Life, Kids, Technology & that move to another continent
Today after work I went into the city to meet up with friends at the usual hang out for some drinks and to catch up. I haven’t been out in a few weeks so it was good to see everyone. I didn’t stay out too late and I am happy with my 3 drinks I had.
Work overall was ok today. Nothing major to report. I had hoped to finish meetings earlier than I did but that happens a lot on fridays. Starts off looking decent and then things just happen. I can’t complain though. A good day generally.
Today at lunch one of the PM’s I am friendly with wanted to goto this Belgian pub. Another PM and I tagged along. This place was supposed to have fantastic burgers. Two of us ended up with fish and chips, but the other guy said the burger was really good. We will be back to try other stuff. The place was good. On the way back to the office we took a detour and hit a popular Belgian waffle truck that only is near the office on Thursday’s. The long line was worth it. I had this place a few times and it was really good. Another guy had heard about it and was the one who recommended to go since it was nearby. Well nearby is relative. Not sure when we will make that walk again, but since it was nice out today it was a good desert to our lunch.
Today I went out to my sisters for Morgan’s 7th birthday party. To be there for a 1pm party I had to get up early for me for a Sunday. I took NJ transit out and my parents and Zack got me from the station.
I can’t believe Morgan is 7. She had a bowling party. Everyone had a ton of fun. After the party we went back to my sisters place with the family (aka 7 kids under 7 and 9 adults) to open presents and have dinner.
My parents gave me a ride home. We didn’t stay too late since my dad and I had work the next day. Day trips to my sister are lots of travel but seeing the kids was worth it!
Today was generally low key. I got to relax a bit from my travel week. I went with a friend to see Alice in 3D. It was better than I expected, of course I had low expectations. I also saw the preview for Tron and the new Shrek movies. I want to see both of them.
It was an early night since the dam 7 train isn’t running by my apartment so I needed to take the shuttle bus. Once it gets really late they don’t run that often. During the day they seem to be pretty good.
As much fun as I had in St Louis I was glad to be back in NYC today. I wasn’t glad to be in the office at 9AM after getting home near 12:30AM. I had a 9AM conference call and then I had some face to face meetings so I couldn’t work from home. I also had to race out to a working lunch at the hard rock right by work. I don’t’ normally do those so it was a change of pace.
Overall a really productive and hectic day. I was so glad to get home and just relax after work.
I am on my way home from St. Louis now. I got a bit delayed getting out, but thankfully it wasn’t more than an hour. A bunch of us got a ride to the airport from the one person from NYC who had a rental car and was leaving today. I was on a different airline than everyone else so I couldn’t hang out with anyone else. They were in a different terminal. I hit the Chillis Too for dinner and then went to the American club before the flight. Flight Tracker and the FAA weather app’s on my iphone were invaluable for this trip. Both kept me better informed than the airline was.
Other eventful things today was we went out as a large group to Mongolian BBQ. I was skeptical about it but overall the food was pretty good and there was plenty for me to eat so I was happy.
Day two of the conference was good. We got a lot done. I did my big presentation. I think it went well. After work I was going to avoid the team dinner since I was really tired, but I got strong armed by two guys on my team and another guy who we work with and I ended up going with them to the shooting range. One of the guys from NY really wanted to do that so 4 of us went.
It was a lot of fun. I got to shoot an AK-47 and an AR-15 for the first time. I also tried a really big revolver like the Dirty Harry gun. I didn’t like that. After that we went to dinner at this place that had fantastic burgers. Thankfully I was back at the hotel at a reasonable time. I was still glad I didn’t goto the other event since they were out much later.
Overall a really good day.
The first day of the conference went well. I also got to spend some time with my team that is in St Louis. For dinner another team manager was in and most of her US staff with her so we ended up combining our team dinners and had one big get together. We work closely with each other so it was nice to get out of the office for a bit. We almost never do this so it was a lot of fun. One of our head architects was also in town so he came along. All in all it was like 9 people. We went to a decent steakhouse that several people have been to before. Compared to NY it was super cheap and tasty!
The night wasn’t too late since we all had to be at work at normal hours. Overall it was a great first day in St. Louis!