Monday, January 27, 2003

I apologize for the lack of *any* entries since we left for our trip. The trip was a huge success and everyone had a lot of fun. Both Jen & I got the opportunity to visit with old college buddies, the bachelor party ROCKED (can I just say 8-person Halo kicks ass?), and the wedding was absolutely beautiful. We did quite a bit of sightseeing as well, and brought home many wonderful memories.

I'm in the process of writing a journal entry about the entire trip and I'll finish that when I have time. Just wanted to let y'all know that we made it back safe and sound.

I definitely think I found a new hobby though - how come no one has ever told me how much fun it is to play darts? I picked up an electronic dartboard at Target for <$4 on clearance last week and both Co-worker Buddy and I (as well as Jen & Ariel) have gotten loads of hours of fun out of it. Ok, I admit - playing darts is one reason my writing has taken a backseat since we returned from our trip. But it sure is fun! Be sure and check out your local Targets if you have any - they are having a pretty big 75% sale right now on just about everything to make way for new inventory.

12:05pm CST | 

Friday, January 10, 2003

Ok...I'm off to the glorious state of Texas for what will hopefully be a nice family vacation!! We'll be staying in Dallas tonight and tomorrow night with one of Jen's college roommates and then driving down to Austin Sunday afternoon. I'm looking forward to visiting some old college buddies of mine as well, and attending my good friend Clay's wedding. The bachelor party is scheduled for Thursday night and since we're all a bunch of computer geeks, we'll be playing XBox all night in a rented out hotel conference room. :D

While we're there, I intend to visit campus, take Jen & the Kiddos to see the Texas Hill Country, take them to Zilker Park and see Barton Springs pool. And last but not least, go into my very first Fry's Electronics store. You can see where *my* priorities lie. We'll be back a week from Sunday on the 19th. See y'all when I get back! It's possible that I might be able to do some updates while I'm there, but I'm not promising anything.

3:43pm CST | 

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Added a bunch of miscellaneous family pictures to my photo pages. Also posted some pictures that were taken over the Christmas holidays. :) Be sure & check them out! Make sure you click on each picture for a larger sized one.

Other than that, we've been preparing for our trip to Austin. And at work I've been desperately trying to get some riverine modeling done so our client will have results to look at while I'm gone. Fun, fun, fun. Not.

I am *waaaaay* excited to return to Austin though - it's been about 7 years since I've been there and I'm excited to show Jen & the Kiddos where I spent 6 wonderful years of my life.

10:24pm CST | 

Tuesday, January 7, 2003

Sleep. I desperately need some long, qualitative, uninterrupted slumber. Why?

Perhaps the fact that Co-worker Buddy & I stayed up all night Saturday night from 10pm-6am playing Serious Sam has something to do with it. This was perpetuated by the fact that it took longer than I planned to get our network set up and working. I think by the time we got it set up (almost to the point of frustration and exasperation), we were going to make it count. We sure had a blast playing though. Definitely something we'll have to do again.

Finally starting to get back into the swing of things at work - it's always difficult to go back to work and get running smoothly (& stay properly motivated) after a long break. Of course I'll be gone next week as well - so I'll be going through the reacclimatization (is that a word?) all over again in a couple of weeks.

Ok...off to meet Mr. Sandman...more when I'm lucid and not foggy.

9:20pm CST | 

Friday, January 3, 2003

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year!! Ours was celebrated without much fanfare or ado. I had definitely enjoyed the time I had off from work though.

After my family left, I had a Band of Brothers marathon. I managed to watch all 10 episodes over a period of two days (6 hrs the first day, 4 the second). I had to cram it all in because I had rented it from Blockbuster video. But that's what time off is for, right? What an incredible series - I highly recommend it to anyone. Even after ten hours, I didn't want it to end. It gives a great sense of what our soldiers went through and fought for during World War II.

Co-worker buddy's wife will be gone this weekend so we're planning on some quality Guy Time (TM). That of course entails watching mindless action flicks with guys running around with big guns and fast cars *as loud as we want*, and some LAN gaming goodness. That's the plan anyway.

I hope y'all have a great weekend as well!! Happy 2003 to all!!

4:04pm CST |