Ok, "what news?"
Well... there it's now been three weeks with my work's new computer system, and people are starting to move more efficiently. There are still many groans about it's limited capabilities, but I'm doing my best to remain positive.
A position might be opening up for a new Team Lead in my department, and if it goes through, I will certainly be applying. Right now there are Team Leaders for the 2nd and 3rd shift in ER Registration, but no one for the day shift. Seeing as the managerial staff is usually around during the day there has never been a great need for 'day' coverage, but that might be changing.
"What else?"
Well, Kristin is really starting to hit the brunt of her semester with exams, papers and rotations. On top of her classes and TA duties she has also had another task added to her plate: Publishing a Scientific Paper. It's amazing, awesome, excellent news to know that K will soon be a published Grad Student (from the work she did in her masters at the EPA in Duluth), but it comes at a time when she is at her busiest. I forget the name of the Journal, but basically it works out that she and her former advisor Sig, have 1 month to make the requested edits that the Journal has asked for... and the list is none to short. Kristin will be very busy with all this going on, and I'm sure she will be relying on the support of all of us ;)
"Is there... more?"
I should hope so! We don't have a camera for nothing, you know.
If you're wondering, this is Eddie Izzard. He is a transvestite comedian from Brittan who, just randomly, ended up in Dallas Texas. Dallas was the only show he did on the US leg of his tour that wasn't on either the East Coast or the West coast. As a result, I think that a lot of people traveled from Oklahoma, Greater Texas and the area.
Kristin and I own the DVD "Dress to Kill", and I have to say that it is one of the best in our collection. His performance in Dallas was very good, and there were plenty of hysterical bits. There were a few references to Christianity that didn't go over well with the whole crowd, but it was never too uncomfortable.
As far as the venue, it was really strange to be in the American Airlines center for a stage show, The AAC is so well situated for Hockey and Basketball that it was a bit odd at first, but it was easy enough to get used to once the show started.
Next, is the most that we've seen of Mother Neff State Park:
Lovely isn't it? I thought so too. Lots of Trees... a great deal of Water... and now that I'm really looking at this image, it may appear to you, the casual viewer of this image that the road oddly turns to the left. This is not actually the case, the water is shifting over the road and is flowing differently. The road should actually continue for at least 200 more yards before veering to the right... Yeah. So much for Volunteering. The sad thing is that were were going to help clean up flood damage from the year before.
Next is something that I don't know if we've blogged about yet or not:
This is the game "Ticket to Ride". It's a game where you make a bunch of connections by riding trains between cities. The idea of the story is loosely based around a bunch of rich people finding strange races for themselves (like: Around the World in Eighty Days, or Cannonball Run, or something). But, it's the game play that's charming, and it's really easy to pick up.
So, I guess there isn't much else to do but to post the last interesting pic that we found on our journey this past weekend. In retrospect, it's hard to tell why we thought that this street name was so funny. Maybe that it was because the town of Moody is about the size of the 50 yard 'mainstreet' that you have to drive to get through it, or perhaps it was that it was so close to Church Street. Either way, Picture taken, Picture Published. I Hope you all are doing well, and if you're ever thinking about it, send us a line and let us know how things are going in your neck of the woods!
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