Fast summer!

I cannot believe it is August already! The summer has gone by so fast! The boy and I went to Atlantic City/Wildwood, and we stayed in a hotel attached to a casino (something I've ALWAYS wanted to do for some reason.. lol). We also had our annual Canada trip. It was fun - the weather was not so great, but I had fun because I was with John, which is always good. I think the largest fish I caught was a 17 inch large mouth. I didn't catch any small mouth though, which kind of sucked.

The next few weeks are booked as well. This coming weekend I won tickets to the premiere "Beer For My Horses" from Y108, the weekend after that is John's family reunion (50's style!!), the weekend after that is my high school's 10 year reunion.

I can hardly keep up with all of the events, let alone blog about them ;)

Senior Dev

So it is official. As of June 8th I am a senior software engineer. Yeah, I know that's a Sunday, but that's when it officially started. (Mckesson's just weird I guess.) I've known it was in process for a while, but now I'm allowed to "talk" about it. Anyway.. Yay.

PS If anyone would like to buy me a drink in celebration, you're certainly welcome :)

WiiFit & Indiana Jones

So the boy and I stood in line for the opening of WiiFit which was the 22nd at 12:01 am. Then the next night we went to see the new Indiana Jones, again at 12:01 am. Our sleep schedule was messed up for a little bit there but both were worth it!

WiiFit is really neat. It's not like 'exercise' - or should I say, it doesn't *feel* like exercise. The balancing games are so fun, and I think right now hula hooping is my favorite, but I still have quite a few games to unlock. I was skeptical about the yoga, but I did finally try it out, and it's actually pretty neat. The running is pretty realistic, and ask John, it can make you work up a sweat ;)

As far as Indiana, I'd definitely recommend it. If you're a fan at all, it's a good watch. They went out of their way to make the movie look like something you'd expect from an Indiana Jones movie, and I think they did a really good job. It's not my favorite one of course, but I'd definitely watch it again sometime.

Now what's left to do is to watch the Pens WIN tomorrow night :)

Weekend

Friday the boy and I left work early and headed down to the arena to watch the Pens outside! It was so cool to see that. The game was awesome. A quick re-cap of it: Pens were down 3 to 0 and it wasn't looking too great. In about 30 seconds the Pens got 2 goals... about 10 minutes later, they got 2 MORE goals back to back. The Rangers scored 1 a little later making it a tie.. and then it was close to the end, with about a minute left, and we scored the winning point. It was really cool to watch and a great game!

I also saw "Walk The Line" this weekend. John had seen it before, but I never have so we watched it together. If anyone is even the slightest Johnny Cash fan, you need to watch this movie. It was so good. It inspired me to do a lot of research on JC's life, and a crazy life it was. Now I'm after the "At Folsom Prison" album. The album his record label demanded him not to do, he insisted on it, and ended up outselling the Beatles.

Oh yes, the Pens!

So the Pens kicked all ass last night. It was awesome. It was 1992 the last time they were 4-0 in the playoffs which was really cool to find that out. I *almost* wouldn't have minded if they would have lost last night, only because it would be really neat to watch the game outside on the lawn of the Civic Arena (yes, it's still the CIVIC Arena to me :p) on the big screen this Saturday, but I'm still not complaining. John and I definitely plan on doing that one of these weekends though. Actually, make that the NEXT weekend game! I think it'd be so cool! Go Pens!!! :)

Flordia and a bit of Country!

Florida was fun. I didn't want to come back. I have the pictures, but I need to get them put somewhere, so maybe tomorrow I'll be able to post a location. I met some interesting people and it was nice to finally just get away from this crazy place. Although I did spend more money than I had planned. I guess I just offer to pay way too often. But.. now I'm back and back to the chopping block - or whatever they say.

So anyway, for those of you who know me, you know that country is not my most favorite music in the entire world. However, the other day I heard a song, and actually I sort of liked it! It is called "Shiftwork". That's all I knew for a while, but since I don't listen to country, I figured I'd possibly never hear it again - so I googled a few of the lyrics I remembered and it was none other than Kenny Chesney *waits until the laughter calms down* But seriously, I liked it because it sort of reminds me of a reggae or Jamaican style song - which I absolutely LOVE. John has me liking Johnny Cash, and now this... ! I feel like I'm slowly converting or something ;)

Super Sexy Toy and Flordia

So the N810 FINALLY arrived after FexEx decided to put my nokia on the "wrong route" (and test my patience), but nonetheless it finally arrived. And wow is it ever sweet. I was a bit worried after playing with the touch for a while that I had grown too attached to it, but that all subsided when I opened the N810 for the first time. It has a Linux based OS with a Mozilla browser. What is super cool is you can access the shell, although I need to take it to a hotspot to get some things for breaking into it as "root". Still though, it is way geeky and cool. Although it costs about $200 more than the touch, it is well worth it.

Ok, enough about my nokia :) I decided in the midst of my entirely overworked schedule (putting it mildly), that I am going to have a vacation. My one friend Kate lives in FL, and she sent me a message the other day to invite me down. At first I thought it was a nice gesture. But then I started actually considering it. A few days in FL might be a really nice thing and getting away from work sounds quite nice about now. So I searched for tickets last Friday and voila.. I'll be leaving Saturday March 29, and returning Tuesday April 1. I'm super excited. Technically, I'm not sure I believe I should have to request the time off with the hours I've been working, but whatever..