It's been far too long since the last update. My bad, once again. I always do that. I get really into the idea of a blog, I update fairly regularly for a few weeks and then who the hell knows...I just fade off it.
Well, much has happened in the past month. As a way of encouraging more updates by me, I'm not going to write a novel of an entry. I'm going to try to keep them short, and maybe I'll do this more often. I'll only tell you a bit of what's happened right now, and then in a day or so I'll write another entry, and so on.
First of all, I went on a cruise with Anne and my family and the Goldsteins (family friends). Would you like to see some pictures I took? If so, click here.
Faaantastic. I really love cruises. We weren't really sure what to expect from the cruise, to be honest. We've never gone on a Carnival cruise before, and, frankly, we hadn't heard good things about it going into our vacation. All in all, I have no real complaints. It wasn't as good as Celebrity or Princess, but that's to be expected.
I have nothing bad to say about Carnival, per se. I actually rather enjoyed the water slide, as did my dad and brother, so that was fun. This was also the first time we really tried to take advantage of the entertainment put on by the ship's crew (other than just playing bingo). We went to an 80s revue, the Newlywed, Not-so-Newlywed game, a couple comedy shows and some karaoke.
Lots of fun. I actually sang karaoke for the first time in my life. Stacy, Matt and I sang "Bohemian Rhapsody." It only took three or four drinks to get me up there. The original plan was for Matt and I to wow the crowd with our falsetto voices in "More Than a Feeling," but, sadly (or maybe not-so-sadly?), the song wasn't available.
I won $15 playing the penny machines in the Casino. Good times there. No small feat either -- betting a penny at a time and winning $15.
Whew, that was close! You almost baited me into writing a novel for you anyway! I'll cut myself off here. You have to know your limits, and if you get me started, I'll go on for days and days.
Adios!
-BG
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Vacation!
Vacation next week! Woohoo!
On Friday after work, I'll be traveling down to Raleigh because Anne and I will be driving to Jacksonville on Sunday to head out on a five-day, five-night cruise to Key West and the Bahamas! For. The. Win.
It was a long and winding road even to get to the cruise at all. My mom had hip surgery in June, and doctors weren't sure if she'd be able to go, so they canceled the cruise. But on July 2, she went to the doctor and was cleared to go on the cruise. My parents went from the doctor's office to the travel agent and reinstated the cruise, so off we'll go on Monday morning!
It's going to be a good time.
In the meantime, a few awesome things I'm really loving about my new job:
1. They're getting me a Blackberry!
So a few people were in the hall, talking about smart phones and what they can do, etc. Afterward, one of the partners came into my office and asked why I didn't partake in the conversation.
I pulled out my Razr and explain how my phone is anything but smart, so I didn't have anything to add. He said, "Well you're a program manager here, are you not?" "I am indeed," I replied.
"Well, anyone here who's a manager or higher gets a Blackberry, so let's set you up."
Sign me up! I'm choosing between a Curve, Storm or Tour. I'm leaning away from the Storm because I haven't heard good things about the touchscreen Blackberries.
Thumbs UP. I will let you know when I have more information. I can tell how excited you are about it.
2. Happy Hours at work
Last week, we all gathered in the conference room at 4 p.m. to have wine, beer, champagne and some light snacks. Why? Why not? Just because we can, and we hadn't done it yet this month.
One of the partners traveled to Africa and brought back a ton of pictures, so we drank a bit and looked at pictures of Africa. Hard to argue with that as a way to spend an afternoon at work.
Anyway, this job is still FTW -- for other reasons too of course. I actually do enjoy the work. Learning about nuclear energy is more fun than, say, learning about corn. And I'm enjoying the increase in responsibilities here as well.
It's a good time. A little over a month into the job, and so far, so good. Still a good decision.
Laaater,
BG
On Friday after work, I'll be traveling down to Raleigh because Anne and I will be driving to Jacksonville on Sunday to head out on a five-day, five-night cruise to Key West and the Bahamas! For. The. Win.
It was a long and winding road even to get to the cruise at all. My mom had hip surgery in June, and doctors weren't sure if she'd be able to go, so they canceled the cruise. But on July 2, she went to the doctor and was cleared to go on the cruise. My parents went from the doctor's office to the travel agent and reinstated the cruise, so off we'll go on Monday morning!
It's going to be a good time.
In the meantime, a few awesome things I'm really loving about my new job:
1. They're getting me a Blackberry!
So a few people were in the hall, talking about smart phones and what they can do, etc. Afterward, one of the partners came into my office and asked why I didn't partake in the conversation.
I pulled out my Razr and explain how my phone is anything but smart, so I didn't have anything to add. He said, "Well you're a program manager here, are you not?" "I am indeed," I replied.
"Well, anyone here who's a manager or higher gets a Blackberry, so let's set you up."
Sign me up! I'm choosing between a Curve, Storm or Tour. I'm leaning away from the Storm because I haven't heard good things about the touchscreen Blackberries.
Thumbs UP. I will let you know when I have more information. I can tell how excited you are about it.
2. Happy Hours at work
Last week, we all gathered in the conference room at 4 p.m. to have wine, beer, champagne and some light snacks. Why? Why not? Just because we can, and we hadn't done it yet this month.
One of the partners traveled to Africa and brought back a ton of pictures, so we drank a bit and looked at pictures of Africa. Hard to argue with that as a way to spend an afternoon at work.
Anyway, this job is still FTW -- for other reasons too of course. I actually do enjoy the work. Learning about nuclear energy is more fun than, say, learning about corn. And I'm enjoying the increase in responsibilities here as well.
It's a good time. A little over a month into the job, and so far, so good. Still a good decision.
Laaater,
BG
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