kindergarten should really perpetuate the momentum Emelie's been displaying in her development, and should prove to be a real coming out party for her. I'm excited to see where she is in three months. Our biggest concern, and area we intend to work on, is her focus and ability to pay attention. Here's to hoping for the best!

We'll find out Syd's second grade teacher and class on Tuesday. Yes, the day before school starts. For some reason, they moved up K-garten notification a week this year, but everyone else must wait until right before school starts. Strange, but we're used to it by now. We think they do it to mitigate, or eliminate, the negotiations many parents would probably pursue trying to move their kids around. They simply don't have time to bitch about it this way.

So, back to work this week. My best to you and yours.