Here it is April 1st. Is spring here yet? Well, the forsythia are in bloom and the daffodils are pushing up through the earth so it must be close. The trees are still quite void of leaves but I see promising signs in the buds swelling and getting ready to burst with flowers or leaves. I did see one of the pink-purplish flowered trees resplendent with its flowers. Whether that was a cherry tree, a pear tree, or crab apple I have no idea. It was pretty, though.
It's shaping up to be another wet spring in Central NJ. It was more irritating to me before when I was running a baseball league and always had to worry about rain-outs. Princeton baseball fields are notorious for being lousy after even the slightest rainfall. In my 10 years coaching baseball in Princeton that is still the most embarrassing part, being unable to provide decent fields that speak of the wealth of the area. Resource Rich and Priority Poor is the phrase I created to best describe it.
Now the only impact is whether it will rain-out one of Steve's games and since he is not eligible to play until next Monday, let it rain for a few more days and then be dry the remainder of the spring. I am looking forward to his return to the field after fighting Mono but I don't think he is preparing for it. It's just like this age group, expecting to walk out on the field Monday and be able to play at full effort. Another aspect of the "video game mentality." Just turn on the switch, dial up the power and let's play ball. If only it worked that way.
I need to do some forward planning, whether strategic or tactical, probably both. And both in my personal as well as business life. I've been focusing effort on specific things, the NGCW project and my new AST organization on the work side and the Vincent, Dan, and Steve stuff on the personal side and I've felt a bit swept along by strong currents. I think it great that my boss will be supporting additional executive coaching sessions as there are some important topics to discuss with T & J.
I hope my friends reading this blog are having a good early spring and that 2008 has brought you good things. I don't hear enough from most of you and too much from some of you (just teasing, alluding to Bilbo Baggins birthday speech in the Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring). It would be great for you to touch in either to this blog or email, phone call, or visit.
Well, I think I will shut down for the remainder of the train ride. We should be arriving NYC in about 15 minutes. A good opportunity to look out the window and ponder. Ponder, now there is an interesting word...
Here are three trees common to central NJ. You can see why I get confused.
The left one is flowering pear, the middle one is crab apple, the right is cherry. I think.
