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Zach’s Birthday Party

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My nephew had his first birthday party today. It was an interesting event. I mean he didn’t really care what was going on. He had cake, got to run around with his little helper walker thing, and got held allot. It was a great day for him, but he had no idea it was a special day. Overall I think everyone had fun. It was a one year olds birthday party, so it wasn’t total fun for adults with no kids, but the kids had fun.

I got to see my grandmother who flew up from florida to see Zach for the first time. I also saw a bunch of friends of the family that i don’t see that often.

After the party i meet up with Jayson and we headed to John’s for some poker. I lost, so did Jayson. It was a relatively early night! All in all a good Saturday.

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The Holiday’s, Well Sort Of

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Tonight I went to my parents for the first night of Passover. It is a holiday to me in the sense that I get together with my family and that it is a Jewish holiday. I of course don’t celebrate it in the traditional way (aka I don’t at all). It is good to see everyone though. Lots of little kids running around now a days. Morgan, Zack, and the twins are so funny. Evan is very cute just staring at everyone but she (yes it is a girls name too I am told) is too young to do much.

I didn’t eat very much. I never really do at these get togethers. The food is not the usual stuff I would eat. I was really tired so I was glad that I got a rid from Andrew back to my place. It is nice having quasi family live nearby, especially if they have cars!

Overall a good night, even though I at the time when I was tired it didn’t feel that way. Of course any night when I can get a hello and goodbye hug and kiss from Morgan is a good night! I will say it again, she is way too smart for her own good.

As for work, it was the normal fare today. I had a bunch of meetings. Then uncovered stuff that should have been setup better than it was, and a few minor issues crept up. Because of the holiday I didn’t stay to take part in a test that was planned. I hope it goes well since if it does we can prove to others what we have been saying for a while that VMware should be used more in our environment. I will see how it went when I get to work tomorrow.

The Digital (Camera) Age

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I have been a slacker child. For fathers day and my dad’s birthday I didn’t get him anything. It is not because I forgot, or was cheap. it was just my dad didn’t know what he wanted. Last year was the same problem. I told him I would get him any DVD’s he wanted (he is a big old film buff) and we went to the store and didn’t pick anything. Unless it is coins he is impossible to buy for. Today I finally got him something I know he needs (even if he may not want it). He has this old Nikon 35mm camera that he barely uses anymore. He has 2 grandchildren and takes only a few pictures. The ones he does take don’t get developed for months. Knowing all that I got him a new Canon Powershot A540 digital camera. The 1gig SD card that will go into it gives him the ability to take a few hundred pictures before he has to download them to his computer. I went with the larger Canon over the nice Sony Cybershot that was so small. The reason is the Canon seemed easier to use and had bigger buttons. My dad may be an old school gadget person, but the simpler the better.

I will give the camera a test drive tomorrow when I see Morgan and Zachary! Hopefully he will like it. I have to stop with the expensive presents. I don’t want to set any trends or anything! The next digital upgrade for him will be a digital video camera, but I won’t be the one buying that one.

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Off To The Hospital

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I am off to the hospital to see the new nephew. I was actually able to get out of work at 3:15 to get out to my parents. I am on the LIRR now. I had to stay for an all company meeting we had. I had to speak for a few minutes so I couldn’t really miss it.

If Zack does not spit up on me I will have had a good visit. I am excited to be an uncle again, even if I don’t spend tons of time with morgan as it is. I also like the name. I was worried for a while that my sister would continue the tradition of naming kids with really bad names. She didn’t and got another good name to go with Morgan!

I need to continue my own tradition of buying a bottle of something to give to Zack when he gets older. I have a bottle of Johny Walker Gold for Morgan purchased on her day of birth. I didn’t get Zack something yesterday, but I will do something today or tomorrow. I also need to get a big stuffed something for him. not sure what yet. Hopefully pictures soon! That reminds me I need to be the tech savy uncle and pick up a domain name for him as well…

My New Nephew

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Today I am an uncle (again). My sister gave birth to a baby boy at around 2:30PM today. Zachary proves that babies show up when they want, and they don’t care if their parents have other plans. Sorry you missed Morgan’s dance performance, Carrie but we all said he would show up on his own time. I guess that time was exactly 1 day early.

I was stuck at work today and the hospital is on long island so I will go see my sister and new nephew tomorrow.

Ironically today is also my brother in law’s birthday. So now I just need to remember 1 birth date for the men on that side of the family.

Dinner With The Family

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Went to dinner with my parents, sister and niece tonight. Probably the last time we will do that before the baby shows up. My sister is due next week. I had a head ache since it was hot and I didn’t eat lunch. I have to stop doing that. We had a good time though. Morgan was great as always. Great as in really funny, but not behaving as good as she could tonight.

Other than dinner, work was busy as usual. I meet a rep from a vendor we started using. It was an interesting talk. I had a ton of other issues that I am dealing with, and things are busy. Hopefully the die down a bit after July.

Visiting The Parents

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I was at my parents place today to finish my dad’s computer upgrade. My mom had me come out there earlier than I originally planned since she was worried that the work would take too long. Boy was she wrong. Since I did most of the loading of software and moving files at my apartment on Saturday we were done setting everything up in like 45 minutes. I ended up just hanging out in my dad’s La z Boy watching an old Bond film waiting to go out to dinner. Man can you fall asleep in those chairs. I almost did like 3 times, then I couldn’t walk for 15 minutes since my legs where so relaxed (and blood deprived) from being reclined for 2 hours. It was nice and comfy.

We ended up meeting Carrie and Morgan in Forest Hills for dinner at this little restaurant on Austin street. It was decent food and I got to see everyone except for Michael. I am just glad that the whole computer upgrade is completed. I hopefully wont have to worry about that again for another 2-3 years!

New Computer Time

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Tonight I went with my dad to Best Buy to get him a new computer. He has been complaining about the Mac Mini I had him try. Turns out not OS X is not for everyone, no matter what good intentions I had! We meet up by my apartment and took a cab to Best Buy. We found the computer he wanted easy enough, but they didn’t have it in stock. We then went to the next Best Buy in Mid town. Turned out they had it in stock so we bought it. Shopping with my dad is so easy. We usually don’t go shopping unless we know what we want, and when we see it we just buy it. If we don’t see it we check one or two other places and then go home. No fuss, no muss!

I will configure the computer this weekend and deliver it to him on Sunday. After we dropped the computer by my place we hit an italian restaurant by my house for some dinner. It was a quick and productive evening. My dad was happy he got a new computer and that it was a quick drive into manhattan and back home again.

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Hectic Week

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Thursday was pretty much a repeat of Wednesday. I didn’t leave the office until around 8PM. I spent a large portion of my day helping (or organizing help) to get a project finished. The day was just a blur of activity.

Friday was hectic also, but not as bad as the rest of the week. I had to deal with AC issues in a computer room, and ensuring all projects are moving along normally. I was able to get out early enough to make it to my parents for my sisters birthday dinner. We ended up going out. It was nice to be able to unwind and have a steak, see my parents, niece, and sister.

Carrie gave me a ride to the subway while morgan sang me all the new songs she has learned!