Obama (3/22/09)
I just heard that Obama is giving the commencement speak at ASU in May. Too bad I have to go and cheer for Nick. Maybe I all take some extra shoes.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Mason !
Daycare (3/6/09)
Mason had his first day of daycare last week. It’s kinda of silly to think that we are the type of people who take their dog to daycare. It reminds me of that lady I met when I worked at Biltmore Fashion Square who put braces on her dog. I swore I would never be like “those people”. But here we are sending are dog off to daycare, not as bad as braces I guess. However I am pretty sure I know people who think Nick and I are “those people”. I can just hear people saying “why don’t you just have a kid already?” That’s another subject, moving on. Mason was pretty excited to go to daycare. He pretty much ran in the door with his leash dangling by his side and didn’t even look back at me. The people at the daycare said Mason played really well with all the other dogs all day long, but that he has a problem barking at dogs when they don’t want to play with him anymore. I can see that, he barks at me in the morning when I am getting ready and not paying attention to him. Why have kids when I already have a dog?
Mason had his first day of daycare last week. It’s kinda of silly to think that we are the type of people who take their dog to daycare. It reminds me of that lady I met when I worked at Biltmore Fashion Square who put braces on her dog. I swore I would never be like “those people”. But here we are sending are dog off to daycare, not as bad as braces I guess. However I am pretty sure I know people who think Nick and I are “those people”. I can just hear people saying “why don’t you just have a kid already?” That’s another subject, moving on. Mason was pretty excited to go to daycare. He pretty much ran in the door with his leash dangling by his side and didn’t even look back at me. The people at the daycare said Mason played really well with all the other dogs all day long, but that he has a problem barking at dogs when they don’t want to play with him anymore. I can see that, he barks at me in the morning when I am getting ready and not paying attention to him. Why have kids when I already have a dog?
San Jose
San Jose (3/5/2009)
I never thought I would be in San Jose twice in less than I week. But here I am. Last week, I was here making the sales call rounds, which means I just take people out to eat and drink. Our sales rep. from the area took me around and introduced me to some of his clients. He is super smart, PhD and all, but very ignorant. Luckily, he had a bad hang over one day and I got to enjoy San Jose all by myself. So on my day off, so to speak, I decided to go on a run. Below are some of the pictures from the trail I ran.
It was so pretty. I now have a new goal: one day live in the foothill in the San Jose area on a huge plot of land with lots of cows and horses.
Anyway today I am here for the day, a quick day trip to learn about electronics and semiconductors. Very exciting stuff let me tell you. I had to get up at four am this morning to catch a six o’clock flight. Of course the plane was pretty empty, probably only 50 or so people. More than enough room for every person to have their own row, but no someone always has to sit next to me. I swear I have a sign that says “please sit next to me, please”. Ridiculous. So I didn’t get my own row and I didn’t get to stretch out and sleep. Tonight after I fly in I have to go to my sister in law’s house for a get together with all the girls in the Fuller family, Nick’s youngest sister is getting married next weekend. It’s gonna be a long day. I just hope I am not to crabby tonight.
I never thought I would be in San Jose twice in less than I week. But here I am. Last week, I was here making the sales call rounds, which means I just take people out to eat and drink. Our sales rep. from the area took me around and introduced me to some of his clients. He is super smart, PhD and all, but very ignorant. Luckily, he had a bad hang over one day and I got to enjoy San Jose all by myself. So on my day off, so to speak, I decided to go on a run. Below are some of the pictures from the trail I ran.
It was so pretty. I now have a new goal: one day live in the foothill in the San Jose area on a huge plot of land with lots of cows and horses.
Anyway today I am here for the day, a quick day trip to learn about electronics and semiconductors. Very exciting stuff let me tell you. I had to get up at four am this morning to catch a six o’clock flight. Of course the plane was pretty empty, probably only 50 or so people. More than enough room for every person to have their own row, but no someone always has to sit next to me. I swear I have a sign that says “please sit next to me, please”. Ridiculous. So I didn’t get my own row and I didn’t get to stretch out and sleep. Tonight after I fly in I have to go to my sister in law’s house for a get together with all the girls in the Fuller family, Nick’s youngest sister is getting married next weekend. It’s gonna be a long day. I just hope I am not to crabby tonight.
old blogs unpublished - Ragnar
March 1, 2009
This weekend, Nick and I ran in the Ragnar Relay along with our ten other teammates. The Ragnar Relay, for those of you who don’t know, is in its third year in Arizona. This was my second time running this race. It’s a relay race from Prescott to Mesa, covering about 204 miles. There are 12 people to a team and each member runs three different legs. We started the race at 10 am on Friday morning; the race is staggered (start times vary from 8 am to 2 pm depending on how fast your team is). And it ended at 8 pm Saturday night. I ran 22.4 miles total and slept for maybe 2 hours. Below is a picture of my first leg.
I must say by my third leg, I thought I was going to die. I’m not sure if it was because I was running in the middle of the desert at 1:30pm with the outside temp in the high 80’s with no clouds or if it was because my body and mind were so tired. Maybe a combination of both?
Of course what would be story without drama? Let me tell you, we had drama. Nick’s dad got lost on his first leg and ran a lot longer than he was supposed to. Nick and his sisters were freaking out and had to go try and find him in downtown Prescott. So that put us about an hour behind. Then our second van (we had 2 vans each with 6 people) got lost right before they were supposed to meet Nick at his first exchange. It is important to note that they had six hours to get to where they were supposed to be. So all of us we pretty pissed at them and we lost another hour and a half. We were supposed to finish on Saturday at 5pm….but no we finished at 8pm. And we were the fifth from last (there were about 220 teams) to cross the finish line. But whatever, we survived and we all can still walk. It was fun, probably because we were all delirious. Next year, I am going to try and start my own team or join a team that is more um better at time management. Just Kidding :)
This weekend, Nick and I ran in the Ragnar Relay along with our ten other teammates. The Ragnar Relay, for those of you who don’t know, is in its third year in Arizona. This was my second time running this race. It’s a relay race from Prescott to Mesa, covering about 204 miles. There are 12 people to a team and each member runs three different legs. We started the race at 10 am on Friday morning; the race is staggered (start times vary from 8 am to 2 pm depending on how fast your team is). And it ended at 8 pm Saturday night. I ran 22.4 miles total and slept for maybe 2 hours. Below is a picture of my first leg.
I must say by my third leg, I thought I was going to die. I’m not sure if it was because I was running in the middle of the desert at 1:30pm with the outside temp in the high 80’s with no clouds or if it was because my body and mind were so tired. Maybe a combination of both?
Of course what would be story without drama? Let me tell you, we had drama. Nick’s dad got lost on his first leg and ran a lot longer than he was supposed to. Nick and his sisters were freaking out and had to go try and find him in downtown Prescott. So that put us about an hour behind. Then our second van (we had 2 vans each with 6 people) got lost right before they were supposed to meet Nick at his first exchange. It is important to note that they had six hours to get to where they were supposed to be. So all of us we pretty pissed at them and we lost another hour and a half. We were supposed to finish on Saturday at 5pm….but no we finished at 8pm. And we were the fifth from last (there were about 220 teams) to cross the finish line. But whatever, we survived and we all can still walk. It was fun, probably because we were all delirious. Next year, I am going to try and start my own team or join a team that is more um better at time management. Just Kidding :)
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