* This has been one of teh busiest weeks at work in quite a long time. Working on finalizing a data center lease (we’re negotiating the language of two at once, one of which we will sign by the end of this week), working on getting a telephony solution pushed through financing (we’re basically there… another end of the quarter deadline), and normal stuff.
* Off to Phoenix tomorrow at 11:30 am for data center meeting. Then, onto San Diego tomorrow night — estimated time of arrival is 6:30. Dinner with Clarke (SVP, Sales) and Mike Howard (CFO) are both potential occurences; Gabe is my travel partner.
* Meet with our SD staff all day on Friday, then off to a Dave Matthews Band concert Friday night. Should be a good time.
* Saturday, we fly to San Jose. Little work; another concert… last one of the tour we’ll get to attend.
* Summer is… over. Gabe’s pool was COLD tonight. The spaghetti was good (so much better than Rome’s)
* Nick is trying to perfect his Southwest Airlines auto-checkin program he has been writing. He attempted to get Gabe and I checked in, exactly 24 hours in advance of each of our flights. I did it manually; he thinks his system worked; but it’s too hard to decipher. We had multiple passengers and multiple same day flights, so there were a lot of variables. We’ll test a simple one, our San Jose flight, on Friday. His system will virtually guarantee an A boarding pass, thus guaranteeing a window or aisle seat with Southwest’s open seating policy; even with their changes, his system will rock!
* Maybe he will start charging people to use it; but what if too many people subscribe for the same flight; not everyone can be first!
* An out-of-the-blue phone call from Matty Snyder tonight while at the Murphy’s eating. Only talked for a few, but he sent me a long, detailed email about his going-ons over the last year. Congrats to him, he has his second child on the way… this one, a boy! Due in January. Wonder if he planted the seed the same day I did… heh. At least, I hope it was my seed which was planted (and for his sake, his too!)
* My uncle Ron had a heart attack last week; had a stint put in and went home the next day or maybe 2 days after. I hear he is doing well. He’s supposed to fly to Casper from Phoenix for the weekend for Shelli’s folks wedding anniversary (#60 I think) but won’t find out until tomorrow if he get’s to go. I’m just thankful he’s ok. He had the attack at the hospital, thankfully. SHelli took him as he was having pains. What a blessing he was there, with doctors, when it happened.
* I learned of Ron’s scheduled trip to Casper and his doctor appointment from my Grandma, who called me tonight to check in on us all. It is always great to talk to her; she sounded good tonight. She is a special lady. She misses driving (she tells me that every time I talk to her). I can only imagine what it is like to lose the freedom to go where you want, when you want. Part of the cycle of life, I told her. She is excited for our little one, and that we are venturing to Casper for Thanksgiving (Spencer, Rebecca and I in the hummer…. with Hoover). Yes, Hoover will be taking his first road trip, provided I can keep him at my sister’s house or something. Waiting for an invite from mom or Stephanie… someone please!
* Hoover turns 2 on October 4. My puppy is becoming a man! And he is getting thicker. We went for a short run the other night; he beat me. But tonight, he wouldn’t jump in the H2 to go to the Murphys. So, he stayed home.
* Rebecca had a parenting class for teenagers through her friends church. Came home, and her and Spencer started arguing. What a great class! Thankfully, I think it’s free.
* Speaking of Spencer… he just requested my assistance with home work. Social Studies. Great. Please don’t tell him I sucked at that…. burn my old report cards!
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Buh bye for now; class is in session.
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