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Mediversary

Oh yeah…

Today is July 12, 2014.

10 years ago today I started a new job.

I’m still there.

I had planned on maybe 2-3 years before moving on.

I’m still there.

I’m still not sure how I feel about that, but I know for sure that I ain’t goin’ nowhere. I’m not doing what I planned to do, but I’m doing okay.

June 1st

This year is going by so fast it’s down right terrifying. How can it possibly be June 1st when New Years Day was just a couple of weeks ago?

We got home from our get away yesterday and before we were even in the house my beloved bride of five years and one day (two days, as of today) injured her leg. We were pretty sure it was nothing serious, but we went to the ER to get an x-ray to make sure. Thankfully our diagnosis was correct. She’s okay, but it hurts a lot. My poor sweetie.

Our trip included one night in Conway, NH and two nights in Jackson, NH. The hotel in Conway was called Adventure Suites. Each suite has a different theme. Ours was a jungle theme. It was really cheesy, but fun. In Jackson we stayed at the Wentworth which was pretty seriously classy. I would go back there in a heartbeat.

Mostly we just drove around in the mountains enjoying the views but enjoying the company even more. We stopped at a couple of waterfalls. Jackson Falls and Glen Ellis Falls. Jackson was right on the road next to our hotel. I could have just spent a day hanging out there. Glen Ellis required a short hike. The path was mostly stairs, and while it would have been easy for most people a super out of shaper like me had to take it slow. The view was absolutely worth it though. As with all of our White Mountains trips, it has made me want to plan a full vacation of just waterfall hopping. That would be awesome.

The best part of the trip happened on Friday when we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. We went for a fancy dinner at the Wentworth’s excellent restaurant. More importantly we spent the day just being together. I love my wife very much. Just being near her is a thrill for me.

We are home now though. Back to reality. Patches the kitty was meowing like a maniac the minute we opened the door. I think she was glad to see us. She hadn’t been pet in a while so we showered her with attention. Today I’ll post some pictures here. All the keepers are already on Flickr. It’s also a new month, and the 20 songs from April and March are all done (though a few could use a new mix) so today starts a new album in a month. June Music. How exciting!

Then tomorrow? Back to work. Oh, way to ruin the happy post, you jerk.

Willey House

This is Mt Webster as seen from the Willey House.

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The weather is pretty bleak right now, but it was gorgeous all day yesterday, and again this morning. We’ve been wandering through the White Mountains and checking out waterfalls. We’ve also gotten to know North Conway a bit. Now we are getting ready to go to our anniversary dinner.

This little get away has been fantastic. Just wonderful.

Our Seventh First-Date-Aversary

Seven years ago today I was nervous. I was sitting at my desk in Framingham and I was freaking out a little bit. I still had a couple of hours left to go before I could leave the office, but it wasn’t work that was messing with my head.

I had plans that evening. After work I was to drive to Lowell, MA to meet this nice girl I had been chatting with online. It was our first face to face meeting. It was our first date. Yeah, I was nervous all right.

We met at the Outback Steakhouse in Lowell. After dinner we went to the Brewery Exchange, also in Lowell. We were out pretty late for a weeknight for two responsible adults. I had a great time the whole date and I didn’t want it to end. Apparently, the nice girl didn’t want it to end either. When it was over we both wanted to see each other again.

That was seven years ago. How have things gone since then? Well, we’re happily married. I am the luckiest man alive.

Happy first-date-aversary, Jen!

JFK Anniversary

My wife DVR’d a lot of the coverage of the ceremonies remembering the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. We are sitting together right now watching the coverage.

Obviously it was before my time, but you didn’t need to be there to see what a colossal waste it was. All of that hope. All of that optimism. Gone in a flash. Listen to his speeches and compare them to those made by our politicians today. It’s painful how he could speak of finding the correct solutions rather than the Republican or Democratic solutions. It makes me feel as though we’ve soiled his legacy with our inability to work together. Maybe we should take a step back and think about what that Irish guy from Massachusetts taught us during that brief little window that we had him among us.

Blogaversary

I missed it. Yesterday marked five years since my first post to Blogger. Unless my math is off, that makes five years with at least one post a day every day except one. There has only been one time over the last 1800+ days when I failed to post to either of the Blogger pages or this little wordpress.com page. How lame am I? Haven’t I heard that blogging is no longer cool? Well yeah I’ve heard. That’s why I still do it! Because it’s not cool! If it were cool I wouldn’t be caught dead doing it. Given the crap I post I figured that would be obvious.

So I’ve been yapping on about National Solo Album Month. (No progress. If I can schedule a vacation day I might be able to finish, otherwise no way). I knew that NaSoAlMo wasn’t the only creative challenge in November. National Novel Writing Month was the original November challenge. Turns out there is another one going on. NaBloPoMo: National Blog Posting Month. The goal is to post once a day for the whole month of November. I don’t need to sign up for that. I’ve completed the challenge in 59 of the last 60 months. I’m good for now.

Happy blogging, my fellow net nerds!