Off to the land of drizzle

Well, it seems that England is a go. I will go to CA this weekend... to get my passport :-) I will probably leave Feb 2 or 3 and plan to be back March 3. I'll only stay home for a few days, then head back over for about 6 more weeks. It should prove to be interesting work.

Funny that Russ will arrive just as I'm leaving.

Back on the home front, I picked up my 2005 Toyota Tacoma 4-dr Sport Edition truck on Saturday. I drove it up to Denver for a welcome home party for Dave A. He is finally home after being in Florida for the launch of Deep Impact... he is one of the systems engineers on it and has been very busy working on it over the past few years. He can now sit back and relax a little and hopefully enjoy the show on July 4th when it smashes into comet Tempel 1.

Well, all for now... time to get home and have a steak!!! (I'll be a vegetarian in England.)

Steve

Inauguration

So yesterday was an interesting and bizarre day. Jeff and my friend Diffle who both work on Capitol Hill got us tickets to go to all sorts of events celebrating inuguration. First I was able to sit in the seats close to front for the actual swearing in ceremony. nothing special there though, it was cold. Then we went to a preparty event with many congressmen and women and free food and drink! Then we went to Inaugural Ball number one which was the one sponsored by Florida. it was kind of lame and had bad music, so we went on to the Independence Ball which was sponsored by VA and MD where the music was better and there we started to meet people. I met Ashcroft (he had a polkadotted bow tie on) and The house whip, Roy Blunt, former governor Gilmore and a whole host of other congressmen. The president and VP make an appearance to each one but it's really not that special. Then we went on to the biggest event which was an after party sponsored by DC101 and others where 3 doors down was playing. Apparently if you buy tickets to this thing, it costs 2000 a person! But Congressional staffers often get leftover tickets if they dig around, and we didn't pay for a thing all night. The cheapest ball was $150 a person we think. Anyhow, it was fun, but i got home at 2am, and boy am i dragging at school today!

If Steve goes to England, he should take me with him, I've always wanted to go:)
Good Luck Russ! I hope you find that this is the place for you, although I'll miss having you guys around. It's nice to have family representation at my parties!

Meredith

On The Road Again...

Well I'm off. And as Steve so brilliantly pointed out, I am in fact leaving on JANUARY 21st. Oh well. Most people won't even notice. So the BLOG will have to wait until I get to Colorado...though I wish I had set up the Voice Blog feature...put that on the to-do-list. Just can't wait to get on the road again...

Hanging out in San Fran

It's day 2... or 3 here in San Francisco. I came here for a 2 day class known as "Fundamentals of Business Development". It was an interesting class. I didn't necessarily learn a whole lot but it was good practice.

Yesterday I got several e-mails from a guy I've worked with in the past. He asked me to come to England for a few months to help out with some work there. It's a tempting idea that I might actually do. I don't know if I can handle 2-3 months though. I'm thinking a 3 week stint, then home for a long weekend, then back for another 3-4 weeks. Unfortunately, it would mean delaying my involvement fully with our work in Colorado. With Russ on his way out... FYI, he is leaving tomorrow (Friday the 21st) to start his trek to Colorado. His e-mail was a little off... he said Friday December 20th... I'm not sure which year he meant.

Anyway, I'll keep you posted on any trips to England!

Take care!
Steve

New Format, no new posts

Hey out there...

Why isn't anyone posting anything? Could it be because the editor is a P.O.S.??

Anyway, I'm finally situated in an office in Co. Springs. I have a desk, a phone, and even a building pass. I got assigned parking today... it's three blocks away. I guess I will get a morning and evening walk out of it. If I passed a Starbucks or something it might be worthwhile. Unfortunately the only thing I will be passing is a pawn shop... oh joy! Any e-mails I send will have my new office number and my new cell phone number attached. If you want home numbers, etc, just send me an e-mail and I will give you all the details.

The weather has returned to a more hospitable temperature here. It was in the -5 to 10 degree range for a few days. On Saturday it was very windy. At about 2:00a the wind was blowing so hard that the house was actually shaking. One of my neighbors (also a coworker of mine) had some large chunks of their shingles blown off the house. BIG FUN!!!

All for now!
Steve