Wedding Season

Tim had a great time on Luke's bacholor party rafting trip in NC. I was looking through all the pictures he took and among all the beer and drinking game shots, the guys playing video games, the butt cracks and hanging out in the jacuzzi, I found a picture that did not fit. Somehow applying sunscreen does not compute as "manly." You can see for yourself and let me know how you feel. Saturday evening we traveled to Islip, NY for Joe & Christine's wedding. We had a great time and got to hang out with Dad and Lynn. Tim enjoyed the trip because he got to meet all of Lynn's Italian relatives--Uncle Vito, Aunt Mille, Cousin Joey, etc. He felt like he was in a mobster movie.
The wedding was beautiful.

Home Improvement

Tim and I had 2 whole weekends at home! The first weekend, we barely scratched the surface of our home improvement plans, but the second weekend we got a lot done. Well, maybe it isn't done, but it's started. I counted 5 projects that we were working on on Sunday. Tim painted our new pocket door. I installed most of my new closet organizer. I cleaned the mold in our master bathroom and primed the walls. Tim mowed the lawn. And I stained the lid of my cedar chest.

Now everything is in limbo. We didn't finish any of the projects, so our house is in shambles right now. And it's not going to change any time soon. Tim is in NC until Friday on a bachelor party/rafting trip with Luke and his friends. On Thursday, I leave to go to Ft. Lauderdale. We have 2 ZERO-G flights on Saturday. Then Saturday night, I fly out of FLL and Tim flys out of MCO and we're meeting in Islip, NY. My cousin Joe is getting married on Sunday. We get home on Monday evening. Then the next Friday, we're driving up to Atlanta for Luke's wedding, and we won't get home until Monday again. I think we'll have a couple free weekends after that, but who knows.

Week in Review

Tim and I made it back from CA, independantly, but we made it back. Tim met lots of cool spacey people, and I met some rich Sicilon Valley people. We're both still swapping stories.
Monday we slept. Tuesday we finally went back to work. Wednesday we watched Lost--how intense! Click the link for the new Hanso Foundation website.
Thursday I volunteered at a local SWE seminar. I helped check people in (how'd they know that's what I do for a living), flipped the Power Point slides for one presentation, and introduced the speaker for another presentation. Teresa and Jim were there. It was fun and educational. Then Tim & I drove up to New Smyra Beach to have dinner with Aunt Jerri & Uncle Sonny. We had pizza and talked for hours! We had a great time.
Tonight is Michelle & Jim's candle party!

Live from Vegas...

I'm writing from Vegas today. G-Force One just landed about 1 1/2 hours ago. We finally made it to the hotel (that yes, is only 5 miles away from the airport, not an hour away like everyone says). I've gotten 2 weeks worth of "Why'd you pick that hotel, Jen, there's cheaper ones....there's closer ones....it's gotta be an hour away....I live here, I should know...." Well, then you should have booked the hotel yourself, and next time I'll let you. But shut up and live with it now.
Sorry for the rant. This mini-tour would be great except for that I keep getting s--- about the hotel here in Vegas. I know, I should just let it slide off my back... But it gives me an excuse to go out and have extra fun tonight. No tequila, though. :-)
This morning we were in Burbank, CA. The flight went extremely well. No one got sick. OJ's lawyer Robert Shapiro was on the flight. And Tim's buddy from Plantronics, Jennie. She got some inflight pictures of people wearing Bluetooth headsets.
After the flight we headed here to Vegas. Tim stayed behind in LA to attend ISDC. He's presenting 2 papers on Saturday!
After 1 flight in Vegas tomorrow, we head off to San Jose to fly for Google. It's a whirlwind trip.