Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood…

Posted In: Everyday life — April 16, 2005 @ 2:37 pm — Peter

The weather is wonderful today, somewhere around 65F degrees. This morning I went over to my brother’s to see his newly acquired feline and go have some coffee at Cafe Europa. He polished off a massive breakfast burrito that he regretfully admitted would result in horrible heartburn later in the day. I’m happy I don’t subject myself to food that retaliates with painful indigestion. Well, I guess I get wicked gas from time to time, but that is not painful… for me at least Afterwards, we went back to his place and watched a few episodes of The Office, US version. He picked up the DVR combo from Comcast and has been experiencing the joy of freedom from television program scheduling. I would like to get one of these units too, but we cannot justify the extra monthly cost. Anyway, the US version of The Office is missing something. The chemistry between the characters is not very well developed and the humor from the boss seems forced. A few of the characters make me laugh, but nothing along the lines of the original UK version. I downloaded both seasons of the UK version and have been watching episodes as I find time. I should pace myself to save the laughs up for the next few weeks.

I had a great class this week. The lecture covered IT governance models and the professor veered off the slides and talked in depth about his experience as CIO of Colorado state government. This was much more beneficial that covering slides of material I have already read in the textbook. The class discussion was lively and everyone participated. In my opinion, this is how all gradulate level class sessions should be, rather than reviewing textbook material with little linkage to practical application. Tonight I have to get a significant amount of work done for class. Two papers and a semester project… Oh My!

As I type, I’m sitting outside on our patio catsitting a couple felines that are roaming the yard. Vinnie had to be escorted back into the house after jumping on top of the fence and nearly escaping the yard. I’m amazed that he is able to get on top of our 6 foot fence. This is the same cat that whines at the washing machine for a lift to reach the cat food we keep on top. Perhaps the fresh air and sun inspires him to be more athletic. Our two best behaved cats are mostly lounging around roasting in the sun. Turtle likes to camp out in a small plant plot in the middle of the lawn. I snapped a few photos of her and will post them later. Tigger is munching on some grass and laying around. The grass is good for them and aids with digestion, however, they usually vomit it up a few minutes after coming back in the house. I really wish the could vomit before coming back in… In a few minutes we will be going to the dog park. We think Iris needs a bit more exercise (and so do we!), so we’ll take her and her friend for some fun. With the great weather we are having, I imagine there will be lots of dogs there I should take our camera to catch the madness on film (or SD memory…).

As I was leaving work on Friday, the SVP of IT updated us on some big news going on at the company. A huge project that resulted in a vacation freeze has been delayed 60 days at least. This is great news for our summer plans and will now have a shot at taking the roadtrip back to Chicago that we have been talking about.