Monday Monday 6.11.2008

Good Evening to You,

On May 29th, I worked my last day in Annapolis for a month. I am now on a work from home tour of duty that doesn't end until the week after July 4. Unfortunately for me though, Big Blue found me some training in Mechanicsburg, PA for a couple of weeks - so I won't be hitting the pool and soaking up the sun for the entire month of June.

You'll notice that last week came and went without a Monday Monday or any other email correspondence. Again since I am working from home, you wouldn't believe how busy I am (playing Mario Kart and Zelda, sitting by the pool, etc.) Have no fear, I'll give a short recap of the past two weeks so you won't feel disassociated with my everyday happennings.

One of the downsides of not traveling is the inability to go anywhere on the weekends. Having said that, Maggie and I have taken advantage of this by spending some much needed time at home. Over the past two weekends, we haven't gone anywhere but instead we had people come to us. First, Holly Kruchinski came down for the first weekend in June, and second my Mom and Aunt Pam came down for the second week in June. When on the road, it seems that we're always on the move and exploring new terrain, but with our guests in town we somehow found a way to simply relax by the pool. The color of my skin and my flakey shoulders offer nothing but proof of my relaxing habits.

Over both weekends, I started auditions for retirement activities. By that I simply mean that I woke up at 6AM, didn't do much until about noon, sat by the pool, and played dominos in the evening. The majority of all discussions had to do with what we were going to eat next or what foods would be allowed on my low calorie diet. On a sidebar, I think its important to mention that dominos will make an excellent retirement activity. Although neither my mom, aunt, nor Holly had ever played the particular Mexican Train Version - everyone certainly enjoyed our activities.


I'm going to abbreviate this email by simply giving a few one liners about the two weekends. Please note that each one liner could be a full paragraph.

One Liners
Aunt Pam drank enough beers to make sure we recycled
My Mom and Aunt wanted floats, so we bought some for 2.50 at K-Mart
I lost my car at the airport when I parked it to pick up my Mom and Aunt
I had a great time with Holly
I had a great time with my Mom and Aunt
Pool water was cold during Holly weekend
Pool water was warm during mom and aunt weekend
We had record breaking temperatures every day last weekend.
Record temperatures required us to be in the pool and not outside sitting next to it
Still 90 degrees at night
Hillary Clinton finally dropped out of the Democratic Primary Race.
Flew on an airplane this week
Completely dominate Mario Kart on 50cc and 100cc
Beat Mario Kart on 150cc and Mirro
Boston is on my Summer 2009 list of places to go (um what's up with the Celtics?)
Have a Great Week

Ryan