Challenges at work

I am having some challenges here at work today:

• Document management. Why is it that something so basic to my job is so difficult? My old group used too many, and my new group uses too few (read: none) systems. Lots of content management systems and version control systems out there, but nothing that seems to work for us. I was hoping that Slashdot would give me some new ideas, but no.
• Articulating strategy when it seems like old news. I am having trouble putting together some information on strategy that now seems so old and obvious to me. I thought it would be easy since I have explained this stuff so much over the past few years, but now I have gotten to the point where I am like, 'That's just how it is so deal. Trust me. It is the right thing to do.'
• Trying to care about this stuff enough to focus and do a good job with it.
• Getting rid of my old work from my old job. It is my fault because I just can't seem to wrap it up.

Lovely Los Gatos

I went to Los Gatos yesterday afternoon to work on some pieces for my first pottery sale, and so before I went to the studio, I stopped by Caffe Siena for a macchiato. I lived in Los Gatos for almost three years, and Caffe Siena was my regular coffee place. Since moving to San Jose last year, I haven't made it to Los Gatos very much other than for class. So I was quite happy that I was still "sweetheart" and they remembered my regular drink. (The men are all "boss," and the women "sweetheart" to the owner.)

After getting some coffee, I wandered around downtown and up to Bachman Park, taking a few pictures. I stopped at an open house, and I would have loved to have bought the little cottage just off of Santa Cruz Ave, if it weren't listed for $1.3 million.

Part of me really misses Los Gatos. It is so beautiful and I really enjoyed living there. But seeing the luxury SUVs, white picket fences, and designer strollers made me realize that this isn't where I belong right now. Maybe someday I'll move back, but for now, I am happy trekking up the city and fixing up my south San Jose condo.