Monday Monday 12.7.2008

Happy Monday Everyone,

The past couple of weeks have been eventful to say the least.

On November 21, I took my last call at the NAVY ERP Help Desk. After dutifully answering help desk tickets for the past year, I finally moved over to the integration side of the project. This means that I can now get involved with the implementation of SAP instead of dealing with post production support. I welcome the new role for the benefits it provides both to my career and to my sanity. I don’t want to belittle the Help Desk Experience because in a short term situation, I needed it to get the broad far-reaching understanding of our solution. Now I take on the challenge of specialization with a strong foundation in the most basic aspects of all areas related to the NAVY solution.

So that’s work. Things are looking up.

Since my last communiqué, the Thanksgiving holiday came and went. This year Maggie and I stayed home and family came to us. We had a collection of 6 people staying with us at our little Townhouse in South Carolina (plus Maggie and I totals out at 8), and we certainly enjoyed their company. The group consisted of Victoria and Steve from Tennessee, Maggie’s parents from Florida, Aunt Renie from New York, and Christian from Utah. In other words, people traveled from every state in the union to dine at our table for six.

The Black Friday adventures qualify for the Record Book. I think we had a contest to see if we could outspend the nation’s GDP and if my calculations are correct. . . .we missed it by only a few dollars. Don’t worry though because in our true selfless fashion for every one gift purchased for someone else. . . we bought six for ourselves. The ratio might be just a wee bit off. . . .it’s probably more like 1:1.

Skipping ahead, we spent this weekend at our House in Pennsylvania. My friend Timmy from college came down with his girlfriend Lindsay. We played games, walked the cross-country trails, and spent the time eating junk food and catching up. The leaking washing machine made for the most significant adventure as I had to play doctor/mechanic/plumber/referee between myself and the washing machine that almost went flying through the windows. Not that the washing machine did anything to warrant my heaving it through the windows, but I was plenty mad at the situation. Come to find out, we simply had a leaky hose. I replaced it with one of those heavy duty ones that can also be used for a weapon if you’re ever hiding out behind the washing machine waiting for some evil villain to come within striking distance. . . .crisis averted.

All else is quiet! Have A Great Week!

Ryan