I'm Baaaaaack

I'm back home from my trip to the office. The main purpose of the trip was training. My first class was a 3-hour "Networking" class. The course would be better titled "Building Relationships" instead of networking. The proposed bottom line for building relationships is to be a better person and others will want to be in meaningful relationships with you. I learned a lot and I hope I can apply it and become a better person. My second class was a technical class that was dry compared to the networking class. I still learned a lot though. During my visit, I discovered (or re-discovered) my enjoyment of solving technical challenges. Also, I realized how disconnected I have become from my co-workers and my job as a whole. I hope I can retain my inspiration and put effort into staying more in touch with my career and the people I work with. The other purpose of the trip was to gather any last items from the condo that we're selling. I spent the night in the condo boxing things up and making sure everything was ready for the sale. It was a little sad staying there. We've had the condo for about 6 years, and we put a lot of effort into cleaning it up, and now we're selling it. I told Chris when I got home that I didn't want to make that mistake again, that I wanted to stop dreaming about where we're going to live next and start dreaming about how we're going to make our current location our permanent home. I think he agrees. Chris has had the flu since Thursday and he's still feeling bad, so we spent today inside watching TV and movies. We watched the end of the World Series (TIVO'ed from last night). The MVP of the World Series was David Eckstein, the short-stop for the Cardinals. When the commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, presented the trophy to David, he mis-pronounced David's last name (Bud said "Eck-steen", not "Eck-styne"). I laughed out loud. How can the grand-poobah of baseball mispronounce the name of one of the best-known players in the game? What a dork. David also was awarded a Chevrolet Corvette, but instead of a red Corvette (the Cardinals' color is red), he got a yellow Corvette. Go figure. Then we watched Troy. It was kind of slow-moving, but I found it entertaining. The eye candy helped. Brad Pitt must have really worked out to bulk up for this movie. Either that or his arms and chest were digitally enhanced. The shittiest part of the movie was the fact that they altered the relationship between Achilles (Brad Pitt) and Patroclus. In the movie they're cousins, but the historical myth portrays them as lovers. I've heard that Brad Pitt is desperate for a gay role after the success of Brokeback Mountain. He had one right under his nose and let it slip by. Shame on him. ;) That's all I got for now. Hope y'all are having a good weekend! *hugs*