magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

Yesterday was Daniel's birthday. I had thought that this was the case, and for a few days had been meaning to check the iCal on my computer to make sure, but didn't get around to doing so until there was only about half an hour left in the day. I did send him an email before the day was up to wish him well, and we talked on the phone for a bit this morning.

He's 40. Which surprised me. If asked, I would have been pretty sure that I remembered him turning 30 after we met in the summer of 1995, which, with an April birthday, would have meant nearly a year, maybe two, after we met. But I guess he must have already been 30 for a few months at that point. And of course I was barely into my 20s.

It's been ten years. Daniel was my age when he started Lakeville Internet. I was just a kid. 'I always thought you were a few years older than that,' he told me.

'That's because the other kids working at LI, Robert, Kris, Reggie, were all 14 or 15 in the beginning. They were literally kids. They weren't even old enough to drive. I was grown up by comparison.'

---

Almost immediately today there was excess graphics work being thrown my way. It didn't amount to a full day's worth of work, but it's a start. It's back to the whole squeaky wheel thing.

For the bit of time that I wasn't working I went out to run some errands and enjoy the (finally) spring weather. It was warm and breezy and, well maybe a little bit too breezy, as all sorts of dust was bing blown around and getting in people's eyes. But spring. Spring, spring, spring.