Some of you may have heard about the tragedy today, where a Major League Baseball player and his flying instructor crashed a plane into one of the high rises in Manhattan today.  I just wanted to thank everyone who sent me a note or called, and to say that I'm ok (obviously since I'm in Orlando), and that my apartment is pretty far, about 2.5 miles away.  The details of the cause of the accident are still unclear, but let's hope that these mishaps don't happen too frequently again.  My prayers go out to the families of the victims and injured.

It's been a tough few days since arriving on Sunday night.  I burned the midnight oil last night studying on some methodology and then got into the office early to prepare for a short meeting with the project leader.  Honestly, I'm feeling a bit drained right now after the frustrations of not being able to find good documentation for what I want to learn, and having to prepare PowerPoint slides for my 1-on-1 meeting.

All meetings and references have to be documented in PowerPoint.  I find it excessive to slap together slides for a 1-on-1 status meeting, and it frustrates me more to have to read slides to learn a concept that requires depth and detail.  My project leader told me the sooner I get used to it the better, since there's no fighting against it.  Well, my mood has yet to move into resigned acceptance, so I will dwell in frustration for now.

Here's the pond at the company campus I mentioned before.  I'm going to take a walk.