Thanks given
Amazing what four days off feels like and how regenerative it can be. The Thanksgiving break was perfectly-timed...a welcome break from the previous 6-8 weeks of intense grind and a moment of calm before the coming storm that is the end of the year. I was able to recalibrate pretty effectively; get all kinds of family and "me" time in and get pumped up for the push to 2006.
Highlights of this long weekend included:
1) Thanksgiving among friends. We spent Thursday with the Michelles, the Lyons and all their respective offspring. For the first time since we've been in California, we had a Thanksgiving with someone other than our own little clan. The kids had a lot of fun, we had good grown-up time (replete with spectacular edibles) and it was generally quite nice. I still managed to get sufficient vegetative time this weekend, so I didn't need need to slog through the post-meal tryptophan coma.
2) Return to Warcraft. Most of the "me" time referred to above centered on my return to WOW. I've been itching to go back for a few months now, and I took the occasion of the long weekend to test the waters. Let me tell you, the waters are still warm. Our Moonwell Dancers guild is full of apparent WOW-lifers, so I was welcomed back at intervals over the four days by friendly voices (actually, lines of chat text). Also met some cool new guildies and managed to rack up two levels in three days. Better than my last two months prior to putting my account in the cryo tank back in June. It's good to be back. Sometimes I think I'm a better virtual socializer than IRL (in real life, for the uninitiated). It's nice to exist purely in the rarified air of the Internetherworld on occasion.
3) Saw Zathura. Good flick. Nice message for the girls. All in all, refreshingly entertaining.
4) Helped Syd with her Amazing Inventions project. Syd is participating in an inventions contest at school. We've been brainstorming the past few weeks and set aside this weekend to build the display. In a nutshell, Syd conceived of a book finding system that consists of scanners placed on bookshelves. Intended for libraries and bookstores, the proposed system automatically locates misshelved books and generates a list of them for employees to retrieve and re-shelve. A pretty heady concept for a second grader, I must say, and much more plausible than the "robot that makes food in five seconds so kids don't have to stand in line for lunch." I would've had trouble building that one, I fear. We've actually had a great time working on it and I can tell Syd revels in the bonding time. As do I. Her presentation is on December 5. If she wins some level of prize there, she could go on to compete at a district level. Neither of us have any expectations about that, but the endeavor has definitely been fun so far.
That's about it. Just wanted to document all of this before I go back to work and to the awaiting rollercoaster ride that will be December.
Stay tuned to this channel for further developments...
Highlights of this long weekend included:
1) Thanksgiving among friends. We spent Thursday with the Michelles, the Lyons and all their respective offspring. For the first time since we've been in California, we had a Thanksgiving with someone other than our own little clan. The kids had a lot of fun, we had good grown-up time (replete with spectacular edibles) and it was generally quite nice. I still managed to get sufficient vegetative time this weekend, so I didn't need need to slog through the post-meal tryptophan coma.
2) Return to Warcraft. Most of the "me" time referred to above centered on my return to WOW. I've been itching to go back for a few months now, and I took the occasion of the long weekend to test the waters. Let me tell you, the waters are still warm. Our Moonwell Dancers guild is full of apparent WOW-lifers, so I was welcomed back at intervals over the four days by friendly voices (actually, lines of chat text). Also met some cool new guildies and managed to rack up two levels in three days. Better than my last two months prior to putting my account in the cryo tank back in June. It's good to be back. Sometimes I think I'm a better virtual socializer than IRL (in real life, for the uninitiated). It's nice to exist purely in the rarified air of the Internetherworld on occasion.
3) Saw Zathura. Good flick. Nice message for the girls. All in all, refreshingly entertaining.
4) Helped Syd with her Amazing Inventions project. Syd is participating in an inventions contest at school. We've been brainstorming the past few weeks and set aside this weekend to build the display. In a nutshell, Syd conceived of a book finding system that consists of scanners placed on bookshelves. Intended for libraries and bookstores, the proposed system automatically locates misshelved books and generates a list of them for employees to retrieve and re-shelve. A pretty heady concept for a second grader, I must say, and much more plausible than the "robot that makes food in five seconds so kids don't have to stand in line for lunch." I would've had trouble building that one, I fear. We've actually had a great time working on it and I can tell Syd revels in the bonding time. As do I. Her presentation is on December 5. If she wins some level of prize there, she could go on to compete at a district level. Neither of us have any expectations about that, but the endeavor has definitely been fun so far.
That's about it. Just wanted to document all of this before I go back to work and to the awaiting rollercoaster ride that will be December.
Stay tuned to this channel for further developments...
posted by JabberDrew at 11:12 PM
1 Comments:
All the MDs miss you!
Hope you can come back again soon!
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