This week in Fl.

This week is about things under tension:

Work, let a consultant go who wasn't busy, and didn't look busy.  And the intern, (a guy my age learning a new skill set) is probably done this week - which isn't fun to sit near either.  Spoke to my RM (as opposed to my PM) who said that my next extension (from 12mo - 16mo) is not a slam dunk, since it requires more signoff.

I am pretty lonely as well - so my heart is momentarily thrilled by the prospect of this door closing.  Then the fear of not supporting the oblivious family, of failure, of losing...

I was also pressed on my schedule for Christmas/Thanksgiving.  I said that either way I'd be home for Thanksgiving, I'd miss very little work with the shop closed (assuming I'm still there).  But Christmas - How can I know anything.  It would be all workdays this time - I'd see them for like 4 out of 10 days, and I'd be back in Fl. for new years alone...

So at the end of the week - we don't know any more, we're just 10% less sure of this opportunity.  Prayers and open windows/doors are needed.

I go home this Friday - N. Birthday!!!!

A Week of Company

S. arrived in Sarasota.  He'll spend the week here, finally has an idea of what he wants to do - You'll see it on FB.  We return to Ct. next Thursday.  Feels very different, better.

Vacation! Day Two and Three

The next day we hit both Jamestown and Yorktown.  Both were the reenactment centers (as opposed to the battlefield/archaeological dig). That was fine.  The boats at the Jamestown landing we quite small - since we compare all sailing ships to the Charles Morgan in Mystic.  We ended up talking to the knot guy for quite a while - and S. did Scouts proud, handling the "can you tie this" part.  Lunch at Chipolte was his reward, honestly it was his biggest priority of the week, I think.   Yorktown was ok - the encampment was cool - the Surgeon guy was good - don't sample the saltpack barrel of pigs feet - it tastes awful. 

The last day was a free day.  S. and I did a little www.geocaching.org - found a cool one.  Then we all went mingolfing - us and Uncle Van's family.  Then a stint in the pool with all the kids.  Then back to work on Sunday.

Vacation! Day one Jambo.

Jambo was cool - I flew out of Orlando on a Wed. and arrived in Richmond, Va. and picked up an HHR. An ok car, typical underpowered rental. We hustled out of bed early the next day to go up to Jambo. After getting a late start, and a traffic accident stopping everything - we parked in the overflow lot. We queued up with hundreds of others, waiting for two school buses that only picked up from the far right end of the group - Then lightening! MP's wouldn't allow people to walk in, so we were herded back to two huge tents. At that point Scout flexibility stepped up and all available vans were conscripted, as the downpour started. It stopped just as we pulled up to Trading Post B (where Scott Hudson was SUPPOSED to be). Since we had an appointment with some of the Minn. contingent - we ate there, and got in line. We did our shopping, and spent way too much. When we didn't hook up with the Minn. guys - we started toward the Merit Badge Alley, Figuring we'd walk toward the conservation area (all the way across the camp) where DanB was. We texted him once or twice but by now there was no way to see anything and get that far without a bus (which we saw too few of).  We caught up with a bunch of the Minnesota guys there, it was nice, and all to soon - it was five and time to find another bus.  We went back to Dawn's timeshare (Thanks! upstairs was just right for us).  End of day one.