Catching Up

Well I have been away from the blog for a bit.  Things have been a bit crazy.  Since I have been gone I have had a birthday, went through my second Father's Day, and have made the leap to Black Shirt at The Peaceful Dragon.

My birthday was great, but low key.  It was on a Tuesday so I had to go to Boot Camp.  I chose to help paint the inside great room instead of going outside and sweating in the summer humidity.  Or go head first down the side of the embankment again.  Long story, but for those who were not there to see it first hand; I was running after a kick ball in order to catch it before it entered the ditch, but suddenly realized that the edge of the ditch went straight down rather than tapering off at a slight angle.  Needless to say I was picking blackberry thorns out of my butt that night for a while.

Anyway,  Nanna came down last weekend to celebrate my birthday/Father's Day.  It was a great time watching the baby boy play with the Nanna.  He is so rat blasted cute, it isn't even funny.  I want to thank everyone who contributed to my birthday/Father's Day.  I pre-ordered my new iPhone 4 the day after my birthday (June 16), but then was told that I would receive it until JULY 15-19 because of the high demand.   Even though that is a full month to wait for my glorious new phone, it is still better than waiting for hours in some line with Mac Geeks.  Not even Mac Geeks, it is more Tech Geeks.  I sometimes think I am bad about how geeky I get with new toys, but the last time I waited in line for 3 hours at the Apple Store for the  iPhone 3G before going to Jamaica I thought I would have to seriously have an intervention for some of the people around me.  I just did not want to take the chance of loosing my place in line.  Just not worth it.

As for my other life (work), I am still learning what I don't know.  I don't talk much about my work because I do not want that to be the focus of my life again, which it was for far too long.  Since I have made the switch to another company, I have the glorious job of being the "New Guy", which is something that I am not accustomed to.  But, not to worry.  I am getting acclimated to my new surroundings and am learning quite a lot, very quickly.  My training is kin to trying to take a sip of water from a fire house positioned 3" from your face, full open.  You'll get something, but you sure ain't goin' get all of it the first time out.  I just have to remember that it will take time to be totally self sufficient.  Also, they didn't hire me because I have the answer.  They hired me because I have the potential to find AN answer.  So that is my mantra so far.

So that is about it so far.  I am slowly getting into other classes at TPD.  I do not want to rush into more class and be totally depleted through out my week.  However, it is good to be a Black Shirt.  I never knew 15 min more of a class could hurt so much.

That's it for me right now.  I'll catch up with ZSBC stuff over the next few days.  We have covered some good stuff that I can't wait to get posted.  Talk at you later!!