Away for too long... but I have not forgotten!

Okay... so it's been almost 2 months since I actually posted ANYTHING to the blog... I've been busy (or lazy) or a bit of both.  I should point out that I have finally gotten motivated to post again due to my long time friend, coworker, former boss, etc.  John.  He posts to his blog almost every day.  He recently posted a photo of the starbucks application that I gave him when he was feeling down... on it it says, "If all else fails, there's always Starbucks."  I filled it in with his info and framed it for him.  Whenever he is feeling down, he can look to that and it will cheer him up.  Well, thanks to John's blog, I am feeling like I can tackle posting 8 weeks worth of blogs... maybe not all in one day, but surely in the next week I can catch up!!  I will also add a link to John's blog since he posts some great pictures and funny stories on a daily basis.

I'm sitting here on the balcony of my hotel in Hania, Greece on the lovely island of Crete.  It's been a long two weeks of vacation and work.  Over the next few days I hope to put together some entries that cover the goings on over the past 8 weeks.  In that time I've been in Crete, home for almost an entire 4 weeks, then back on a plane to Greece, but this time with Athena.  She and I spent 4 nights in Rhodes.  It's an island in the eastern part of the Aegean Sea (think eastern Mediterranean almost to Turkey).  We then flew back up to Athens for 3 nights.  Athena then flew home and I came back down to Crete. 

 

I've been extremely busy and productive this week in Crete.  I was originally supposed to be busy in meetings all week, but due to a snafu with my paperwork and one of my coworkers, we have been stuck in the hotel.  As it turns out, we have been able to accomplish more in this week due to the lack of interruptions.  This has turned out to be good... even though it didn't go as planned.

As I post "historical" messages, I have a hard time deciding whether I should put them back in date order... since this has been my methodology in the past, I will continue it now... so, read on friends, family, coworkers, and complete strangers... and hopefully the past will start to be filled in!