Religion

Good Friday

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Today is Good Friday, and also the first night of Passover. MC and I went to Michael’s dads for the Seder. My parents thankfully gave us a lift in their car so we did not have to take the subway.

Today was special because it was the first time we had told anyone other than our parents and one or two friends that MC was pregnant. The amnio results were in and we felt confident in finally being able to tell people. MC did not want to make a scene but as I warned her my sister no matter how you tell her she would react very loudly to the news. Carrie did not disappoint. Neither did Lauren. It was definitely a happy occasion. I think everyone was happy except for Zachary. He was disappointed to hear that we were having a baby girl. He was hoping for a little boy cousin to play with, possibly boss around a little bit. We had to disappoint him.

Overall the Cedar was good. Obviously the most memorable part of it was us giving the news about the baby, so it’s kind of hard to remember anything else memorable that happened.

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.

Month Long Recap

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Yet again I have been bad at posting. Sean emailed me looking for an update since I haven’t written in a while. I know I have been bad recently with not posting. I will provide a quick update of what happened this month. Ok, get ready here it comes:

Last week I was plagued with migraines from Wednesday till this Monday. It is the weather. I always get sick when the weather starts changing. It is something about the stagnant warm weather, not hot or cold when the AC’s stop running and it is just warm. I am not the only one I know that is affected by this but like clockwork twice a year I have an issue. I am feeling somewhat better now.

Last weekend I stayed in trying to kill the head aches. I ended up having to miss a Halloween party my friends threw because I felt like crap. I did get out a bit on Sunday to help Lauren and Andrew setup there new Macbook Pro. The twins are really cute, but a bit loud for my head aching state I was in.

The week before that I had a cold all week. Thankfully it wasn’t that bad. I took cold eze. I can’t spell it but it works. I sounded allot worse than I felt all week. The Tylenol PM also helped. The weekend of the 14th and 15th I pretty much slept away since I had a cold. Come to think of it, this month has been allot of resting when I am not working. That is a sign that things are crazy busy in the office.

One night a few weeks ago (i can’t remember when anymore) a bunch of us finally got together for poker. Brian’s girlfriend Amy was the big winner. I was the only other person that broke even. I did ok, but no where near as well as Amy. I need to schedule another get together soon.

I did the Jewish holidays at the usual places. One holiday was at my parents best friends house and the other was at my parents place. My dad decided to make the first holiday interesting by getting sick. He ended up in the hospital for a day and half with the flu or something. I am learning that even something as typically normal as the flu can put a diabetic in the hospital. He is ok but it was an interesting few days.

The other holiday was uneventful. I didn’t fast. I really can’t, or shall I say I shouldn’t. Me, medication, and not eating is a bad thing. According to my dad (who after all is a reliable religious scholar:) it is ok to skip the fasting if you need to take meds. Who am I kidding anyway. I am not religious 364 days out of the year, so why should I be that one extra day?

Other stuff went on this month, but I can’t recall all the details right now. Heck, I almost forgot about the hospital thing so I bet I missed some other important piece of info.

Work was really hectic this month. Lost of projects going on right now. I will cover them in another post if I find the time. Hopefully this wont be the last post for another month!

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Blowing Off Steam

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Last night after a stressful day a bunch of us went out and got a few drinks. We ended up at a dive bar on the upper west side. We hung out for a while and then ended up back at Miguel’s apartment to relax. It was a nice chance to relax from the crzy pace we have been keeping at the office recently.

While we where at the bar I came to the conclusion that I should take today off. It is the beginning of the jewish holiday. I have the time, and I needed a break. It wasn’t that I am very religious or anything, but taking the day off lets me go to my parents a bit earlier than I originally could if I went to work. I am writing this post from the rail road on my may to my parents house. My old stand by place to write, on the train.

Passover Night 1

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Spent the night with my parents, sister, brother in law, his family, and my niece. We had dinner at my brother in law’s sisters apartment. It was nice. It was also nice that it was really close to my apartment. I wasn’t very hungry, and that was OK since I am not a big passover (or any other Jewish holiday food) food fan. I had a late lunch at like 3-4PM so I had very little. I didn’t even eat dessert.

Sad to say I was on my Blackberry a decent chunk of time at dinner getting updates from Jayson about a possible issue at work. Unfortunately the problem I thought was solved may not be. Not sure yet, but that is all I can say.

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