Baltimore

Have I mentioned I love Baltimore?

That's not the point of this post but just thought I'd mention it.

So, on Friday, Dan Trista and I drove down to Baltimore. On Saturday morning we went to the National Aquarium and had a great time! For some reason, hearing Dan identify the fish by their names just made me laugh so hard that by the time we got to the end, Trista and I would get to a tank and point out a fish (or frog) and ask Dan to tell us what it was. I really don't know why we thought it was so funny, but it was to us!

As we neared the end we looked outside and saw a Chipotle right outside and all three of us looked at eachoter and said "I guess we know where we are going for lunch!" So, we looked at the frog exhibit and ran right over there!

After our yummy lunch we walked about 6 blocks to Camden Yards adn met my parents, Jamie and Kenn and watched the White Sox play the Orioles! I was so excited! I was slighly disappointed because Paul Konerko did not play 1st base but his replacement for the evening hit a grand slam the night before, so how bad could he really be, right?

The man behind me had 2 young kids with him and each time a player got up to bat on kid would ask if he was a good player, and the dad would read his stats on the screen and tell him yes or no. Of course, all of the White Sox were good players, but I may be somewhat biased. When Jermaine Dye got up the kid asked and the dad answered so I turned around and told the dad that he was the World Series MVP. The mom got a kick out of that one.

Another very fun thing about the evening was that a high majority of the people sitting in my section were White Sox fans and we all played off of eachother. It was GREAT!

I have to say I was disappointed in the pitching staff. Although I don't mind watching Jon Garland, Ozzie should have taken him off the mound a lot sooner than he did. But then he replaced him with relief pitchers I did not recognize. Well, I knew who McCarthy was. When he came out to relieve Garland, Dan turned to me and said "he's lanky" and I said, "No. He's a rookie". Then Dan said, "I said he's lanky." And I laughed and said, "I thought you said he was a Yankee!"

In the 8th inning I moved over to sit by Jamie and I talked to Kenn (who is also a White Sox fan) and asked him where Neal Cotts was! And Kenn told me that Neal Cotts was out right before McDougall. I don't believe him because I kept telling Trista to watch for him but my dad insists that he was out there too. I still don't believe it so I have to research that one. But then Bobby Jenks came out in the ninth and everyone in my section cheered so loud! It was great!

The White Sox won and it was the perfect ending to a perfect day! So much fun.

Work Update!

I'm going perm at my company very soon! It was supposed to be today but not everything went through with the paperwork on the agency's side. With the hire, I got a promotion. I am now the program administrator no longer the assistant program administrator.

I love this job and I am very excited about possibilities.

Hmmm. I'm thinking if there is anything else I want to put here.

I talked to my work "crush" today. He is such a funny guy. I've decided that I don't have an actual crush on him because #1, I've never met him and #2, I don't know if he's a Christian so no point getting excited about something if there is no real future there. Been there. Done that.

I think that is everything I want to share here right now.

Christmas In July

So, last night one of the guys was talking about proposing to his girlfriend but was not sure about the hand the ring should go on. So, Shaun told him to ask me. I could not believe it so I had to survey the table. I asked at least 5 guys and none of them knew what hand was the "correct" hand. Unbelievable.

Today, my family is celebrating Christmas!! It's fun. Jamie bought an inflatable palm tree so we have that in the living room. We also wrapped all of the presents in bright colored paper and placed them all around the tree and even hung lights! Very cute.

Instead of decorating gingerbread houses, my mom froze ice cream in small sandcastle molds and we are going to make icecream castle sundaes!

Life Updates

Let's see....
The guy was not able to come to our office for a visit but that is okay. We've been continuing our email conversations. I also know that he is actually single. Very funny.

I am officially looking for apartments now. I am hoping to move out in September or October.

I am grateful that my parents allowed me to stay in their home for the past year but a year is way too long for me to remain here and still maintain my mental health.

