Hi Ladies! Been MIA partly due to slothful long weekend and partly due to complete digestive system breakdown that hit Monday. Not sure if it was food poisoning or stomach flu, just know it was NOT pretty. I will spare you further details.
Onwards and upwards ~
Raven ~ I know what you mean completely when you talk about time slipping away. Same thing happened to me on the weekend. I intended to get my bike out and the next thing I knew the sun was setting in the west. I think this is why I am such a fan of early morning workouts. Get it over with before the slippage hits.
Ceejay~ Congrats on your loss. And no bee in my veil… though I did spill chocolate on myself at midnight. And I hope you feel better soon. Take it easy until you do.
Shad~ I also loved the t-shirt! Man, that is one long croc. I think what is so scary is how prehistoric they look. Should we start a countdown of the days until you are twit free?? Ok, so an “ethical hack” is when a company hires a third party to attempt to break into their network. In the perfect world, they won’t be able to do anything that threatens security. If they do manage to break in, the hackers submit a report of all the bad things they could have been able to do, if they were not so darn “ethical”. I suspect, these are the kinds of companies that real computer geeks get jobs with. This is something banks do for fun!
Mel~ Walmart’s stepford approach to help?? LMAO!!! That is great. I hear they are not the best employees to work for. There was one Walmart in Quebec that had a union vote … strangely enough the head office shut that Walmart down due to “lack of sales” shortly after.
Feel better, Melly-mel!!!
Tig~ Good going on the 21 day thing. You keep going!
Happy ~ I love the story of the wren’s coke condo. Excellent work on the stairs. They say every little bit helps. Good going!
Rose ~ Good work on the bike ride. It sounds lovely. Dependable old bikes are sometimes the best.
Meadow ~ nope no Tim’s coffee at the wedding. A friend of mine (who was a wedding guest) told her local Tim’s Manager about the cake and she wants us to send pictures into the head office. This could be one of those heart-warming commercials. Heck, we should have asked them to sponsor us!
Tell~ Your planned vacation sounds lovely.
Holly~ So sorry about your uncle. It’s sad when things happen so suddenly. Hang in there.
Feel better soon.
OK, I better get back to work. Yikes! I need to get my life in order. Get back on track with the eating. Keep doing the gym. Get organized. Write thank you cards. Get by bike on the road (with my fat butt on it). Now that the “dread wedding” is over, I no longer have that excuse. What am I waiting for?
Life is passing by, 'Cat. Don't let it.
) I also helped DH haul bags of yardwaste from the pool area down to the curb, grilled chicken, made potato salad, got 2 loads of laundry done and cleaned and dusted one room. It felt good to get some things done and not feel the guilt of spending the evening as a couch potato. Oh and I probably made 100 trips outside to chase away the blackbirds from the feeders. They are most annoying - the come in gangs, terrorize the other birds and empty 2 feeders in as many days. I told DH to fill the bigger feeder with safflower seeds which they won't eat. They can't get on the other feeder because it's weighted and closes when they land on it. The wrens are going to town in their Coca Cola condo box. The pool temp was 75 degrees yesterday, a few more days in the 90's and I hope it will be near 80 by the weekend. That's still kind of cold for me - we have shade around the pool which keeps it cooler - I'm trying to convince DH to get a solar pool cover AND a hammock for the deck 
Oh yeah, I love my job. 
It's good that you are recognized for your training abilities. Or is it that you make things appear from nothing and work 18 hour days that they like? I think I would enjoy sitting in on one of your classes. 
I am really looking forward to the upcoming holiday. I'm working tomorrow, but only us techies are working so makes it bearable. 