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On Memorial Day I traveled with two coworkers to San Antonio for a project. I’ve been working on some emergency management software for the Air Force, and we were going down to demo it for them and hopefully get a decent chunk of money to continue working on it. We had an early flight, and…

A few weeks ago I went to Boston for a conference. I hadn’t really been to Boston before (at least, not that I remember. I think I went when I was a lot younger), so I took the opportunity to travel a few days early and explore the city. As an added bonus, my friend…

Last night was a wine party and barbecue. The wife of a friend and coworker works at a winery nearby, and every year employees have access to all the bottles that have been mislabeled or unlabeled at ridiculously low prices. They can get up to 15 cases (that’s 12 bottles per case), for $15 dollars…

Sunday the 9th was my birthday, and it was a very happy one indeed, though thanks to some stupid legislation was one hour shorter than everyone else’s. I can’t complain, though; my grandma’s birthday is February 29th. It started bright and early when I got a text message from Nick, then immediately after that from…

Last night I was invited over to a friend/coworker’s house for dinner. I love going to his house because he and his wife are smart and we can talk about all kinds of things, and their house is cute, and the food is fantastic. This time was no different. There were six of us, and…

It was another insanely busy week at work, and an unusually long break between Salsa nights at Kimo’s, so I was particularly anxious to dance tonight. All the other regulars were there. My server and I have transcended audio communication and moved on to head nods . I think that may be a sign that…

Wednesday afternoon is when it started. Something felt… off. I thought immediately that I might be getting sick, so I went home and tried to sleep it off. No luck. That night it got pretty bad; I couldn’t sleep and my sinuses were extremely angry. Thursday I woke up and felt alright. I thought maybe…

I started early this morning at WSU Tri-Cities. I had volunteered to be a judge at the science bowl, and met Nick and Carolyn in the room where we were judging. For the first round I was tallying correct answers. The second round I was a scientific judge, which meant making sure the moderator read…

Saturday was a family birthday party over in Vancouver, WA. Just about everybody was there. I made a cake Friday night (just a regular cake from scratch. Takes about 10 minutes to prepare. Nothing fancy). Saturday morning I frosted it, then left by 9am for the 3 1/2 hour drive. The drive was peaceful and…

I went to Tacoma again this week for work. It was a bit of a messy trip; the ship was off schedule, so we didn’t know when it would arrive, and even after it did arrive the wind kept it from docking, so we had to change our schedule again and stay an extra night….