Speaking of corporate - turns out I might have an opportunity for something new and different at work. I'm game. I'd get to work for a different area for 6mo to a year or so. Field experience. Makes me feel so military. But...in khakis and button down shirt. I'm told it's a big deal to be picked for it but we'll see. With only 6 months somewhere and knowing that my old job awaits, it will be a fun time to explore and shake a thing up or two. Though - what's the point for only 6 months? It takes that long to get acclimated to a new job in corporate America. I could be wrong. Either way, it'll be an escape for a little while and I might learn a thing or two. And if nothing else, I'll at least be able to bitch about my longer commute, but it falls in the summer so it'll at least be nice out.
Ah - which also means no intern! I was excited to get to manage some young college mind for a few months. I'm not sure I'm the best representation of the corporate culture but that might not be such a bad thing. But if it's a choice between career advancement or a few months of managing someone, I'll take the advancement opportunity. It was fun to interview everyone and go through the process but there's always next year.
On a brighter note...
My dads surgery went well. I wanted to take a picture of him in the hospital but he probably would've slapped me silly. That would've been really funny, come to think of it. A 50 something year old man, doped up on morphine, flailing his arms around yelling, "don't take my picture, god damnit!" Haha...
But seriously, the doctor said it went as well as it could have. He's bed ridden for only a few more days and then he can start to be back up on his feet and doing more active things, yet not lifting anything more than 10 pounds. Sucks but at least he is currently cancer free, right? Right. More on that in the future.
In even more positive news, today is my mom's birthday (Monday). Happy Birthday, Mom. We were able to hang out with her and Al on Saturday for an evening of laid back Asian dinner at the Red Lantern (eh, it's the Adam's Rib of Asian cuisine...it needs a few months to iron out the kinks). Then we came back and ate on some cupcakes I made (weird because I don't tend to get my bake on). The cupcakes lent themselves to some good pictures and my mom enjoyed her gifts. 2.5 bottles of wine later...we had ourselves a successful night.
Which led right into Superbowl Sunday! The commercials were ok this year but
nothing too spectacular. My favorites were "casual day" and the snickers commercial with Betty White. Classics.
The BBQ pulled pork was a hit. The spice rub and 10 hours in the slow cooker really made the dish so good. It was even good as leftovers. I felt bad for Nick because people kept eating the pork and not so much on the chili. I also witnessed something new. A doggy diaper. I thought it was a myth. I always told Kim that having a kid makes more sense because you can put a diaper on a kid...but evidently you can also put a diaper on a dog. It's a sight to see for sure.
All in all, a good weekend. Lots of different things went on and I look forward to the upcoming weekend as well. Though...I don't know what's going on really, aside from a dinner on Sunday night. I bet Kim has competition or at least dance practice and that's about it.
Um...and yeah. The Chicago Auto show is coming up. Let's go. It's been 2 years
and it was fun then so I bet it would be fun now.That's all I've got. Here's to the upcoming foot of snow!
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I couldn't agree more about haircuts and fill ups. What ever happened to the full service gas stations? Where all you had to do was sit in your comfortable car and let someone else fill your tank for you?
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