Weekend

Friday: Partying in Dalton, a night of several firsts (but I missed my party buddy)
Saturday: Pirates and dinner with some of my oldest, best friends
Sunday: Cookout, Indy and Nascar watching, tennis and pool time
Monday: Ultimate, cookout, beach volleyball, waterslide time

At this point last year I wouldn't have been able to play as well (not that I played well anyway) because I wasn't in good shape. However, I did struggle with endurance. I suppose being a sloth for the past few weeks and having lower energy than usual didn't help.

These are the kind of weekends I live for. And yet, it was still bittersweet. Not everyone who should've been there was there, and their absence was noticed by many.

Leaving... Again

Tomorrow marks the beginning of some more traveling for me. This weekend I'm headed to Sugar Mountain in North Carolina to do some skiing. It was a last minute thing, but I'm really excited and really glad I found some people who were willing to take a little trip!

Tuesday evening I leave for Washington D.C. I will be in Triangle, VA Wednesday and Thursday helping at a workshop for ONR Logistics. The rest of the team is set to return Thursday evening. I booked my return trip for Saturday afternoon, so as of Thursday evening I will be enjoying all D.C. has to offer with my soulmate Melissa and my good friend Cameron (who happens to be throwing a large party that Friday night!)

I won't return to work until Tuesday, Feb 20 because I've been invited to participate in Lockheed's Engineers Week Girl Scout workshop by the woman that I did some contract work for last fall. I'm excited, it's slightly reminiscent of the recruiting I used to do at Tech for girls.

Hopefully this little "break," even though it includes hard work, will help deal with the severe burnout I'm feeling at work lately.

Oh, yeah. And Valentine's Day is somewhere in the middle. :-)

Something New

I have a ticket to this year's Nascar race at Talladega. I'm really excited... it's been described to me (and confirmed by pictures) as a "Redneck Mardi Gras." I've never been to Mardi Gras, or a redneck event for that matter, so it should be interesting.

It's time like these when I see how much I've changed over the past few years. Or, at least my perspective of things has.

Weekend

Awesome weekend. Despite the football team's suckage.

Flying (I miss it!), extremely shady hotel, and lots of alcohol... very memorable.

pictures. :-)