I'm Back

I am back from a LONG trip cover over 8 states of the western half of the US. *PHEW* There is WAY, WAY, WAY too much that happened for me to write it all down, especially for fear that I might miss something or leave someone/thing out, so instead I will just comment a one liner for each day I was gone, it is merely the first thing that comes to my head, nothing more or less. I cherished the time I had in Denver with my beloved friends. There was something so nice and comfortable and absolutely unexplainable about coming "home". It was wonderful to be with my family again, that I've missed so dearly. And it was nice to see Moab, though I fear for last time for a long time anyway.

Wed, May 17th - Amy - how I miss our nights at Boston's. It seemed like it had been just a long week since I'd seen you last but so much has happened since. Thank you for a wonderful evening and the opportunity to meet another wonderful, new friend - Lauren.

Thur, May 18th - A wonderful day at the zoo w/ my sister and Mel and their beautiful children, my niece and nephew, and god-daughter. I can't imagine a better afternoon. The day was only topped by a wonderful gathering of my closest and dearest friends (save Amy) at D&B - the fellowship was amazing, albeit poorly planned on my behalf. I shall do better next time.

Fri, May 19th - Body Worlds is amazing! It was great to see my old colleagues, how much has changed yet stayed the same. Joe is fabu and I adore spending time with him.

Sat, May 20th - Sarah, my dear, dear Sarah. I will never, ever forget this day. A perfect day of joy riding in the car, shopping in the Pearl Street mall, lunchtime martinis and gossip, and water, walks, and sunshine. And then the Skylark - GREAT bar! I had a blast. It was nice to be Sam's A team for once too, I like him. Of course, the only way to end that day/night was with the EXTREMELY AWESOME news that Sarah gave me. I don't know if I'm at liberty to speak of it, so I wont, but it was wonderful news that I'm extremely excited about.

Sun, May 21st - I got my China Taipei. AND Heidi's - a double bonus. Drove to Grand Junction in a truck. Fun fun.

Mon, May 22nd - drove to Vegas at warp speed, to my dad's dismay. Vegas = buffets galore, 25 cent slots, rollar coasters, beakers of beer, and shopping cart rides on the strip. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Tue, May 23rd - drove to CA at a snails pace, to my dad's dismay again. Then I got sick and spent the next few days in bed.

Wed, May 24th - In bed. Good dinner w/ my folks though. AND HOLY HELL THEY HAVE A NICE HOUSE!

Thur, May 25th - My luggage got lost. My travel stories never end. Fortunately I was prepared and had a Moab bag w/ Dane.

Fri, May 26th - Dane "rolled" the Jeep in a bathtub, then I drove down the canyon - "IT'S JUST STEEP IT'S JUST STEEP IT'S JUST STEEP"

Sat, May 27th - In bed.

Sun, May 28th - In bed. Went to the Da Vinci Code.

Mon, May 29th - On the road.

Tue, May 30th - On the road. Home at 8:00.

And then I got back to work to employee appreciation day, then cleaned my office, then Monday was a staff retreat. So it was a nice ease back into work.

Office Damage Report - so my "clues" were styrofoam peanuts on my name tag in the parking garage, my in/out magnet, and my mail box was stuffed w/ packing peanuts. My office door was shut and the window foiled so I couldn't see in. I opened the door expecting 10,000 peanuts to overtake me but instead there where tons of streamers hanging from the ceiling and anything they could tie to twine and hang from the ceiling, they did! My ten-key, my flower vase, stapler, cd player, candle, pillow, coffee mug, ALL the contents of my in box (strug up using twine and binder clips - think of photo processing), and then, as if that wasn't enough, they twined my desk chair to the desk so you couldn't pull it out, they tied twine around the arms of my emergency sweater so you couldn't get your arms in. Then to top it all off, they filled all my desk drawers with packing peanuts!! They filled my fax box and my printer box w/ peanuts too. AND they MAILED me an envelope full of packing peanuts!! They filled my journal boxes with peanuts....my gym bag....the blanket on my chair....the lamp shades....It was good times! It took me all Friday morning to clean everything up!

That's all for now.