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Break Bread with Brad Brunch

This past Saturday I had a wonderful time at the Break Bread with Brad Brunch in DC. I met some great folks and got to see Mike and Dineen (whom I only tend to see in when I travel) and now that Brad has posted photos and links I really can tie the faces and names (and URLs). I will post the few photos I have in a day or so. I deeply appreciate Brad putting this together.

Shh quiet

Again, things will be quite around here for a few days. It has to do with buying things not for sale and writing.

Tired

I have been sleeping a lot lately, partly due to allergies I think. Yesterday the humidity was up, which helps the allergies a lot, but today was really bad.

Lighting summer

To me summer begins on the first warm humid evening when you see the first firefly of the season. Tonight summer began. Not only did we see our first firefly, but we gave one a ride for a few miles on the windshield wiper. Every now and then the firefly would light up to let us know it was still there. Ah, summer.

Blogger code

My Blogger code is B6 d++ t++ k+ s++ u++ f+ i+ o+ x- e l c-- [hat tip Steve]

Prepare for turbulance

Things may be a little bumpy around here at vanderwal.net for a few days.

K-shirt day

Hmmm, Friday. Yes it is Kuro5hin t-shirt day. Thanks Rusty and Chris.

Rough travel

Home. Travelling was rough this trip, but worth the break. I have flown on five or six times since September and this was the first one that was just horriffic. It could have been the airline, I just don't know. My trip home I did not miss a flight, which is a good thing, but there was surly flight attendants and negative leg room. I am sure it will be better on my next trip, which will be the end of June.

It was a good weekend. Joy and I babysat this weekend. It was a good step away from the computer and from work (for the most part). The nephews (5 years old twins) asked how I got a bald spot, I told them I sneezed really hard one day and my hair just fell out. They came home and told this to Joy. It seems I am Calvin's dad, oh poor confused children of the future.

What a week

This is one week I am glad is over. This week was tough and bizarre to say the least. Today was too fitting for a Friday, particularly this week. Things may be quiet here this weekend as we tend to the neice and nephews.

Strange day

Today was a very strange day. Things happen quickly and you react, sometimes you are incredibly surprised what happens in split seconds, then minutes.

Huh

As the day passes it looks more and more like I may have time for the side projects I have going.

A good win

Today there was some good new. The contract I work on today was finally awarded to the teamed companies I was working on the proposal for. This means there is the possibility I could be working at the same place for the next 10 years. This is good news.

Things around here have been insanely hot. Our apartment was above 85 degrees all night. Joy could not take it any longer and drove to work at 3:30 to get a/c (she counted 27 stop lights from home to work and only 9 minutes of driving with nearly all of them flashing yellow). I got up for a while, but finally the need for sleep dug in.

It is damn hot in the Washington, DC area. Joy just took our one fan to the back of the apartment to get a breeze blowing in the bedroom. Now it is insanely hot in the family room with a hot TiBook in my lap. Time for bed me thinks. (We live in an older building that turns on the central a/c on in mid-May)