Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Professional Traveler

I think I am officially a pro at traveling...

I am sitting in Dallas right now installing and certifying yet another video conferencing system. This installation has gone fairly well and has been fun to work on.

Tiffany also came to Dallas with me for the week. She has been learning the DART system well and has been able to get around and see some of Dallas.

It seems odd to me, but it is presently snowing here. I though Texas was supposed to be warm? Of course, I am not surprised now, especially knowing the fact that Phoenix, AZ had ice last week... Wow....

Flying to Dallas, I was able to experience something new, I flew direct from Richmond to DFW. That was my first time on a direct flight! It was nice to not have a connection.

My rental car has the NeverLost system in it.... Guess what? It got me lost... Not once, but twice so far. Normally, I print of directions to everything and have lots of maps, but it has been nice telling my GPS what to do and where to go. The voice is a little annoying at times... We call her "Betty."

Well, it is time for some lunch now and I am hungry!

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Out of BETA?!

Wow... This is new.. Google has moved Blogger out of BETA. Google likes to cook its beta projects for a long time (An excellent idea I might add). I decided to upgrade this particular blog to see how smooth the process was and I must say I am very happy!

The biggest improvement is the flexibility of the templates (A needed improvement).

Thanks Google!!

Ahhh... Flying Again

The past couple months have been busy... Ok. No realy surprise there, so I am not going to belabor that point.

At the end of December, Tiffany and I flew to Arizona for Christmas. We had a great time visiting family and relaxing for a while. I few back earlier than Tiff since I was out of vacation time. Tiff was able to stay for a few extra days.

Arizona was actually on the cool side while we were there. In fact, it was warmer back home than it was in Phoenix... Go figure.

Speaking of warm.. Yesterday, January 6, 2007 it almost hit 80 degrees in RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.... That's right.. Our little old Richmond was gorgeous. We took advantage of the day and walked on the flood wall. BTW, the flood wall is a must see in Richmond. I cannot believe we have missed it all of these years.

Right now, I am sitting in the Richmond airport. I am flying to San Fransisco today for business. It's nice to fly when the tab is on somebody else! This increased travel comes with the increasing responsibility I am coming into at work. Everyday is a different day and I am loving it. I have learned so much over the past year and I am glad that it is paying off.