Some pics from Wilmy

1. On the Gypsy headed to Mason's Inlet...our favorite boat spot.

2. Precious D'side

3. Priss and I on the beach

4. Paul and I on the beach

5. The Priss Pot likes to have her picture taken.

6. Banks channel view from WLI Club

7. Doesn't this look like a postcard? This is Paul and Avery, they are BFF's.

8. WB on Memorial Day Sunday

9. Amy, Josh, G, Wes, Lex

This week

We are going to Wilmington tomorrow and will come back Tuesday. If you're in Wilmington, let us know. I'm really excited about seeing family and friends because I haven't been there since Christmas. I will try and remember to take a lot of pictures and post them upon return.

Last night, we had a crazy storm here in the ATL. For the first time ever, i saw some serious hail. Our camera is at home with the pictures so I'll have to post them later...if they came out all right. I would say the hail at our house was about "nickel" size. There were reports of baseball size hail in Woodstock, but we didn't see anything like that. How scary would that be?

Some things I love about my job...

1) I work in an office and I'm wearing flip flops...and it's not Friday. Call me crazy but it is the little things that make a difference. Seriously, I am wearing a t-shirt, jeans and flip flops and nobody cares. I think the most I have ever seen anyone dress up was when I tucked an oxford shirt into a dressy skirt. Maybe that's one of the reasons that people are laid back around here. None of the men wear ties...ever. Everyone wears jeans. There is this really metro guy here that dresses nice but still, never wears a tie.

2) I have been given some extra responsibilities that are solely mine. It's nice because people keep coming to me and asking me to help them because only I have been trained on some new policies that Honeywell has installed. For example, we have a new expense reporting solution and I am the "SuperUser". That's right. It's a Honeywell word, no space, capital S-capital U. I'm her, the SuperUser. One guy around here calls me the "Super Used" because everyone comes to me to help them with the reporting. At first, I was not excited that the Controller volunteered me for this position because there was 5 hours of training with a guy named Venkat and it was all tele- or webconferencing. But now, I realize that this is another key on my chain for job security and something great to put on my resume. I mean, let's face it, I can make this little part of my job sound amazing (I did major in Public Relations, which is basically making the mundane sound stupendous and the terrible sound mundane). Besides, the Controller told me he would get me a Super Woman shirt...but I haven't seen it.

3) This place is super diverse. I love that about not only my job, but Atlanta. There are more colors of the rainbow than I've ever seen anywhere. (Yes, I've only lived in Wilmington and Raleigh, but still) Here in our office the following countries are represented: United States, United Kingdom (he wins the best accent award), The Netherlands, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Jamaica, Belarus, Russia, and Venezuela. Everyday I call out to or get calls from all over the world. Yesterday, I called the UK, India and Colombia. Maybe I will be able to travel to one of these places sometime!

4) The people I report to are never here so I have a lot of time to cruise around on the Internet. There is one bad thing about that though: Honeywell blocks a lot of websites (anything that streams video, myspace, facebook, etc.). Oh well, I can't complain.

Obama represents the Pack!

He may have been at the Dean Dome last week, but... He represents the Mighty Mighty Wolfpack after the win!

The big 3

...Years that is. Today is Wes' and my third year wedding anniversary. I know to many of you that have been married 10, 30, or more years, you are thinking..."oh those kids". But we are really excited about it. In three years, a lot has happened. I've had three jobs (four if you count the two I had at Dockside), Wes has graduated from one degree and moved on to another, he's grown his hair out to his shoulders since this picture, we've lived in two houses and two different cities. Today at work, someone said, "so I guess you aren't newlyweds anymore". Is that what three years does? Make us old??? Well, I don't feel that old...(unless it's raining and my chipped kneecap hurts really bad)...but I do feel like we've been together a long time...a great time! Another thing to consider, we've been married half of the Priss Pot's life! This picture is something I made to give to her mom last Christmas...

For all you LOSTies...

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