Yawn...

I’m sure you won’t believe me, but I have actually been busy at work. After six months of meetings, presentations, and research, today is the day that my project will be presented to the owners for approval. This week has been hectic while I am putting together last minute information, ROI (Return on Investment) projections, and collecting references. The project is to install a new Warehouse Management System. This will control all of the product in the warehouse, direct all of the workers, control the procedures, and track productivity. This new system does amazing things that only people like my dad and I can appreciate. I am confident the project will be approved even though the initial estimate is $100,000 over our spending goal.

Last night Vanessa and I had eight friends over for dinner. We have been meeting at James and Steve’s place every Wednesday for a couple of months now (except for the last two weeks). This time, we decided to have everyone over to our place. I would have never imagined the laptop computer and the Tivo would become the favorite things at the party. It was a great meal and consisted of crackers with Gouda cheese, pot stickers, jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, taquitos, delicious steaks, vegetables, mashed potatoes, and 4 types of cheesecake. There was also potato salad and macaroni salad, but we forgot to take them out of the refrigerator. Everyone brought something. It think we went through 6 or 7 bottles of wine. We finished the night watching a show on Discovery about men with breasts (not implants, just overactive glands). Pretty gross.

I woke up a little tired. I have been trying to wake up 15 minutes earlier each day, so I will be more accustomed to the time change when we go to Europe. Today I woke up at 4:45 AM. By Christmas Eve (the day we leave) I will be waking up at 3:00 AM, which will still be 11:00 AM in London. I am not a morning person, so I’m sure next week will be tough.