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Spent the Day at a CIA Listening Post, Well Sort Of

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Today I am in London and I spent my entire day at a CIA listening post. Well that is partly true. It was depicted as a CIA listening post in a James Bond film but in reality it is just a Thomson Reuters Data Center in London. I am not sure of what movie but several people have confirmed it. I can talk about it only because when I pull the area up on a public map the building is labeled.

I was in a workshop all day, but the views from half the building are of the river overlooking the Millennium Dome. I would have loved to take some pictures but I am pretty sure they frown on that. The workshop was very interesting. I have two more days of it but the next two are a bit different than the first one so we shall see how they go. I was just thankful that we got to the office and back without too much drama. The trip was already planned before we found out about the Tube strike. Thankfully we left early enough this morning to get a cab directly to the office. We were able to take the DLR halfway back to the hotel and then got lucky finding a cab. The down side of the morning cab was I went to bed at 11:30 and got up at 5:30 to be out early. Tonight I am aiming to goto bed a bit earlier to get up tomorrow at the same time.  Thankfully the strike is over tomorrow, but I have to deal with it next week if they keep to their plans to strike again

After work I got drinks and dinner with one of the trainers who is staying at my hotel. I was also able to get a pre-pay SIM card so i am a bit more connected for the long trip. WIFI at the hotel is great. Work is more limiting so having additional freedom is nice. Even after all the suggestions from MC, Cathy (thanks Cathy but I am not spending 50 pounds on a Doctor Who tour) and others I still don’t know what to do this weekend while in the city by myself. On that note I am off to bed. I will try to read some travel guides tomorrow night.

Off to London (Aka if this gets posted to my blog I am already there)

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Today I am off to London for a bit for work. My boss is hosting a workshop and then I have a two day training. The trip is longer than originally planned because i am combining the two events.

On one hand I love London and both functions seem very interesting but on the other it is the first trip I have taken since having kids. I started missing T & A while at the airport going through my photostream. I am hoping to catch them and M on Facetime as much as possible but I am not holding out hope i can do that everyday.

The flight has given me the opportunity to at least get in some writing i have wanted to do. This post included.

The World Really Does Need Another Father of Two Blogging About Stuff

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When I was single I blogged about work and tech stuff. Then I got concerned about writing about work so if I do write about work it is few and far between. Any real detail is a private post, so that left writing about some current events and technology. I never liked writing much about dating or my social life when single just because I wasn’t sure who would look me up if I did go out on a date with someone. The only person who did look me up that i know about was one of the last people I dated before I met my wife. Of course she didn’t find my blog but just found me on Facebook.

Now that I am married and have kids I am finding what I can and want to write about has changed since my life has drastically changed. That means that if the world is ready or not they get another dad blogger. I still aim to write about tech stuff since I still like to do it, but the kids (yeah still weird for me to say multiple kids) are very entertaining.

Now all I need to do is force myself to make time for writing. I can use the excuse that I dont have time. It is partially true but the real reason is I haven’t wanted to spend the little time i do have writing. I should spend time writing since I always found it relaxing. Maybe that will be my May resolution to write more!

Rain Day at Home

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Its a rainy day at home today. MC tried to take Teagan out to the park but it was all wet and Teagan went back to the stroller and wanted to get back in it. I on the other hand did laundry. Laundry went from an annoyance (I haven’t liked doing it since i was a kid) to a workout chasing Teagan around. She was generally good but had a good time exploring the basement and the laundry room.

Soccer Time

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Today was T’s first day of Soccer class.  M signed her up and I got to take her to it this week.  It is a good time first thing in the morning Saturday.  We used to goto open gym at Gymboree but since we stopped going to Gymobree to try new classes out we haven’t had an early morning activity.

We can say T had fun.  She did.  She ran around and had a blast.  She really didn’t get that into the activities.  M said she was like that the first time she went to music class a few weeks ago but after a class or two she got used to it and was a better participant.  Let’s face it though, if T is horrible at sports she is just taking after both her parents!

The rest of the day was spent at home.  It was rainy and there was not much to do out.  M and I splurged and ordered Sushi for dinner.  T ate Baked Ziti and if I wasn’t all excited to eat Sushi I would have had a lot more of that Ziti.  It was good.  It was part of the same batch M made for my birthday!

W Sisters Story T Smash

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T has tries for months but today she succeeded in damaging my glasses.   Ironically this time it was an accident but the end result was rendering the glasses useless.   Thankfully I had a backup pair but they were giving me a head ache so i just got the original pair fixed so i am as good as new.   I think i need to listen to M”s advise.   She has been saying for months I need to buy a pair that is indestructible.   That search begins at kiddie nap time!