DUDE...it's gettin' close!!!

I don't know if I've mentioned it lately (oh ya know darn well ya have) but it's almost time for VEGAS baby!!! Let me fire up the ole iGoogle countdown gadget and...

Hehe that'll put a smile on your face. Well at least on mine anyway. : ) I'm excited! So, is Big Red, she just doesn't know it yet. She's lucky to have me to prod her along.


I'm putting the finishing touches on our itinerary for the trip, which honestly has little bearing on what will actually happen, but it's always good for a few laughs, and maybe it'll give us a few ideas too. I do try to make it useful and include the times for a large number of daily tournaments that are taking place. I'll try to get it uploaded to the blog tomorrow, I promise. Stay tuned.


Still no absolute definitive answer on whether JR will be coming along for the trip though. "Uncle June" it won't be the same without you, but if you opt out of the trip, I do understand. And let me clear it up for all of you, it's got nothing to do with the lady in his life! Nikki's great and we all really like her. So put that idea out of your mind. Still buddy I gotta say it... hangin' drywall, playin' cards for 5 days straight. One more time, hangin' drywall...playin' cards. Yeah, hmmmm, that's a toughie! Seriously though, I get it and I admire the work ethic and the thinking ahead. Still, it's Vegas... and our BIRTHDAYS!!! : ) Okay, beating a dead horse.

"I kidding, I kidding why you not know joke!?!"


I've been grinding it out in a much different and less enjoyable way lately. I find myself not at the poker table but in CLASS. Argh! Earned Value Management, Project Management. It gives you that feeling in the pit of your stomach like watching your opponent hit his One-Outer on the friggin' river. Yeah, it's exactly like that. I hear long dormant brain cells screaming out in anguish, "DUDE, wtf, you're almost 40 what the hell are you trying to learn? For all you know these could be your twilight years." Hmmm, trying to be funny, and present myself with a cold hard reality. : ( Ouch, but it's okay, the dementia will soon take care of it for me.) Now where was I...


I've got to head out now to pick up my daughter from basketball, and taxi her to her next appointment. Big Red can she start drivin' YET!!!


Regards,


cheer_dad


P.S. pssssst JR ya hear that? it's VEGAS callin'!!!

Long weekend ahead, but I need one

I don't know how...but my class is finally over and I actually passed the associated test that came at the end of it. The class was "Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects," for those of you who are keeping score. Seeing as this was my first Project Management class, I found it to be very interesting. Of course keep in mind, in my current and previous working life, I have in fact managed a project or so, or at least played in integral part. I guess the hardest thing about the class was the terminology and processes to me. I mean I grasped a number of the concepts, and knew what they were all about, but I'd just never put a name to them. Others in the class had obviously been there and done that before. Anyway, I actually learned a thing or two, and managed to survive 3 days of work without a computer in front of me, for the entire time. It wasn't easy...and I'm sure glad to have my iGoogle page and Google Reader back in front of me. Oh yeah and all that important work stuff too!

My day will be over in just a few minutes. I'll head home, see the kids, grab a bite to eat, then we're heading over to the Yanok's for tonight's game(s.) November and December qualifiers are tonight. I'd like to hold onto my slim points lead going into the Year End Tournament that he has put together for us. Big Red tells me that I'll need to chalk up a win in the first game of the evening in order to allow me to play in the 2nd game. Geesh, no pressure there! I'll let you know how that plan all works out. Tomorrow night we're headed to JR's card night, I wonder if I have to win enough to cover that too? Then, Sunday, Big Red invited us to head over to Scott and Sally's to watch the Steelers play. She threw down the challenge last night at dinner at "Gran Ranchero." I'm just hoping that there's not bloodshed involved, when Teresa starts rooting against Sally and Scott's beloved Steelers. However it ends up, I'm sure I'll have more entertainment from watching all of them, than any football game could ever offer up.

It's time for me to bolt! See you all soon!

Regards,

cheer_dad