My new job is a temp position right now but this week the people in the corporate office approached me about making it a perm position. That made me VERY happy because I really like that job. REALLY LIKE IT. If for some reason that does not work out, the company we staff for has already approached me about working for them directly. I figure it's a win win situation for me.

I went to Best Buy yesterday to get a memory card for my camera. Somehow I stumbled across The Muppets Season 1 and ended up leaving the store with that and a Doves CD but no memory card.

That afternoon, my parents were in New Jersey so, I sat in the middle of the living room floor making invitations for my dad's 50th birthday party, watching the muppets. My dog, Keiler, seemed to enjoy them too.

Work Stuff

Have I mentioned that I really like my job?

I am having such a great time getting to know people and just being friendly, really. I get to talk to people all day long. I get to help them feel welcome. I get to introduce people to one another. I get to build relationships. I get to help people.

One of the hiring managers that we are finding consultants for is named Marc. Everytime I write him an email or put his name on something I really want to write it Marc* and I am so afraid I might mess up and include the(*)sometime... so far it hasn't happened but I am so afraid it will.

On Wednesday, the company I work for is having their company picnic in central Jersey (near Princeton). I planned on staying back in the office to take care of any issues that might arise (because I am still a temp there really), but Ryan told me he would like me to attend so I can meet all of the people I work with but have never seen face to face. That should be fun.

Paul was joking with the HR person about only having 10 cases of beer for 100 people at an all day event.

Crush Update

So, I got to work this morning and already had an email from my stupid crush. He was asking me about feedback on a candidate he submitted so I told him to give me a little time. Anyway, he wrote back and said he is going to be in the area tomorrow if I want to say "hi". Of course I am excited.
So, when Paul got in later that morning I went into see him and told him that this guy is going to be in the area tomorrow. He looked at me, smiled and said "Do you have a crush on him?" and I promptly responded, "Yes I do." Then he told me he would see what he can do for me. But, you know he and the woman I work with were teasing me the rest of the day.
I am going to have to have a talk with the receptionist tomorrow to tell her that he may be coming in so she can use one of our agreed upon signals for if whoever is coming in just happens to be a good looking guy.

Crush

I have a stupid crush on this guy I technically work with.

He's one of the vendors my company works with (he sends us candidates that we submit to the company we staff for). This is really pathetic because I have not even met him in person yet. I've only talked to him on the phone and email him during the day. Since I started we had this silly flirtatious relationship but that is really just because we both have that silly kind of personality but now I have to admit that it has turned into a full blown crush.

Last Friday we ended up emailing back and forth about 30 times. 4 of those messages were somewhat professional. The rest were just a stupid conversation... but I found out a lot about him. For example, now I know how old he is, where he lives, where he grew up, that he loves trivia.

On Monday, I went into my boss's offic and informed him that we needed to get this guy to come up to meet us. My boss just laughed at me and said, "okay, I'll get right on it". I thought he was serious but I have not heard anything yet so I think I am going to have to go talk to Paul again and see what the hold up is. Plus, my other boss will be in today (he works in NYC but comes down to our office once a week). I'll get him on it too. I'm sure Ryan would love to help me out.

This is really stupid and pathetic.

They're Back!!

This morning we drove up to New York to get Dan and Trista!! They are back from Bangladesh!! Whoo Hoo!!!

Funny thing. We started our trip planning to go to JFK but praise God for cell phones because as we approached New York City, we called Dan's family and found out they were arriving in Newark! Much better because it was closer, less traffic and we did not need to cross those 3 bridges to get into NYC... not to mention the $21 in tolls to cross said bridges (each way).

Dan and Trista are staying with us for tonight and I think Sunday night, then they are going to Dan's parent's place for a week. After that I do not know what they have planned. I don't think they really do either though.

As soon as my computer decides to cooperate I wll post some pictures I took at the airport and at lunch today. Most of them are of Dan's neices because they are just too cute!! Abby is 3 1/2, Joanna is about 21 months and Karis is 2 months old. They are the CUTEST kids. Really.