My Long Neglected Blog

Oh my...I knew it had been awhile, but almost two months is worse than I thought. Facebook is just so easy that I tend to forget about the old blog.

So what's happened in the last couple months? I guess I should start with my vacation to St. James/Southport, NC. To sum it up...I loved it. Beautiful area, beautiful weather, and welcoming community. After my visit, I think I may be even more excited about their wedding than Phill and Courtney...mostly because their wedding requires little prep work on my part.

Since that vacation, I've spent a month in Dallas, went home for two weeks, and now I'm in Fort Lauderdale. Dallas was fun. Thanks in large part to Margie, a friend and coworker who had her car for part of our stay, I had the opportunity to see a lot. I took a lot of pictures, but unfortunately my personal laptop is comatose and my work laptop will not allow me to load pics. I'll have a lot of catching up to do once I organize them on Katie's desktop and/or finally get around to buying a new laptop.

After Dallas and before Fort Lauderdale, I worked at home for a couple weeks. I chose not to take vacation so I could get my certifications up to date and also because I already have requested a week off in August plus another week in October. So I was busy with work except for one weekend which was spent mostly attending Amy Valek's bachlorette party. We had a good time at her sister's in Lakeville then made the trip down to Mankato.

I chose to put off packing for Fort Lauderdale til about 4:00 AM just 6 hours before my flight. In hindsight that may have been a mistake because it caused me to forget a few vital items. Most importantly my SWIMSUIT! I can't believe I remember to bring it for deployments to Colorado in the winter and forget it when I'm staying five miles from the beach. Luckily I have a nice roommate who I'm sure will mail it to me if she can find it in my mess of a room. It was recently struck by a F5 tornado and is still in the recovery process.

I think that's all for now. I'll be back in Minnesota on August 21st. Keep in touch!